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Progressive black metal project from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. The project pushes black metal into progressive, boundary-crossing territory from the East Midlands.
Folk metal band from Rumia, Poland, active since 2015. Their three-letter name mirrors the beginning of their hometown, and their approach delivers folk metal from the Tricity area on the Baltic coast.
Speed/thrash/folk metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2025. Their pirate-themed approach blends high-velocity thrash with nautical folk metal revelry.
Pirate-themed folk metal band from Auchtermuchty, Scotland, active since 2018. Their humorous, sea-shanty-infused approach to folk metal has built a dedicated following with tongue-in-cheek pirate metal revelry.
Rumble Militia is a crossover thrash metal band from Bremen, Germany, reformed in 2020 with a politically conscious approach. Their 2020 album Set the World on Fire features tracks like Athens is Burning and No Nazis, delivering punked-out metal with attitude and message.
Brutal death metal band from Hartlepool, England, active since 2019. Their approach delivers punishing brutality from the northeast coast.
San Marcos outfit Ruminations blend death metal ferocity with the glacial, suffocating weight of doom, crafting death-doom that leans into oppressive atmosphere and crushing tempo shifts since 2020.
Rump-fed Ronyon is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, active since 2011. Named after an insult from Shakespeare's Macbeth, the band delivers extreme metal from Germany's oldest city.
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder were a crossover thrash and death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2002 with members drawn from Philadelphia underground acts. The band released three studio albums through Relapse Records — Buried in the Front Yard, Living for Death, Destroying the Rest (2009), and Ghostmaker (2012) — building a reputation for ferocious, straight-ahead thrash before eventually disbanding.
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