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Nashville's Rectal Ventriloquist have been weaponizing the blunt end of deathcore since 2020, taking the genre's penchant for grotesque imagery and pairing it with death metal's brutality in a city better known for country music than gutted breakdowns. The contrast is part of the point.
Metalcore band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, formed in 2022. Their approach delivers rhythmic, breakdown-heavy metalcore from the Dutch capital.
Recusant is a melodic death metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2024. The band brings fresh energy to the Swedish melodic death metal tradition with aggressive yet hook-laden compositions.
Recycler is a thrash/heavy metal band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain, formed in 2025. The band brings thrash metal energy from the volcanic Atlantic archipelago off the coast of Africa.
Nashville's Red blend symphonic orchestration with alternative metal muscle, crafting cinematic, emotionally intense rock driven by Michael Barnes's powerful vocals. Albums like 'End of Silence' and 'Innocence and Instinct' earned them a loyal following in the Christian rock crossover market while their dramatic compositions — featuring actual string arrangements — gave them a grandiosity that transcended their genre peers.
Red Abyss is a German black/death metal project formed in 2016, exploring the extremes of both genres. The project channels relentless black and death metal aggression from the German underground.
Red Apollo is an atmospheric sludge and post-metal band from Dortmund, Germany, active since 2011 and released through Moment of Collapse Records. Their catalog spanning from 2012's Marche Funèbre through 2018's The Laurels of Serenity delivers dense layers of sludge, post-hardcore, and atmospheric black metal influences.
Red Baron is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2019. The band delivers classic heavy metal from Sweden's capital, drawing from the rich heritage of Scandinavian traditional metal.
Thunderous Stoner / Sludge Metal from Plainview.
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