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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Reckless Manslaughter is an old-school death metal band from Herne in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia, established in 2008 and self-described as delivering 'Total Underground Worshipping From North Rhine-Westphalia.' Their bone-crushing sound draws from Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, and Cannibal Corpse, with their fourth album Sinking Into Filth released in October 2024 via Soundlodge Tonstudio.
Reckless Pile is a heavy metal band from Lößnitz in the Erzgebirge mountains of Saxony, Germany, formed in 2026. The project represents the very newest wave of traditional heavy metal emerging from the Ore Mountain region of eastern Germany.
Reckless Surma is a death/thrash metal band from the Schleswig-Flensburg district in northern Germany, formed in 2016. The band channels extreme metal aggression from the Danish border region, one of Germany's northernmost metal outposts.
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.
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