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Black/death/doom metal band from Kaliningrad, Russia, active since 2015. Their ambitious three-genre approach delivers crushing extreme metal from Russia's western exclave.
Rage of Samedi is a doom/sludge metal band from Zweibrücken in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, formed in 2014. Their releases including Blood Ritual and Children of the Black Sun channel dark, ritualistic themes through heavy, low-end-driven doom and sludge.
Ragequit is a doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2025. The band delivers crushing doom metal from the French capital.
Raging Sloth is a sludge and doom metal trio from Munich, Germany, formed in 2018 and featuring Max on bass and vocals, Mischa on guitar, and Jonas on drums. Self-describing their sound as 'heavy dystopian sounds in the realm of sludge and doom metal,' their releases include The Descent EP and the track Event Horizon.
Raglefant is a sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Zarautz on the Basque coast of Spain, formed in 2018. The band delivers heavy, fuzz-laden doom and sludge from the Cantabrian surf town in the Basque Country.
Rahnieda is an epic doom metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2014, taking its name from Rahnieda of Polotsk (962–1002), a princess of Rus' whose story anchors the band's historically themed lyrical direction. The band operates as an independent act, weaving Belarusian historical identity into a slow, monumental doom sound.
Melodic death/doom/gothic metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of dark, atmospheric metal from the Serbian capital.
Funeral doom/death metal/ambient project from Moscow, active since 2014. Their evocative, nature-poetic name frames glacially paced compositions exploring death and seasonal desolation.
Rainbird is a gothic/doom metal band formed in 2004 in Orsha, Belarus, as a side project of musicians from Screaming from the Oblivion, featuring St. Anatolick on vocals, Russel on guitars, Cheesa on bass, and Vadim on drums. Their debut album 'Poets' Blood' was released in 2006 through Backfire Productions.
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