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Death metal band from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, active since 2013. Their warlike name accompanies death metal from the Dutch port city.
Technical thrash/death metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2012. Their reincarnation-themed name accompanies technically demanding extreme metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Thrash metal band from Poznań, Poland, active since 2012. Their approach delivers classic thrash from the Greater Poland capital.
Reignsaw is a thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2004. The long-running outfit has been delivering aggressive Scandinavian thrash metal for over two decades from Sweden's capital.
Thrash metal band from Waterford, Ireland, active since 2017. Their Irish-language name, meaning 'graveyard,' accompanies thrash aggression from the Viking-founded southeastern port city.
Rein is a black metal band from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of central France, formed in 2019. The band delivers atmospheric black metal from the volcanic landscape of the Massif Central.
Reinaras is a power metal band from Santiago del Estero, Argentina with a catalog stretching back to their 2007 album "eternamente." They followed it with the 12-track full-length "Phenix" (released December 2015) and the three-song "EP 2016" (October 2016), which includes the tracks "Ansias de Guerra" and "Mártires."
Reincarnage is a death/thrash metal band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2020. Their album 'Reap,' released through Apostasy Records, showcases old school death metal at heart but spiced with a modern approach, earning praise for its varied pacing and strong songwriting.
Los Angeles death metal band Reincarnate have been pursuing pure, unadorned brutality since 2016 — a straight-line approach to the genre in a city that often dilutes its metal with crossover appeal. Their Bandcamp presence signals a band operating in the underground on their own terms.
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