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Ruthless is a thrash/heavy metal band from Saxony, Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers aggressive thrash and heavy metal from the eastern German state with deep roots in extreme music.
Ruthless Art is a gothic metal band from Guben on the Polish border in Brandenburg, Germany, active since 2001. Over two decades of gothic metal from one of Germany's easternmost cities make them veterans of the Brandenburg underground.
Ruthless Order is a melodic death/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010. Their debut album 'Awakened Witnesses of Nascence' features intricate guitar work and atmospheric songwriting that fuses power metal melody with progressive death metal aggression.
Formed in Granada Hills in 2021, Ruthven play thrash-inflected death metal with a sharp, riff-forward attack that draws from both genres without softening either's edges.
Rutonkantaja is a black metal band from Hyvinkää near Helsinki, Finland, active since 2008. Named after the Finnish word for 'plague bearer,' the band channels atmospheric black metal from the Uusimaa region.
Rutsa is a sludge metal and grindcore band from the Kitee/Joensuu area in eastern Finland, active since 2016. The band merges the crushing weight of sludge with grindcore's blast-beat intensity from North Karelia.
Death metal band from Almada, Portugal, formed in 2021. Their Swedish-sounding name, meaning 'rotten skull,' accompanies death metal from across the Tagus from Lisbon.
Tyresö black metal act active since 2005, channeling atmospheric darkness from the Stockholm suburbs. Their two decades of output speak to a sustained commitment to the genre's uncompromising vision.
Ruuhi is a doom metal band from Turku in southwestern Finland, formed in 2024. Named after the Finnish word for a dugout canoe, the band delivers slow, heavy doom from Finland's oldest city.
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