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The Bestiary (2025)
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Stoner/sludge metal band from Bucharest, Romania, active since 2013. Their road-kill-themed name accompanies over a decade of heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner sludge from the Romanian capital.
Traditional heavy metal band from Wiener Neustadt formed in 2011, Roadwolf play classic heavy metal rooted in Judas Priest, Saxon, UFO, and Dio, and are signed to Napalm Records. Their debut Unchain the Wolf (2021) and follow-up Midnight Lightning (2023) earned them festival slots at Wacken Open Air and shared stages with Enforcer, Skull Fist, and Night Demon.
Roah is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band delivers riff-driven heavy metal from the French capital.
Roar is a thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2010. Over a decade of thrash from the Spanish capital establishes them as a fixture of the Madrid scene.
Roarback is a death/thrash metal band from the Roskilde/Slagelse/Sorø area on the island of Zealand in Denmark, formed in 2012. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the western Zealand region, home to Denmark's famous Roskilde festival.
Active since 2010, Seattle's Roareth have spent over a decade refining a sound that merges the lumbering crush of doom metal with sludge's distorted, mud-caked abrasiveness — a combination that feels entirely at home in the gray Pacific Northwest. Their songs move slowly and deliberately, building pressure until the weight becomes overwhelming.
Roaring Rampage is a heavy metal band from Backnang in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, active since 2009. The band delivers riff-driven heavy metal from the Rems-Murr district northeast of Stuttgart.
Death metal/goregrind band from Cornwall, England, active since 2016. Their approach delivers visceral extreme metal from England's remote southwestern peninsula.
Intricate Progressive Metal / Rock, Shred out of Texas.
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