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Agamemnon (2025)
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This Godless Endeavor (2005)
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Banská Bystrica death metal act formed in 2017, delivering brutal extremity from central Slovakia's mountainous heartland. Their punishing approach channels old-school death metal traditions.
Technical deathcore act from the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria, Reanima was active from 1999 to around 2013 and focused their lyrical content on themes of humanity, ignorance, and despotism. Their 2012 album Great Whore of Babylon stands as their defining statement within the Austrian extreme metal underground.
Reanimated is a death metal band from Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers aggressive death metal from one of central Germany's most active metal cities.
Groove/death metal and metalcore five-piece from Hartkirchen in Upper Austria, formed in 2000 and signed to Noisehead Records. The band has positioned themselves as part of the new wave of Austrian heavy metal, releasing multiple albums including To All Hated and building a reputation in the Central European live circuit.
Reaping Death is a death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2023. The band delivers uncompromising death metal from the French capital.
Death metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers brutal death metal from Italy's northern metropolis.
Reasoning Reflections is a progressive death metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, focused on creating conceptual stories that reflect their contemplations on existence and philosophy. Their 2019 debut Saṃsāra is a sci-fi concept album exploring cycles of death and rebirth of the universe through nine tracks of technically demanding progressive death metal.
Reawacan is a melodic death metal band from Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany, formed in 2019. The band blends melodic sensibility with death metal aggression, part of Kassel's growing extreme metal community.
Rebattered is a thrash/death metal band from Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2013. The band channels relentless thrash and death metal energy from the Bergisches Land region.
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