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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Rubén Álvarez is a heavy/power metal solo artist from Madrid, Spain, active since 2009. The project delivers virtuoso-driven heavy and power metal from the Spanish capital.
Los Angeles-based Rude Awakening traces a path from traditional heavy and power metal into heavier, groove-driven territory, with a sound that has toughened and thickened over time without abandoning its melodic instincts. Formed in 2021, they carry forward the city's long tradition of hard-hitting commercial-adjacent metal.
Austrian heavy and power metal band who appeared on the 1991 split compilation Rock from the Heart of Europe alongside Classica and Majesty, released on Breakin' Records. The band draw on a range of classic rock and metal influences and have maintained an active presence in the Central European rock and metal scene.
Ruinas is a Buenos Aires crust and stenchcore band founded in April 2013 by David (drums), Pato (bass and vocals), and Seba (guitar), with vocalist Rocío joining in mid-2014. The band released a self-titled album in August 2016 and a split with Lust for Death in February 2019, following their 2013 demo and a 2014 split with Avitacion 101.
Rome power metal act formed in 2023, crafting triumphant melodies and anthemic compositions from Italy's capital. Their soaring approach channels the genre's tradition of heroic energy and vocal grandeur.
Runelord is a heavy/power metal band from Sweden, active since 2018. The band channels epic power metal themes with heavy metal muscle, drawing from the tradition of grand Scandinavian metal storytelling.
Epic Progressive / Power Metal from Austin.
Runway is a power metal band from Nová Bystřice in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. The project brings high-energy power metal to the small-town Czech underground near the Austrian border.
Ruthless Order is a melodic death/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010. Their debut album 'Awakened Witnesses of Nascence' features intricate guitar work and atmospheric songwriting that fuses power metal melody with progressive death metal aggression.
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