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Rising Sunset is a death metal band from the Bad Neustadt an der Saale/Oberstreu area in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2016. The band channels death metal from the rural Rhön mountain region of northern Bavaria.
Melodic/symphonic death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2019. Their approach layers symphonic grandeur over melodic death metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Risoid System is a thrash/death metal band from Essen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2011. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the former European Capital of Culture in the heart of the Ruhr.
Risperidonia is a death metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2024. Named after the antipsychotic medication risperidone, the band delivers death metal from France's second-largest city.
Ristridi is a melodic death/power/progressive metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2018. The band blends three strains of melodic and technical metal from Bavaria's capital city.
Death/doom metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2018. Named after the kabbalistic Tree of Knowledge concept, their approach merges death metal with doom from Poland's cultural capital.
St. Louis's Rites of Impiety have been carving a filthy path through black/death metal since 2012, drawing on the war metal tradition while keeping a menacing low-end death metal weight. Their sound is deliberately ugly and confrontational — not built for accessibility, but for impact. Over a decade of activity has sharpened their approach into something reliably punishing.
Rites of Spring is a groove/death metal/hardcore band with gothic influences from Montreuil near Paris, France, active since 1985. Over four decades of activity make them one of the longest-running metal-adjacent acts in the Parisian underground.
One-person black/death metal project from Rio de Janeiro in which the sole member records all instruments under the name Bestial Vomit. The debut recording Bloody Exorcism - The First Damnation appeared in May 2024, followed by the demo Crushing the Messiah - The Second Damnation in May 2025.
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