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Viribus Unitis (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Black metal project from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. The project channels hostile black metal from the East Midlands city.
Black/thrash metal and punk band from Haugesund, Norway, formed in 2024. Their militaristic name accompanies aggressive blackened thrash from the west Norwegian coast.
Ride for Revenge is an experimental black metal band from Lappeenranta in southeastern Finland, active since 2017. The band pushes the boundaries of black metal with experimental approaches from the Karelian border region.
Rienaus is a black metal band from Espoo/Helsinki, Finland, active since 2010. Named after the Finnish word for 'blasphemy,' the band delivers raw black metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Rietas is a black metal band from Tornio at the Finnish-Swedish border, formed in 2020. The band channels cold black metal from the northernmost reaches of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Rigel is a raw black metal and ambient project from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2014. Named after the bright star in Orion, the project merges raw black metal with ambient soundscapes from the Finnish north.
Black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. The project channels righteous fury through black metal from the Greek capital.
Rigid Horns is an atmospheric black metal band from Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area of Finland, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of atmospheric black metal make them veterans of the Finnish extreme metal scene.
Riifaust is a raw black metal project from Finland, formed in 2019. The project delivers stripped-down, lo-fi black metal in the primal Finnish tradition.
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