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Ripstitch is a death/groove/thrash metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden, active since 2005. The band has spent nearly two decades delivering a versatile blend of extreme metal subgenres from the southern Swedish coast.
Rise in Rage is a groove and melodic death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2011 and committed to delivering high-quality metal both on stage and in the studio. Their releases include the 2014 album Серая кровь and the 2020 single Крылы, with all proceeds from the latter donated to a Belarusian foundation assisting repressed individuals and their families.
Death/groove metal band from Bergamo, Italy, active since 2014. Their tyrant-themed name accompanies heavy, rhythmically driven extreme metal from the Lombardy foothills.
Rise to Fall is a melodic groove metal band from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2010. Over a decade of activity has established the band in the Basque metal scene, blending melody with groove metal heaviness.
Groove/thrash metal and hardcore band from the spa town of Busko-Zdrój, Poland, formed in 2026. Their approach blends groove metal with thrash velocity and hardcore energy.
Rising Down is a thrash/groove metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014. The band fuses thrash speed with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness from Germany's premier port city.
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.
River Crow is a groove/southern metal band from Ciudad Real in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, formed in 2017. The band channels heavy grooves with southern metal swagger from the dry plains of central Spain.
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