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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Rome thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2016, fusing aggressive riffing with hardcore punk energy from Italy's capital. Their pit-ready approach channels the confrontational spirit of both genres.
Rakshas is a death/thrash metal and crossover band from Bristol in southwest England, formed in 2024. Named after the demons of Hindu mythology, the band channels aggressive extreme metal from the major West Country city.
Thrash metal band from Bærum, Norway, active since 2014. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from the Oslo suburb that famously birthed Norwegian black metal.
Rambuk is a thrash/death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2019. The band channels aggressive death-thrash from the Scandinavian capital's diverse metal underground.
Rancor was a hardcore/death/thrash metal band from Limburg, Belgium, formed in 1995. They released the demo 'Death Collector' and the EP 'Death Is Everywhere' (2006) on Lifeforce Records before eventually splitting up.
Rancour is a thrash metal/hardcore punk band from Cardiff, the capital of Wales, active since 2016. The band fuses thrash aggression with hardcore punk intensity from the Welsh capital.
Rancúnia is a death/thrash metal band from Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2025. The band represents the newest generation of Catalan extreme metal.
Naples thrash metal outfit formed in 2018, delivering aggressive speed from the shadow of Vesuvius. Their Italian name translates to 'Strays,' matching the scrappy, street-level energy of their thrash attack.
Neapolitan thrash metal act named after Stephen King's iconic villain, formed in 1986 by teenage musicians and producing the 1988 demo 'Exogini' before splitting in 1990. One of Naples' earliest thrash metal bands, their brief existence captured the raw energy of Italy's late-80s extreme metal emergence.
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