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Reflexor is a thrash metal band from Giessen in Hesse, Germany, formed in 2012. The band delivers fast, aggressive thrash from the university city in central Hesse.
Refore is a thrash metal band originating from Slavičín in the Zlín Region of eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. The band has since relocated to nearby Štítná nad Vláří-Popov while maintaining their commitment to aggressive thrash metal.
Reforger is a heavy metal band from Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2025. Named after the Cold War NATO military exercises, the band is one of Germany's newest traditional heavy metal acts.
Christian thrash metal band from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2013 and split up by the mid-2010s. They released the EP Grito de Vida on December 20, 2013, and the track "Skate and Destroy" appeared on a benefit compilation in 2016.
Groove metal/metalcore band from Cegléd, Hungary, active since 2011. Their long-running project blends groove metal's rhythmic punch with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Refrain is a heavy metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of traditional heavy metal from the Savo lakeland region make them veterans of the Finnish scene.
Refugium is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Delmenhorst/Ganderkesee area near Bremen in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2024. The band fuses melodic death metal's sweeping hooks with thrash metal velocity from the northwest German flatlands.
Refulgent Void is a black metal project from Oulainen in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, formed in 2024. The project channels atmospheric black metal from the rural Finnish countryside.
Refusal is a death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2016. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the Finnish capital's prolific extreme metal underground.
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