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Royal Hunt is a neoclassical power/progressive metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since the early 1990s with renewed Bandcamp presence from 2020 via NorthPoint Productions. Their 2020 concept album Dystopia - Part 1 features symphonic, progressive compositions wrapped in accessible format with rock opera elements and extraordinary guest vocalists.
Royal Jake is a four-piece metalcore band from Opwijk, Belgium, drawing on metal, hardcore, and core influences. Their releases include the 'Triple Crown Demo' (2012), the EP 'Tenacity' (2015) on Headshot Records, and 'Retaliate — the Answer' (2016), the latter receiving their strongest critical reception.
Royal Jester is a power metal band from Umeå, Sweden, active since 2015. The band brings soaring, anthemic power metal to northern Sweden, channeling the melodic traditions of European power metal.
Royal Oak is a progressive/thrash metal band from Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2017. The band merges progressive ambition with thrash aggression from the city at the Rhine-Moselle confluence.
Power/progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. Their approach combines anthemic power metal with progressive complexity from the Greek capital.
Royal Thunder are a hard rock and psychedelic rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2004 by guitarist Josh Weaver, blending classic rock dynamics with grunge weight and progressive textures. Signed to Relapse Records, the band released their full-length debut CVI in 2012 to critical praise, with NPR calling them 'a modern master of hard-rock,' and continued through Crooked Doors (2015) and Rebuilding the Mountain (2023).
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Stoner metal band from Colchester, England, active since 2015. Their approach delivers hazy, riff-heavy stoner metal from the Essex garrison town.
Boston's Rozamov, formed in 2015, blend the psychedelic haze of stoner metal with the slow, oppressive roll of doom, building long-form songs that burn low and heavy without sacrificing atmosphere for riff worship. They are a reliable fixture in the northeastern heavy underground.
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