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Grindcore band from Guarda, Portugal, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of extreme velocity from Portugal's highest city.
Raw Diamond is a heavy metal band from Alunda, Sweden, formed in 2019. The band delivers straightforward, no-frills heavy metal from the Swedish countryside east of Uppsala.
Raw Edge is a death metal and hardcore band from Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany, active since 2005, having evolved from earlier hardcore/metal/punk origins into a heavier death metal-driven sound. The band operates from the city at the foot of the Wartburg castle in central Germany.
Raw Ensemble is a thrash metal band from Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2015. The band delivers collective thrash metal fury from the Danube city on the Baden-Württemberg/Bavaria border.
Multi-genre Athens band with a complex evolution through technical death metal, thrash/progressive metal, and folk rock phases since 2020. Their stylistic range reflects ambitious creative vision.
Italian crossover thrash and hardcore punk band from Poviglio near Reggio Emilia, active since 2014. Their approach blends thrash metal's aggression with hardcore punk's confrontational energy from the Emilia-Romagna countryside.
Thrash 'n' roll and punk band from Kavala, Greece, active since 2014. Their approach blends thrash metal's aggression with rock 'n' roll swagger and punk energy.
Death metal band from Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy, active since 2018. Their approach delivers death metal from the Palladian city.
Rawattack is a thrash and death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2005. Their debut release Drunk Rawriders from Hell was issued on cassette in 2006 through Vampiria Records in a hand-numbered limited edition of 300 copies, and the nine-track recording established their raw, speed-driven sound with cuts including "The Night of the Cursed Hellhound" and "Hellish Mission."
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