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Ratrotten is a black/thrash metal band from the Uettingen/Thüngersheim area in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2025. The project fuses the raw fury of black metal with the speed and riff-driven attack of thrash from rural northern Bavaria.
Rats is a sludge/stoner metal band from Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire, England, active since 2010. Over a decade of heavy sludge from the Humber estuary port city.
Death metal/hardcore band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2023. Their approach blends death metal heaviness with hardcore energy from the Russian capital.
Rats of Gomorrah is a death metal band from Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, formed in 2010. The band's biblical name belies straightforward death metal aggression from Germany's northernmost major city.
Rats of Reality is a black metal/crust band from Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, formed in 2014. The band fuses raw black metal with crust punk from the Granite City on the North Sea coast.
Milan and Lecco death metal/grindcore outfit formed in 2016, delivering grinding extremity from Lombardy's urban-industrial landscape. Their rapid-fire assault combines death metal's brutality with grindcore's unrelenting pace.
Amsterdam raw black metal and punk act launched in 2025, whose Dutch name translates to 'Rat Fortress,' fusing lo-fi extremity with punk's raw energy. Their primal approach channels the most confrontational elements of both traditions.
Kharkiv death metal act formed in 2015, delivering brutal extremity from Ukraine's second-largest city. Their German-named project channels old-school death metal traditions from eastern Ukraine.
Kyiv black metal act formed in 2012, whose German name meaning 'Rat King' channels atmospheric darkness from Ukraine's capital. Their sustained presence speaks to the genre's deep roots in the Kyiv underground.
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