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Rasputin was a death metal band from West Flanders, Belgium — drawing members from Izegem, Moorslede, Roeselare, and Aalter — active from 2004 until their split-up. Their discography includes the 2008 demo 'Boundaries' and a 2013 EP featuring tracks like 'The Eyes of Truth' and 'Day of the Eclipse'.
Raspy Junker is a heavy/groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2016. The band channels heavy grooves from the French capital's metal underground.
Rassacache is a black metal band from Douai in the Nord department of northern France, formed in 2021. The band delivers atmospheric black metal from the old mining country of French Flanders.
Rassenkrieg is a black metal project from Zwickau in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2021. The project operates in the raw, underground black metal tradition of eastern Germany.
Raster Density is a progressive/brutal death metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, active since 2012. The band merges progressive complexity with brutal death metal extremity from the Finnish lake district.
Thrash/speed metal band from Dobryanka, a small city in Russia's Perm region, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers high-velocity thrash from the Ural foothills.
Rat Hole is a sludge metal and grindcore band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2020. Signed to Horror Panda Records, the band has released a string of demos, EPs, and compilations since their debut, including the 2023 EP "Noisy Apocalyptic Shit" and the live album "Violent Osorno" in 2024. Their themes span political satire, drugs, and mental illness, earning them a self-described tag of "sludge from the south of Chile."
Vienna-based four-piece formed in 2022, Rat King Gone channels the rough underground energy of late-1980s to mid-1990s crossover thrash and sludge. Their 2025 album Sprezzatura offers a grim, caustic vision of societal collapse across 13 tracks, following their 2023 debut Homo Homini Lupus.
Out of Plainfield, New Jersey, Rat Race have been working the heavy metal and hard rock circuit since 2015, drawing on the gritty blue-collar energy the Garden State's metal scene is known for. Their sound rides the line between arena-sized riffing and street-level aggression.
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