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Razor Butchers is a thrash/death metal band from Thionville in the Moselle department of northeastern France, formed in 2020. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the Lorraine region near the Luxembourg border.
Razor Instead of Tongue is a thrash metal and crossover band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2025 as one of the city's newest extreme metal acts. The band channels the aggressive energy of classic thrash with punk-infused crossover attack.
Razor's Edge is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Neunkirchen in the Saarland region of Germany, active since 2011. The band delivers hook-driven melodic metal from Germany's smallest state.
Hailing from Boone, North Carolina, Razorbeast have been pursuing groove metal's chug-and-stomp traditions since 2020, built around the syncopated heaviness and down-tuned swagger the genre does best. They bring a mountain-town rawness to a sound that could easily fill a much larger stage.
Razorblade is a heavy/power/speed metal band from Linares in Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain, formed in 2022. The band channels the triple-threat energy of heavy, power, and speed metal from the mining town in eastern Andalusia.
Speed/thrash metal band from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, active since 2017. Their approach combines speed metal's velocity with thrash aggression from the Dutch port city.
Razorblend is a stoner metal band from Tampere, Finland's major inland city, formed in 2015. The band delivers heavy, fuzz-driven stoner metal from the city between two lakes.
Razorbreath is a death metal band from Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, formed in 2019 by members of Empire of Lies, Lethal Creation, Crudator, and Kicktime. The band released their debut EP "Clavos en el ataúd" in 2022.
Razoreater is a grindcore band from Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England, active since 2012. The band delivers relentless grindcore from the cathedral city in the East of England.
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