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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Death metal band from Stockport, England, formed in 2025. Their approach delivers death metal from the Greater Manchester town.
Reading, Pennsylvania's Rivers of Nihil shattered progressive death metal conventions with 2018's 'Where Owls Know My Name,' an album that introduced jazz saxophone, atmospheric passages, and post-rock dynamics into a foundation of crushing technical death metal. The band's concept of organizing their discography around the four seasons gives their catalog a thematic cohesion rare in extreme music. Their willingness to incorporate genuinely unexpected elements like clean vocals and woodwinds into devastating brutality has made them one of the most critically acclaimed and boundary-pushing bands in modern death metal.
Ankara melodic death/doom metal act formed in 2021, weaving sorrowful melodies through crushing heaviness from Turkey's capital. Their mournful approach channels the emotional weight of both traditions.
One of Poland's most internationally recognized progressive metal/rock bands, Riverside have been active from Warsaw since 2010 with releases on InsideOut Music. Their expansive, emotionally resonant progressive compositions have earned them a devoted global following.
Riverside Syndicate is a heavy metal band from Heinola in the Päijänne Tavastia region of Finland, formed in 2014. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the small Finnish lakeside town.
Rivette is a heavy metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, formed in 2015. The band delivers classic heavy metal from the university city in the Finnish lake district.
Rivologi is a black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2021. The band channels dark, atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.
Riwen is a black metal/crust punk band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 2014. Founded by former members of Cult of Luna and Totalt Jävla Mörker, the band delivers a brutal fusion of black metal intensity and crust punk urgency across releases like 'A Brutal Reality' and 'The Cold.'
Rizon is a melodic heavy and power metal band from Dübendorf near Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2014. The band delivers soaring melodies and powerful dual-guitar work in the classic European power metal tradition.
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