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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newark, New Jersey's RicoBlade has been building a sound since 2020 that bridges the gap between progressive metal's compositional ambition and the neoclassical shred tradition, adding ambient textures to give the music an unusual emotional depth beyond pure technical display. Newark, a city with a gritty underdog character, lends a certain grounded intensity to RicoBlade's otherwise cerebral approach — this is intricate music with genuine feeling behind the fretwork. The ambient elements in particular give their progressive/shred work a cinematic scope rarely found in this subgenre.
Denver, Colorado's Ricochet have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal since 1996, making them one of the Rocky Mountain region's most durable acts in the genre. Their sound looks backward to the classic NWOBHM and American heavy metal templates — anthemic, guitar-driven, melodically confident — at a time when the Denver scene was largely consumed by grunge's aftermath. Nearly three decades of activity is a testament to their commitment to a form of metal that never stopped being relevant to those who truly believe in it.
Rictus Grin is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Savonlinna in eastern Finland, formed in 2017. The band delivers classic metal from the picturesque Saimaa lake district city known for its medieval castle.
Black metal project from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. The project channels hostile black metal from the East Midlands city.
Ridanzius is a heavy metal band from Arvika, Sweden, formed in 2021. Their debut EP 'Roots All Rotten' delivers groove and thrash-infused heavy metal described as 'the most absolute horror and groove' from the Värmland region.
Tulsa, Oklahoma's Ridden have been carving out a black metal identity in an unlikely corner of the country since 2017, proving that the Great Plains can generate darkness as effectively as Scandinavia ever did. Their sound is unadorned and stripped of any post-black metal softness — raw, misanthropic, and committed to the genre's most orthodox values. Oklahoma's isolation gives Ridden a particular bleakness that feels genuine rather than performed, the work of a band forged far from any established metal scene.
Death metal/grindcore band from Dundee, Scotland, formed in 2024. Their approach combines death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity from the Scottish east coast.
Black/thrash metal and punk band from Haugesund, Norway, formed in 2024. Their militaristic name accompanies aggressive blackened thrash from the west Norwegian coast.
Riddle is a heavy/thrash metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, active since 2011. The band has been delivering aggressive metal from the Småland region for over a decade, combining heavy and thrash metal elements.
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