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Nashua, New Hampshire's Ryan Burke operates as a solo project fusing thrash metal's precision and speed with groove metal's locked-in, syncopated heaviness, a combination honed since the project's 2022 start.
Palmdale, California's Ryan Wolanski is a one-person project weaving together symphonic orchestration, progressive complexity, and metalcore's melodic aggression into a densely layered solo output since 2017.
Melodic heavy metal band from Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2004, with a lineup including vocalist and guitarist Wanderson Barreto, guitarist Vinni Savastanno, bassist Ricardo Reis, and drummer Pedro Colangelo. The band's discography spans four studio albums: Realities... Life As It Is (2010), Imminent (2012), Revolution (2015), and A Blessing in Disguise (2021).
Barbaric epic heavy metal inspired by Robert E. Howard. Sound sits between Manilla Road, Savage Grace, and Sumerlands. Debut album Thurmecia Eternal released 2021.
Ryker's are a hardcore punk band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 1992, who became one of the defining acts of the European hardcore scene through relentless touring and a catalog of ten studio albums. Known for their technical precision within a hardcore framework — shifting velocities and incorporating metallic riffing without sacrificing punk directness — the band released records through Century Media before a hiatus and subsequent return, remaining active and influential across three decades.
Rymr is a depressive/raw black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2017. Their album 'Dead Forests of Human Souls' delivers cold, lo-fi black metal recorded during 2019-2020, with the band notably offering all their music for free download.
Ryoji Shinomoto is the guitarist, vocalist, and primary composer behind the Japanese metal act that began in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 2009 under the name Suicide Heaven, later renamed GYZE. As part of GYZE, Shinomoto developed a signature style built on intricate melodic riffing, dual-guitar harmonies, and shredding solos drawn from melodic death and power metal traditions. When GYZE rebranded as Ryujin in January 2023 following a deal with Napalm Records, Shinomoto's project gained international visibility with Trivium's Matt Heafy producing the debut Ryujin album and contributing guest vocals.
Ryse is a progressive metal band from Sundern in the Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2022. The band explores complex progressive metal from the forested hills of eastern Westphalia.
Vienna psychedelic doom/stoner quartet formed in 2016 and signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records, Ryte build their mostly instrumental sound from down-tuned twin guitars, jazzy drumming, distorted bass, and theremin landscapes across four extended tracks. Blending doom, prog, jazz, and space rock, they have performed at festivals like Lake on Fire and shared stages with Sacri Monti and Golden Void.
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