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R.B.Band is a groove metal band from Montdidier in the Somme department of northern France, active since 1997. Nearly three decades of groove metal make them one of the veteran acts of the Picardy metal scene.
R.D.S.K. is a symphonic gothic metal band from Nice on the French Riviera, active since 2010. The band delivers orchestral gothic metal from the sun-drenched Mediterranean coast of southeastern France.
Groove and thrash metal act from the Tuscan port city of Livorno, formed in 2023 and delivering heavy rhythmic power and speed. Their dual approach draws from groove metal's crushing weight and thrash's relentless velocity.
R.E.X. is a melodic death metal band from Hamina in southeastern Finland, formed in 2018. The band delivers melodic death metal from the Finnish coastal town near the Russian border.
R.I.P. is a death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2016 and delivering uncompromising death metal from one of the Rhineland's largest cities. The band's Bandcamp presence under the name 'Brave in the Grave' hints at the irreverent spirit behind their approach.
R.I.P. Sanity is a thrash/death metal band from London, England, formed in 2014. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from one of the world's great music capitals.
R.I.P. Soldier was a thrash metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, who recorded their sole album The True Soldiers Never Die between October 2009 and January 2010. The ten-track album — drawing influences from Bay Area thrash and Sepultura's Beneath the Remains era — was released in 2014 through GS Productions in a limited edition of 100 digipak CDs.
R.O.J.O. is a thrash metal band from Valencia, Spain, active since 2004. Over two decades of thrash metal from the Mediterranean port city make them veterans of the Valencian metal scene.
R.O.L.F. is a doom/sludge metal and death 'n' roll band from Algeciras in southern Spain, active since 2009. The band channels heavy, low-end-driven doom and sludge with rock 'n' roll swagger from the Strait of Gibraltar.
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