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Green Man Rising (Demo) (2017)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Road Crew is a heavy metal and hard rock band from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, formed in 2014. The band delivers classic-leaning metal and hard rock from southeastern France.
Crossover/thrash metal band from Norwich, England, active since 2019. Their motorized name accompanies high-velocity crossover thrash from East Anglia.
Road Rage is a heavy metal band from Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015. The band delivers high-energy traditional heavy metal from the university city in northwestern Germany.
Christian heavy metal and power metal band from Brazil that released the full-length Judgement Angel on August 19, 2014, and followed it with Black Rider on August 19, 2016, both self-released via Bandcamp. The band's sound draws on melodic power metal and traditional heavy metal with explicitly Christian lyrical themes.
Road to Exile is a heavy metal band from Konstanz on Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2016. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the scenic border city where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet.
Road to Nowhere is a metalcore band from Niederwangen near Bern, Switzerland, formed in 2019. The band brings aggressive breakdowns and melodic passages to the Swiss metalcore scene.
Road to Ruin is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2016. The band delivers classic heavy metal with hard rock energy from Sweden's capital city.
Heavy metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2014. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Roadkill XIII is a death/thrash metal band from Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany, active since 2004, having evolved from earlier groove/thrash roots into a heavier death-thrash direction. Over two decades of activity make them veterans of the Bavarian extreme metal scene.
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