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Ruins of Time is a death/heavy/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 1997 by guitarist Christos Chatzikonstandinos and drummer Juan Araya. After disbanding in 2003, members went on to form Phidion and join Hostile Reaction, but their catalog remains available including their 1998 demo.
Rule of Thumb was a death metal/deathcore band from Lommel, Limburg, Belgium, formed in 1997 and active until 2003 when vocalist Koen Vanderhoydonk's departure prompted the remaining members to reform under the name Rival. During their six-year run they established themselves within the Belgian extreme metal underground.
Brutal death metal band from Hartlepool, England, active since 2019. Their approach delivers punishing brutality from the northeast coast.
San Marcos outfit Ruminations blend death metal ferocity with the glacial, suffocating weight of doom, crafting death-doom that leans into oppressive atmosphere and crushing tempo shifts since 2020.
Rump-fed Ronyon is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, active since 2011. Named after an insult from Shakespeare's Macbeth, the band delivers extreme metal from Germany's oldest city.
Run by Witches is a melodic death metal band from Kamenz in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2024. The band channels melodic death metal from the Lusatian region of eastern Germany.
Death/doom metal band from Giethoorn, the Netherlands, active since 2018. Their approach delivers crushing death-doom from the village famous for its canals and lack of roads.
Swedish death/doom metal institution founded by Nicklas 'Terror' Rudolfsson in 1990, whose fourteen albums spanning over three decades channel the crushing weight of Bathory, Celtic Frost, and Candlemass through a death/doom lens. Originally formed as Desiderius, they reformed in 2017 and have continued as Rudolfsson's singular creative vision.
Frigid Melodic Death / Black Metal from Dallas.
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