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New Jersey's Rorschach have been colliding hardcore, metalcore, grindcore, and powerviolence since 2017 in a way that doesn't so much blend genres as force them into the same room. The result is aggressive and unpredictable, built on the intensity of hardcore and the technical vocabulary of metal without ever settling into either camp.
Rorshack is a groove metal and metalcore band from Asturias in northern Spain, formed in 2014. The band delivers heavy grooves and metalcore breakdowns from the green, mountainous Cantabrian coast.
Roswell is a metalcore band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2019. The band delivers aggressive metalcore with modern production from Östergötland, Sweden.
Vienna metalcore band formed in 2020, Rotten Halo resist easy genre classification, describing their sound as landing somewhere between thrash, death metal, and core influences. Their early catalog of singles and EPs — including Devoured Hope, Call of the Entity, and Lords of War — establishes a direct, riff-heavy approach that encourages listeners to draw their own conclusions.
Bratislava act that evolved from progressive deathcore origins into progressive metalcore and djent territory, reflecting a creative trajectory toward more technical and rhythmically complex territory since 2015. Their stylistic progression demonstrates the pull of progressive ambition within extreme music.
Royal Desolation is a metalcore band from the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, blending modern metal with catchy choruses, powerful riffing, and punctuated 80s synth sounds. Their pandemic-delayed debut album Puppet Dance contains 12 songs and was preceded by three singles, establishing their hook-driven approach to contemporary metalcore.
Royal Jake is a four-piece metalcore band from Opwijk, Belgium, drawing on metal, hardcore, and core influences. Their releases include the 'Triple Crown Demo' (2012), the EP 'Tenacity' (2015) on Headshot Records, and 'Retaliate — the Answer' (2016), the latter receiving their strongest critical reception.
Rubbish Heap was a metalcore/hardcore band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed around 1992 and active until 1999, whose sound evoked the crusty, metallic emo of acts like Union of Uranus and One Eyed God Prophecy. They released the 7-inch 'Path of Lies' on Conspiracy Records (1996), 'Upset' (1997), and a self-titled album (1999) before disbanding.
Rugged is a metallic hardcore band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in early 2019, drawing from the Belgian H8000 scene, Kickback, Martyr AD, and Integrity to produce a nihilistic, death metal-edged brand of '90s hardcore they call 'mentalcore'. Their releases include the EP 'Driven by Instinct' and 'Godless Days' (2022), the latter featuring guest vocals from Ivan of Redound.
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