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Doom metal band from Tilburg, the Netherlands, active since 2015. Named after the sci-fi B-movie creature, their approach delivers crushing doom from the Roadburn festival city.
Robotized is an industrial metal band from Hranice in the Olomouc Region of Moravia, Czech Republic, formed in 2017. The project melds mechanical rhythms and synthetic textures with heavy guitar work in the tradition of European industrial metal.
Robse is a melodic death/pagan metal project from Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2020. The project channels Germanic pagan themes through melodic death metal from the Mark Brandenburg region east of Berlin.
Instrumental heavy/progressive metal project from Lages, Santa Catarina, formed in 2021. The debut album ...And a New Story Begins, released June 25, 2021, spans 13 tracks across 59 minutes, with titles ranging from "I Saw the Future" to "The Myth Behind the Waterfall Cave." The project releases independently under the Robson Anadom name.
NWOBHM and heavy metal band from London, active since 2018. Part of the original New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, Rock Goddess continues to deliver classic British heavy metal.
Rock in Peace is a heavy metal band from Lennik, Belgium, operating in the traditional heavy metal style within the Belgian underground scene. The band has maintained a local presence while building a catalog of straightforward, riff-driven heavy metal.
Rock Solid is a thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2024. A newcomer to the Gothenburg metal scene, the band brings fresh thrash metal aggression to a city long dominated by melodic death metal.
Rocka Rollas is a speed metal band from Sandviken, Sweden, active since 2011. Their discography, including 'Metal Strikes Back,' 'The War Of Steel Has Begun,' and 'Celtic Kings,' blends traditional speed metal with folk and historical storytelling themes.
Rockatansky is a heavy metal band from Sälinkää near Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023. Named after the protagonist of the Mad Max films, the band delivers high-energy heavy metal.
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