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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Rotten Thorns is a death/groove metal band from Nyköping, Sweden, formed in 2022. Their demo 'Strike me down' showcases aggressive, fast-paced death metal with melodic guitar riffs and lyrics inspired by inner demons and personal conflicts.
Rotten Tomatos is a thrash metal band from the Espoo/Helsinki area of Finland, active since 2010. The band delivers energetic thrash from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Polish death metal band active since 2015. Their approach delivers death metal with a totemic, ritualistic edge.
Rotten Womb is a death metal band from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France, formed in 2024. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the Burgundian countryside.
Sereď death metal act launched in 2024, delivering brutal extremity from the Trnava region of western Slovakia. Their punishing approach channels old-school death metal traditions.
Thrash metal band from Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2019 by vocalist Felipe Freitas and guitarist Daniel Ghazzaoui, later joined by bassist Arthur Rossone and drummer Lucas Oliveira. The band released the two-track demo Rtfkbt in 2021, containing the songs "Intolerância" and "High in Hell," followed by the single "Cidade do Aço," a direct critique of the industrial and environmental impact of the steelworks company CSN on their city.
Death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, whose 2016 EP Visions of Autopsy preceded their debut full-length Necroceremony Vomitorum, released in June 2021 through Awakening Records on a limited CD pressing of 1,000 copies. The album features nine tracks including a cover of Autopsy's 'Gasping for Air,' placing the band in the tradition of early death metal acts such as Impetigo and Asphyx.
Rottendawn is a doom/death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019. The band channels crushing doom-death from the Finnish capital.
St. Louis black/death metal act Rottendom arrived in 2025, bringing a fresh wave of malevolence to Missouri's underground extreme scene. Their sound draws on the darkest currents of both traditions, merging black metal's atmospheric spite with death metal's crushing physicality.
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