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Rainbird is a gothic/doom metal band formed in 2004 in Orsha, Belarus, as a side project of musicians from Screaming from the Oblivion, featuring St. Anatolick on vocals, Russel on guitars, Cheesa on bass, and Vadim on drums. Their debut album 'Poets' Blood' was released in 2006 through Backfire Productions.
Rainbow were a British hard rock and heavy metal band formed in Hertford in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore following his first departure from Deep Purple, initially built around Ronnie James Dio and members of the American band Elf. The Dio-era lineup produced landmark albums including the self-titled debut (1975) and Rising (1976), establishing a template of mythological hard rock that was enormously influential; after Dio's departure, the band shifted toward a more commercially oriented sound before disbanding in 1984 and reuniting intermittently thereafter.
Gothic/doom metal band from Wrocław, Poland, formed in 2021. Their approach blends gothic atmosphere with doom metal's crushing weight from the Lower Silesian capital.
RainKnight is a symphonic metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2017. The band delivers orchestral, cinematic metal with dramatic arrangements from the Spanish capital.
Rainless is a progressive metal band from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, formed in 2018. The band delivers intricate progressive metal from the Potteries region of the West Midlands.
Rainroom is a progressive death/doom metal and ambient project from Espoo, Finland, active since 2016. The project layers ambient atmospherics over progressive death-doom from the major city adjacent to Helsinki.
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Melodic death metal band from Voronezh, Russia, with roots dating to 2003. Over two decades of Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from central Russia.
Heavy metal act from the southern Italian city of Potenza formed in 2017, bringing classic metal energy from the mountainous heart of Basilicata. Their riff-driven approach channels the power of traditional heavy metal.
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