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Recrehate is a death/thrash metal band from Recklinghausen in the northern Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2016. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from one of the Ruhr's most densely populated industrial cities.
Recycler is a thrash/heavy metal band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain, formed in 2025. The band brings thrash metal energy from the volcanic Atlantic archipelago off the coast of Africa.
Washington State's Red Death have been delivering thrash metal with crossover punk urgency since 2018, marrying the aggression of hardcore with the technical charge of classic thrash. Tight, mean, and built for movement, they represent the Pacific Northwest's thriving extreme underground.
Red Eyes is a thrash metal band from the Amriswil/Bischofszell area in northeastern Switzerland, formed in 2014. The band delivers aggressive thrash metal rooted in the classic Bay Area and Teutonic traditions, operating within the Swiss German-speaking underground.
Norwegian industrial/electronic metal band from Oslo, evolving from thrash metal origins into industrial and electronic territory since 2014. Their stylistic transformation reflects an increasingly mechanized, experimental approach.
Red Industry is a heavy/thrash metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2022. The band channels industrial-tinged heavy-thrash from Finland's northern reaches.
Red Moon is a thrash/heavy metal band from Spain, formed in 2012. The band delivers aggressive thrash with heavy metal foundations from the Spanish underground.
Red Noxious is a death/thrash metal band from the Klein-Umstadt/Darmstadt area in southern Hesse, Germany, formed in 2023. The band fuses death metal heaviness with thrash speed from the Rhine-Main region.
Thrash metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, formed in 2013, citing Exodus, Slayer, Kreator, and Tankard as primary influences. Their debut album Beer Revolution (2015), recorded at AML Studios and featuring cover artwork by Ed Repka, was followed by The Revolution Continues (2019).
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