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Rage Nucléaire were a Montreal, Quebec black metal band formed around 2000, featuring Lord Worm — the founding vocalist of Cryptopsy — as their frontman alongside multi-instrumentalist Alvater. The band released two albums through Season of Mist, Unrelenting Fucking Hatred (2012) and Black Storm of Violence (2014), delivering a caustic and venomous strand of black metal before the project ultimately dissolved.
Technical death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017. Named after the Hindu goddess of destruction, their approach delivers technically demanding death metal from the Russian capital.
Rage of Light is a Swiss metal act that fuses aggressive death and groove metal with trance and electronic music, creating what they describe as 'a contrast made of light and rage.' Their catalog includes albums Imploder, Redemption, and Chasing a Reflection, combining sharp riffs and forceful arpeggios with screams interspersed by enchanting clean vocals.
Power metal band from Kavala, Greece, active since 2017. Their approach delivers anthemic power metal from the northern Greek port city.
Rage of Samedi is a doom/sludge metal band from Zweibrücken in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, formed in 2014. Their releases including Blood Ritual and Children of the Black Sun channel dark, ritualistic themes through heavy, low-end-driven doom and sludge.
Rage Overload is a death metal band from Sion in Switzerland's Valais region, formed in 2017 and specializing in groove-inflected death metal. Their 2017 debut First Rage features two tracks of heavy, mid-paced brutality that established the band's sound in the Swiss extreme metal underground.
Ragedate is a thrash metal band from Landskrona, Sweden, formed in 2013. The band delivers aggressive, pit-ready thrash metal from the southwestern Swedish coast.
Death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2019. Their approach delivers death metal from the Portuguese capital.
Black/thrash metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2016. Their aggressive name accompanies violent blackened thrash from Poland's cultural capital.
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