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Eugene, Oregon's Rocket Propelled Chainsaws have been causing damage since 2014 with a death/thrash sound that pairs the technical brutality of death metal with the kinetic aggression of thrash — a combination that demands both speed and precision. The name telegraphs the approach: violent, forward-moving, and designed for maximum impact.
Progressive metal/rock project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020. The project delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Russian capital.
Burlington, Vermont's Rocketsled formed in 2020 around the natural tension between groove metal's locked-in rhythmic heaviness and sludge metal's abrasive, feedback-soaked drag. The result is music that is simultaneously hard to stop nodding to and uncomfortably heavy — a Vermont band that sounds more swamp than snowpack.
Rockfire is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Varna, Bulgaria, formed in 2006 and currently active as an independent act. Their 2010 album 'War No More' demonstrated a melodic approach to hard rock and heavy metal, drawing on classic genre conventions from a Black Sea coastal perspective.
Heavy metal band from Lyngdal, Norway, active since 2010. Their approach delivers traditional heavy metal from the small southern Norwegian town.
Heavy rock band from Contagem, Minas Gerais, founded in January 2010 by guitarist/vocalist Luciano Roberto and lead guitarist Vinícius Araújo. Their debut album Rock In The Night (July 22, 2015) was recorded between October 2013 and July 2014 at To Mega Therion Studio in Contagem, with bassist Michael Euler and drummer Saulo Kico completing the lineup.
Heavy metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2025. Their approach delivers traditional heavy metal from the Italian capital.
Rocky & The Sweden are a Japanese hardcore punk and D-beat band from Tokyo, formed in the mid-1990s with members who previously played in Bastard, Systematic Death, and Vivisick. Built around a straightforward, pummeling hardcore sound and cannabis-themed lyrical content, the band has released a string of records since 1997 and remain active in the international D-beat underground.
San Diego's Rod of Correction have been running crossover thrash into hardcore territory since 2018, combining the pit-ready energy of West Coast punk with the riffing attack of thrash metal in the tradition of bands like D.R.I. and Municipal Waste. They bring Southern California sun and aggression to a style that has never gone out of fashion among the mosh-inclined.
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