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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Reckless Tide is a thrash metal band from Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony in Germany, active since 2007. The band has maintained a strong presence in the north German thrash scene for nearly two decades.
Recklezz is a heavy/power metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2021. The band delivers melodic power and heavy metal from one of Germany's most prolific metal cities.
A melodic death metal project from Linz, Upper Austria, founded in 2020 by Pia Nodes before expanding to a full band lineup. Their debut album Fountain of Life and Death, completed between 2020 and 2022, fuses sharp riffs with enchanting keyboard layers and confronts themes of mortality, alienation, and defiance.
Reckoning is a thrash metal band from Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany, active since 1995 — one of the longer-running thrash acts in the Rhine-Main area. The band has maintained three decades of commitment to aggressive thrash from southern Hesse.
Melodic metalcore band from Rio de Janeiro formed in 2012, with vocalist JP, guitarists Philip Leander and Lucas Brum, bassist Cavi Montenegro, and drummer Johnny Kings. Their albums Between Death and Courage (2016) and Beyond Conviction (2019) placed them among the more visible acts in the Brazilian metalcore scene, and the band served as the opening act for In Flames across their entire Brazilian tour.
Melodic death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2016. Their approach delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Reclaimed is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band fuses thrash aggression with hardcore and crossover punk energy from the French capital.
Istanbul technical death metal act formed in 2019, pushing death metal's complexity to its limits through intricate musicianship. Their demanding compositions channel the genre at its most cerebral.
From the small town of Byesville, Ohio, Reclusa have built one of the more genuinely hybrid sounds in the American underground since 2017 — death/doom heaviness threaded through with black metal cold, industrial noise, and dark ambient texture. The isolation of their rural Ohio setting comes through in music that feels removed from any scene, answering only to its own grim logic.
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