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Ripio is a La Plata, Buenos Aires heavy metal project driven largely by Eduardo Costanzo, who records and produces the music himself. The band released five studio albums between 2001 and 2013, including Condenado a Vivir (2001), Vengador de Perdedores (2009), and Marcado por la Locura (2013), the last of which features ten original tracks.
Houston's Ripper emerged in 2020 with a commitment to traditional heavy metal rooted in the Texas underground. Their sound channels the raw, no-frills energy of classic metal — riff-driven and unpretentious — with the grit you'd expect from a band forged in one of the country's most storied metal cities.
Portland's Ripper launched in 2020 playing a hybrid of heavy metal, speed metal, and punk that draws a direct line to the aggressive early-80s underground — think Venom and Motörhead filtered through the Pacific Northwest's anything-goes DIY ethic. The band plays fast and dirty, treating the punk-metal divide as a suggestion rather than a boundary.
Speed/heavy metal band from Santos, São Paulo, formed in 2015 with a lineup built around an 80s-influenced sound drawing from Venom, Exciter, Running Wild, and Annihilator. Their debut single Hell On Ice appeared in 2016, followed by the self-released EP Phantom of the Night on November 4, 2019, recorded with vocalist/guitarist Leandro Dias, guitarist Rafael Serafini, bassist Johnny Oliveira, and drummer Breno Lopes.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Teesside, England, active since 2014. Their mythical name accompanies classic heavy and thrash metal from the industrial northeast.
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Riser is a heavy/thrash metal band from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, formed in 2017. The band delivers aggressive heavy-thrash from the Baltic state's capital city.
Heavy metal band from Ourém, Portugal, active since 2017. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the central Portuguese town near Fátima.
Rising Glory is a heavy/power metal and hard rock band from Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2025. The band brings classic heavy metal anthems and power metal energy to the Lower Rhine region.
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