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Depressive/atmospheric black metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2022. Their evocative name channels bleak, nature-inspired depressive black metal from the Silesian capital.
Based out of McCall, Idaho — a small mountain town with no particular metal history — Rope Straightener formed in 2022 playing sludge metal that sounds like it belongs to the surrounding terrain. The isolation of the setting seems to have worked its way into the music: heavy, unhurried, and unconcerned with an audience.
York, Nebraska's Ropewalker have been weaving together black metal, doom, and gothic metal since 2020, a combination that puts atmospheric desolation front and center. The gothic sensibility lends the project's doom and black metal a certain mournful elegance that's rare in either genre on its own.
Roraima is an atmospheric black metal band from Caracas, Venezuela, formed in 2014 and signed to BMC Productions. Named after the famous tepui on Venezuela's southern border, the band draws heavily on indigenous Venezuelan landscapes and folklore — albums such as Auyantepuy (2017), Autana (2018), Caribay (2022), and Caribe (2023) each take their titles from the country's natural and mythological heritage. Beginning as a largely instrumental project, the band later incorporated themes of nature and folk legend across a prolific run of full-length releases.
Rorcal is a Geneva-based extreme metal band formed in 2007, blending doom, black metal, drone, and post-hardcore into a crushing, genre-defying sound. Signed to Hummus Records and supported by the City of Geneva and ProHelvetia (Swiss Arts Council), their discography includes Silence, Witch Coven, and Muladona.
New Jersey's Rorschach have been colliding hardcore, metalcore, grindcore, and powerviolence since 2017 in a way that doesn't so much blend genres as force them into the same room. The result is aggressive and unpredictable, built on the intensity of hardcore and the technical vocabulary of metal without ever settling into either camp.
Rorshack is a groove metal and metalcore band from Asturias in northern Spain, formed in 2014. The band delivers heavy grooves and metalcore breakdowns from the green, mountainous Cantabrian coast.
Thrash metal solo artist from Ipswich, England, active since 2021. The project delivers thrash aggression from the Suffolk county town.
Turin progressive/symphonic metal act active since 2007, crafting ambitious compositions that blend orchestral sweep with technical precision from Piedmont's capital. Their nearly two decades of output speak to an enduring progressive vision.
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