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Ravenheit is a black metal project from the Sinzig/Brohl-Lützing area in the Rhine valley of Germany, formed in 2025. The project represents the newest wave of German black metal emerging from the volcanic Eifel foothills.
Ravenhell is a thrash/heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2014. The band delivers aggressive thrash with heavy metal foundations from the Spanish capital.
Ravenholm is a black metal band from Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2012. Named evocatively, the project delivers atmospheric black metal from the Danube city known as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.
Ravenia is a symphonic metal and film score project from Finland, formed in 2014. The project bridges the gap between symphonic metal and cinematic orchestral composition.
Black metal project from Rybinsk, Russia, active since 2017. The project channels dark black metal from the Volga river city.
Ravenland is a gothic metal band from São Paulo formed in 1997 by Dewindson Wolfheart, who has led the group across multiple active periods separated by a hiatus from 2003 to 2006. Their debut full-length ...And a Crow Brings Me Back was recorded at Fusão VM&T Studios in Cotia over roughly a year and a half and released in July 2009 on Free Mind Records, followed by a second album, When the Night Falls Within Us, in 2015.
Ravenlight is a symphonic power metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2018. The band delivers orchestral, epic power metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Ravenoir is a melodic and atmospheric death metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, formed in 2022. The project brings sweeping melodic passages and dense atmospherics to the Moravian capital's metal scene.
Pottschach, Lower Austria thrash metal veterans formed in 1988, Ravenous released their debut full-length Book of Covetous Souls in 1991 — raw, technical thrash drawing comparisons to Sepultura's Arise-era work — before disbanding in 1994. After a two-decade hiatus they reunited and released their long-awaited second album The Fourth Decade in September 2025 via Iron Shield Records.
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