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Heavy metal band from Ourém, Portugal, active since 2017. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the central Portuguese town near Fátima.
Rising Glory is a heavy/power metal and hard rock band from Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2025. The band brings classic heavy metal anthems and power metal energy to the Lower Rhine region.
Rising Hate is a melodic death metal band from Hof in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2010. The band delivers melodic death metal from the Bavarian city near the Czech border, over a decade of activity establishing them in the Franconian scene.
Rising Murder are a Death Metal band from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, formed in 2017. Signed to Tribulación Productions, they released their debut full-length "Denial Salvation" in 2018, followed by the EP "Aire pestilente" in 2020 and their second full-length "Reinos muertos" in 2023, with lyrical themes centered on violence, war, and anti-religion.
Rising Murder are a Death Metal band from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, formed in 2017. Signed to Tribulación Productions, they released their debut full-length "Denial Salvation" in 2018, followed by the EP "Aire pestilente" in 2020 and their second full-length "Reinos muertos" in 2023, with lyrical themes centered on violence, war, and anti-religion.
Rising Nation was a death/thrash metal band from Eupen, Liège, Belgium, formed in 1990 and signed to Lowland Records. Vocalist Fred 'Doc' Paulus also edited the metal zine 'Final Holocaust', and after the band dissolved — partly due to a severe injury to bassist Axel 'Frosch' Bosch — surviving members went on to form Punished Earth.
Rising of Nadir is an atmospheric black metal band from Metz in Lorraine, northeastern France, active since 2016. The band delivers expansive, atmospheric black metal from the fortress city near the German border.
Hard rock/heavy metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2020. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the Sardinian capital.
Groove/thrash metal band from southern Brazil featuring bassist Luiz Mário Moraes, vocalist Robson Lacerda, guitarist Leo Nunes (also of Scelerata), and drummer Cassio Canto (also of In Torment). Their debut single Portrait of a Despot, released in late 2016, was produced with Hibria guitarist Renato Osorio.
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