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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Rad is a hardcore/crossover band from Brighton on the south coast of England, active since 2008. Over a decade and a half of crossover energy from the alternative music stronghold of Brighton.
Raise Cain is a crossover thrash/groove metal band from Trelleborg, Sweden, formed in 2013. The band fuses thrash metal aggression with groove-laden riffs and crossover punk energy from Sweden's southernmost city.
Rome thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2016, fusing aggressive riffing with hardcore punk energy from Italy's capital. Their pit-ready approach channels the confrontational spirit of both genres.
Rakshas is a death/thrash metal and crossover band from Bristol in southwest England, formed in 2024. Named after the demons of Hindu mythology, the band channels aggressive extreme metal from the major West Country city.
Rapsöd is a thrash metal and crossover band from Jihlava in the Czech-Moravian Highlands, active since 2008 and blending thrash aggression with punk-infused crossover energy. The band contributes to the Vysočina Region's underground metal and punk scene.
Vienna-based four-piece formed in 2022, Rat King Gone channels the rough underground energy of late-1980s to mid-1990s crossover thrash and sludge. Their 2025 album Sprezzatura offers a grim, caustic vision of societal collapse across 13 tracks, following their 2023 debut Homo Homini Lupus.
Out of Plainfield, New Jersey, Rat Race have been working the heavy metal and hard rock circuit since 2015, drawing on the gritty blue-collar energy the Garden State's metal scene is known for. Their sound rides the line between arena-sized riffing and street-level aggression.
Italian crossover thrash and hardcore punk band from Poviglio near Reggio Emilia, active since 2014. Their approach blends thrash metal's aggression with hardcore punk's confrontational energy from the Emilia-Romagna countryside.
Rawhead is a thrash/groove metal and crossover band with industrial elements from Germany, formed in 2017. The project layers mechanical, industrial textures over aggressive thrash and groove metal with crossover punk energy.
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