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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Rohan is a death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2015. Named after the kingdom of horse-lords in Tolkien's Middle-earth, the band channels death metal from the Danish capital.
Rohavart is an atmospheric black metal project from Erlenbach am Main in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2020. The project weaves expansive, atmospheric soundscapes into black metal from the Main river valley.
Rohbau is a thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2025. Named after the German construction term for 'shell construction,' the band represents the newest generation of Hamburg thrash.
Rohgarr is a raw black metal and punk project from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2025. The project merges the lo-fi ferocity of raw black metal with punk energy from the Saxon capital.
Rohirrim is a pagan/folk metal band from Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2022 and named after Tolkien's horse-lords of Rohan. The band channels epic folk metal themes from the rural northwest German lowlands.
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Black metal/hardcore crossover from Forlì-Cesena in the Emilia-Romagna region, formed in 2019. Their approach fuses black metal's hostility with hardcore's confrontational energy.
Thrash/crossover band from Manaus, Amazonas, with a lineup of Kalleby Marciel on vocals, Elias Bruce on guitar, Victor Vasconcelos on bass, and Felipe de Farias on drums. The band released the EP EPrengue (August 12, 2017) via Studio Fubica Records and followed it with SO FAST...SO GOOD...SO GRALHA (March 21, 2021), a six-track EP recorded from a distinctly Amazonian perspective.
Stoner/sludge metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active since 2012. Their long-running project delivers fuzzy, heavy riff worship from the Scottish capital.
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