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Rarach is a Czech black metal project formed in 2019, named after a demon from Slavic mythology. The project channels dark, occult-themed black metal drawing from the rich tradition of Czech and Central European extreme metal.
Rarmagom is a one-man symphonic black metal project from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, operated by Clayton, who handles all vocals, guitars, and bass. The band previously recorded under the name Nuntius before adopting the Rarmagom name in May 2019, and that same year issued their debut demo The Cross Is Empty, but the Throne Is Not through Vision of God Records, a five-track release built around explicitly Christian lyrical themes.
RAS is a grindcore band from Tolosa in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain, active since 2009. The band delivers extreme grindcore intensity from the Basque heartland.
Pioneering Milanese funeral doom act formed in 1993, whose sole album 'Oneiricon - The White Hypnotic' stands as a landmark of the genre alongside Thergothon and Skepticism. Their lurching rhythms, church organs, and Gregorian-influenced vocals introduced neo-classical elements to funeral doom before members went on to form Canaan.
Ras el Satan is a thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2023 and named after the Arabic astronomical term for the star Algol — the 'Demon's Head.' The band delivers aggressive thrash from the German capital's underground.
Rashes is a goregrind/death metal band from Sweden, formed in 2022. Their debut demo 'Necrotic Cultivation' delivers punishing deathgrind and pathological goregrind, released through Sindrome Productions on CD and Neuro Habitat Productions on cassette.
Black metal project from Oryol, Russia, formed in 2024. The project channels black metal from the central Russian city.
Raskol is a one-man black metal and grindcore project from Recife, Pernambuco, created and run entirely by Bruno Kbça Nascimento. The project released three records in quick succession — Kvlt Skvm Krvst (April 2019), Perturbado (July 2019), and Um Rato (February 2020) — all of which sit in a raw, crust-inflected blackened grindcore style rooted in the DIY underground of Brazil's northeast.
Raspatory is a death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2018, consisting of Brut (vocals), Rottingbutcher (guitar and bass), and Necrosodomator (drums), with lyrical themes centered on war, destruction, and psychological disorder. Their debut full-length 'Pathopsychology' (2021), released through Coyote Records in a limited edition of 100 digipaks, explores themes of mental illness across tracks including 'Thanatophobia' and 'Megalomania'.
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