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Blackened death metal band from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 2021. Their Italian-language name, meaning 'renaissance,' accompanies a fierce black/death approach from the Adriatic coast.
Renewal is a brutal death metal band from Luhačovice in the Zlín Region of eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, formed in 2025. The project represents the newest wave of Czech brutal death metal emerging from the country's spa-town countryside.
Renfield is a progressive/power/thrash metal band from Göttingen in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2017. Named after the insect-eating character from Bram Stoker's Dracula, the band blends progressive complexity with power and thrash metal from the university city in central Germany.
Rennaissance is a power metal and rock band from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2012 and delivering melodic, anthemic metal rooted in the European tradition. The band operates independently in the Swiss French-speaking metal scene.
Rentgen is a heavy metal band from Týn nad Vltavou in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. The band takes its name from the Czech word for X-ray, delivering traditional heavy metal from the Vltava river valley.
Renuen is a melodic death metal band from Baranovichi, Belarus, active since 2010 with five releases to their name including Follow Our Horror and A Letter From Hell. Their catalog maintains a cohesive dark thematic vision across melodic death metal compositions rooted in the Belarusian underground scene.
Death/black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2019. Their approach merges death and black metal from the Russian capital.
Odesa depressive black metal project formed in 2021, channeling themes of despair and anguish through bleak sonic landscapes from the Black Sea port city. Their desolate approach mines the most emotionally raw corners of the genre.
Reo is a heavy/thrash metal band from Santurtzi in the Basque province of Bizkaia, Spain, active since 2009. The band delivers aggressive heavy-thrash from the industrial Basque port town on the Nervión estuary.
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