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Reclvse is a doom metal band from Swansea in south Wales, active since 2013. Over a decade of crushing doom metal from the Welsh coast.
Thrash/heavy metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2015. Their military-themed name accompanies aggressive metal from the Polish capital.
Reconstructed is a melodic death metal band from Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2015. The band weaves melody into death metal from the Westphalian city at the edge of the Sauerland hills.
Melodic post-hardcore from Austin.
Heavy metal band from Verona, Italy, formed in 2019. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the city of Romeo and Juliet.
Death metal/grindcore band from Modena, Italy, active since 2011. Their long-running project delivers extreme velocity and heaviness from the Emilia-Romagna city.
Recrehate is a death/thrash metal band from Recklinghausen in the northern Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2016. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from one of the Ruhr's most densely populated industrial cities.
Recrucify is a black/death metal band from Lima, Peru, active from 2008 until splitting up around 2018. Originally operating under the name Bestia Negra in 2007, they rebranded to Recrucify the following year and built their sound around Satanic and blasphemous themes rooted in South American black metal tradition. Their discography includes the releases Grimorium Verum and Awakening of the Satan's Kommand.
Brutal death metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, formed in 2000 by guitarist Alexandre Augusto, drummer Leonardo Mancilha, and bassist/vocalist Luiz Jr. Their debut album Penetrating in Your Abdominal Cavity, self-produced and released in September 2012, was followed a decade later by Neuropsychological Dominance of the Unconscious (2022).
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