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Rust of Chains is a heavy metal band from Kazan, Russia, formed in 2022. Their debut album 'Judgment Day' features eleven tracks of heavy/speed metal with progressive and hard rock elements, exploring themes of false gods and the cycle of time.
Rústica is a Buenos Aires heavy metal band that self-released a trilogy of EPs beginning with EP #1/3 in August 2016, recorded live at the Bola De Fuego studio by engineer Fernando Elias. The three-part series, continuing through EP #2/3 and EP #3/3, documents the band's early output as a self-contained creative statement.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Greek capital.
Ruthless is a thrash/heavy metal band from Saxony, Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers aggressive thrash and heavy metal from the eastern German state with deep roots in extreme music.
Cagliari epic heavy metal act formed in 2015, delivering grandiose compositions from Sardinia's capital. Their heroic approach channels the sweeping narrative scope and anthemic power of the epic metal tradition.
Ryuketsu is a blackened heavy metal and punk project from Finland, formed in 2019. The project fuses blackened metal with punk energy, adding a Japanese-named act to the Finnish metal underground.
Heavy/speed metal band from Katowice, Poland, active since 2014. Their rat-king name accompanies high-velocity heavy metal from the Silesian capital.
Gothenburg heavy metal and hard rock act formed in 2018, delivering classic riff-driven energy from Sweden's west coast. Their traditional approach channels the timeless power of heavy rock and metal.
Rågbröder is a genre-defying band from Parainen (Pargas) in the Finnish archipelago, active since 2008, blending folk, black, heavy, and thrash metal with alternative rock and ska punk. Their eclectic approach makes them one of the most stylistically diverse metal-adjacent acts in Finland.
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