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Houston art-punk pioneers. One of the earliest and most creative Texas punk bands.
Realm is a black/death metal band from Mikkeli in eastern Finland, active since 2011. The band fuses black and death metal from the Savo lakeland region.
Fort Worth's Realm Drifter crawled out of the Texas heat in 2022 dealing in stoner-doom that stretches riffs into long, resin-thick passages and anchors them with the weight of the Lone Star sun. It's psychedelic, slow, and heavy in the way that only bands steeped in the Texas desert-rock tradition manage.
Realm of Albion is an atmospheric black metal project from the UK, formed in 2022. Named after the ancient name for Britain, the project channels atmospheric black metal inspired by the British landscape.
Realm of Chaos is a death metal band from the Koblenz/Mittelrhein area in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2025. Named after the legendary Bolt Thrower album, the project channels punishing death metal from the Rhine-Moselle confluence region.
Melodic death/doom metal band from Kuznetsk, Russia, active since 2015. Their approach blends melodic death metal with doom's crushing weight from the Penza Oblast town.
Realm of Horus is a melodic death metal band from Zaragoza in Aragon, Spain, formed in 2017. The band channels Egyptian-themed melodic death metal from the Ebro valley capital of northeastern Spain.
Realm of Perdition is a black/death metal band from Morlaix in Brittany, France, formed in 2025. The band delivers extreme metal from the Finistère coast of northwestern France.
Atmospheric post-black metal project from Hungary, active since 2018. The project channels contemplative, expansive soundscapes beyond conventional black metal boundaries.
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