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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Southern metal/rock band from Łódź, Poland, active since 2014. Their approach channels American southern metal swagger from Poland's third-largest city.
Rattle of Bones is a death/groove metal band from Salamanca in Castile and León, Spain, formed in 2017. The band delivers heavy groove and death metal from the historic university city.
Ligurian heavy metal and hard rock act from Sestri Levante with roots stretching back to 1970, making them one of Italy's longest-running heavy acts. Their five decades of activity represent a remarkable commitment to classic rock and metal traditions.
Rattled Ace is a heavy/speed metal band from Mikkeli in eastern Finland, formed in 2015. The band channels classic heavy and speed metal from the Savo lakeland region.
Rattlesnake is a heavy metal band from Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, formed in 2019. The band blends vintage rock influences with modern production, having recorded their EP at Downtone studio with producer Thomas 'Drop' Betrisey, known for his work with Samael.
Rattlesnakes is a heavy metal band from Nottingham, England, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of traditional heavy metal from the East Midlands.
Raucous is a sludge/post-metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2016. The band delivers atmospheric sludge and post-metal from one of the UK's great music cities.
Raudra is a melodic black/death metal band from Le Dramont on the Var coast of southeastern France, formed in 2020. Named from a Sanskrit term for ferocity, the band delivers melodic extreme metal from the French Riviera.
Sludge/post-metal band from the Drogheda/Ardee area of County Louth, Ireland, active since 2014. Their approach blends sludge metal's crushing heaviness with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness from the Irish east coast.
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