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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Black metal project from Legnano near Milan, Italy, active since 2012. The project channels dark, hostile black metal from the Lombardy hinterland.
Rhevent is a heavy metal band from Pamplona, the capital of Navarre in northern Spain, formed in 2016. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the city famous for its running of the bulls.
Heavy metal/NWOBHM band from Manchester, active since 2018. Their approach channels the classic British heavy metal tradition from northern England.
Crossover thrash band from Santo André, São Paulo state, who released their self-titled debut album in January 2018. The nine-track record includes songs such as 'Red Witch', 'Hard Life', and 'God's Little Joke', and was tagged across thrash metal and hardcore subgenres.
Rhodian is a Brno-based project that has evolved from doom metal origins into industrial territory since forming in 2021. This stylistic shift from crushing low-end heaviness to mechanized, electronic-driven aggression gives Rhodian a distinctive position in the Moravian underground.
Progressive power metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2018. Named after the precious metal, their approach delivers technically polished power metal with progressive complexity.
Rhotide is a symphonic/melodic death metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, active since 2016. The band layers orchestral arrangements over melodic death metal from the capital of North Karelia.
Experimental black metal project from Milan, Italy, active since 2008. Their approach pushes black metal into unconventional, boundary-crossing territory across nearly two decades.
Rhymes of Destruction was a Kortrijk, Belgium metal band active from 1994 to 2000, pioneering what they called Symphonic Pagan Metal — an original fusion of extreme metal, progressive rock, psychedelia, and classical composition. One of the early Belgian bands to write lyrics in Dutch and Flemish, their albums include 'Black Nostalgia', 'A Sun Revolution', and 'Requiem / In Remembrance of Your Gods'.
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