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Rebel Souls is a death/black metal band from the Chemnitz/Spora area in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2017. The band fuses death and black metal intensity from the industrial heartland of eastern Germany.
Rebelhead is a death 'n' roll band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2020. The band fuses death metal aggression with rock 'n' roll swagger from Finland's third-largest city.
Rebellion is a black/death metal band from Northeim in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015. The band delivers extreme metal from the southern Lower Saxon hill country.
Reboot the System is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2020. True to their city's legacy, the band delivers melodic death metal with thrash metal intensity across releases like 'The Fall.'
Thrash/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2018. Their approach merges thrash velocity with death metal's heaviness from the Russian capital.
Recitation is a drone/doom/death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2014. The band merges glacially slow drone and doom with death metal extremity from the Danish capital.
Reckless Manslaughter is an old-school death metal band from Herne in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia, established in 2008 and self-described as delivering 'Total Underground Worshipping From North Rhine-Westphalia.' Their bone-crushing sound draws from Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, and Cannibal Corpse, with their fourth album Sinking Into Filth released in October 2024 via Soundlodge Tonstudio.
Reckless Surma is a death/thrash metal band from the Schleswig-Flensburg district in northern Germany, formed in 2016. The band channels extreme metal aggression from the Danish border region, one of Germany's northernmost metal outposts.
A melodic death metal project from Linz, Upper Austria, founded in 2020 by Pia Nodes before expanding to a full band lineup. Their debut album Fountain of Life and Death, completed between 2020 and 2022, fuses sharp riffs with enchanting keyboard layers and confronts themes of mortality, alienation, and defiance.
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