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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Ravenoir is a melodic and atmospheric death metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, formed in 2022. The project brings sweeping melodic passages and dense atmospherics to the Moravian capital's metal scene.
Ravenpath is a melodic death metal band from Zwickau in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015, having evolved from earlier symphonic death/black metal roots into a more melodic death metal approach. The band's stylistic progression reflects a refining of their sound within the eastern German metal underground.
Ravens Creed is a death metal band from London, England, active since 2011. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the UK capital.
Ravensfall is a death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2026. The project represents the very newest generation of Finnish death metal from the capital.
Black/death metal band from Debrecen, Hungary, formed in 2022. Their approach merges black and death metal from Hungary's second city.
Ravine is a progressive thrash/death metal band from Freiberg in Saxony, Germany, active since 2013. The band merges the complexity of progressive metal with the aggression of thrash and death from the historic mining city of the Erzgebirge foothills.
Gothic/doom/death metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2013. Their approach blends three dark metal genres into richly atmospheric music from the Eternal City.
Ravishing is a death/black metal band from Svendborg on the island of Funen in Denmark, active since 2011. The band delivers extreme metal from the scenic southern Danish coastal town.
Progressive death/black/sludge metal band from Pomerania, Poland, formed in 2024. Their ambitious four-genre approach pushes extreme metal into progressive territory from the Baltic coast.
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