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Runner

Marburg, DE · 2014–present · active
Runner is a heavy metal and hard rock band from the Marburg/Giessen area in Hesse, Germany, formed in 2014. The band delivers classic-leaning heavy metal and hard rock from the central Hessian university corridor.
Heavy Metal

Running Death

Kaufbeuren, DE · 2010–present · active
Running Death is a thrash metal band from Kaufbeuren in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, Germany, active since 2010. Over a decade of thrash metal from the foothills of the Bavarian Alps makes them a fixture of the southern German scene.
Thrash Metal

Running Flames

Athens, GR · 2023–present · active
Heavy metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the Greek capital.
Heavy Metal

Running Maiden

Lucerne, CH · 2022–present · active
Running Maiden is a raw old-school heavy metal band from Lucerne, Switzerland, formed in 2022. Their stripped-down, no-frills approach channels the spirit of 1980s NWOBHM and early European heavy metal, with releases including a self-titled record and Live at Trveheim.
Heavy Metal

Running with Scissors

Born, NL · 2021–present · active
Death metal/grindcore band from Born, the Netherlands, formed in 2021. Their playfully dangerous name accompanies extreme metal from the Limburg village.
Death MetalGrindcore

Runopatia

Rzeszów, PL · 2011–present · active
Avant-garde black metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, active since 2011. Their approach pushes black metal into experimental, boundary-crossing territory from southeastern Poland.
Avant-garde MetalBlack Metal

Runway

Nová Bystřice, CZ · 2023–present · active
Runway is a power metal band from Nová Bystřice in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. The project brings high-energy power metal to the small-town Czech underground near the Austrian border.
Power Metal

Ruohtas

FI · 2018–present · active
Ruohtas is a pagan black metal project from Finland, formed in 2018. The project channels Finnish pagan themes through black metal.
Black MetalPagan Metal

Ruohtta

Gällivare, SE · 2013–present · active
Gällivare black metal and ambient project formed in 2013, channeling extreme darkness and atmospheric textures from above the Arctic Circle in Swedish Lapland. Their remote northern origins lend an authentically isolated, frozen quality to their sound.
Black Metal

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