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Rictus Grin is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Savonlinna in eastern Finland, formed in 2017. The band delivers classic metal from the picturesque Saimaa lake district city known for its medieval castle.
Ridanzius is a heavy metal band from Arvika, Sweden, formed in 2021. Their debut EP 'Roots All Rotten' delivers groove and thrash-infused heavy metal described as 'the most absolute horror and groove' from the Värmland region.
Riddle is a heavy/thrash metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, active since 2011. The band has been delivering aggressive metal from the Småland region for over a decade, combining heavy and thrash metal elements.
Heavy metal band from Kragujevac, Serbia, active since 2013. Named after the Conan the Barbarian concept, their approach delivers classic heavy metal from central Serbia.
Epic heavy metal band from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, active since 2014. Their approach delivers grandiose, anthemic heavy metal from the Dynamo festival city.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, fronted by vocalist Ig Red. Their 2019 album History was cited by Brazilian publications Metal Na Lata and Roadie Crew as one of the year's best releases, and the band has shared stages with Krisiun and Ratos de Porão.
Riel is a thrash/heavy metal duo from Villa Constitución, Santa Fe, formed by Mora (guitar and vocals) and Germán (drums). The band self-released the LP Riel LP in 2012, recorded at Pronoise, and followed it with En Viaje in 2014 on the Argentine label Quelonio Records and the UK label Cruel Nature Records.
Cincinnati's Riesenwolf — German for 'giant wolf' — have been forging a black/heavy metal hybrid since 2022 that draws on the epic qualities of traditional heavy metal while blackening the edges with tremolo-picked menace and harsher vocal work. The Cincinnati underground doesn't always get its due nationally, but Riesenwolf represent a strain of Midwestern metal that combines the grandeur of classic metal songwriting with genuinely extreme sonic aggression. Two years in, they sound like a band already fully formed in their vision.
Poplarville, Mississippi's Riffer Madness have been slinging heavy/thrash metal from the Deep South since 2013, a region where the metal underground operates largely off the radar of the coasts but burns no less fiercely. Their sound draws a straight line to the riff-worship traditions of both classic heavy metal and the thrash genre — an approach rooted in the primacy of the guitar riff as the organizing unit of all meaningful metal music. Small-town Mississippi might seem an unlikely home for metal this earnest and loud, but Riffer Madness make it feel inevitable.
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