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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Rassacache is a black metal band from Douai in the Nord department of northern France, formed in 2021. The band delivers atmospheric black metal from the old mining country of French Flanders.
Rassenkrieg is a black metal project from Zwickau in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2021. The project operates in the raw, underground black metal tradition of eastern Germany.
Ratatosk is a German black metal project formed in 2010 and named after the squirrel of Norse mythology that runs along the world tree Yggdrasil. The project channels Norse mythological themes through atmospheric black metal.
Ratrotten is a black/thrash metal band from the Uettingen/Thüngersheim area in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2025. The project fuses the raw fury of black metal with the speed and riff-driven attack of thrash from rural northern Bavaria.
Rats of Reality is a black metal/crust band from Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, formed in 2014. The band fuses raw black metal with crust punk from the Granite City on the North Sea coast.
Amsterdam raw black metal and punk act launched in 2025, whose Dutch name translates to 'Rat Fortress,' fusing lo-fi extremity with punk's raw energy. Their primal approach channels the most confrontational elements of both traditions.
Kyiv black metal act formed in 2012, whose German name meaning 'Rat King' channels atmospheric darkness from Ukraine's capital. Their sustained presence speaks to the genre's deep roots in the Kyiv underground.
Raudra is a melodic black/death metal band from Le Dramont on the Var coast of southeastern France, formed in 2020. Named from a Sanskrit term for ferocity, the band delivers melodic extreme metal from the French Riviera.
Norwegian black metal project formed in 2021. The project channels cold, hostile black metal.
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