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Rage of Light is a Swiss metal act that fuses aggressive death and groove metal with trance and electronic music, creating what they describe as 'a contrast made of light and rage.' Their catalog includes albums Imploder, Redemption, and Chasing a Reflection, combining sharp riffs and forceful arpeggios with screams interspersed by enchanting clean vocals.
Rage Overload is a death metal band from Sion in Switzerland's Valais region, formed in 2017 and specializing in groove-inflected death metal. Their 2017 debut First Rage features two tracks of heavy, mid-paced brutality that established the band's sound in the Swiss extreme metal underground.
Death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2019. Their approach delivers death metal from the Portuguese capital.
The Hague melodic death metal act formed in 2014, weaving melodic sophistication through death metal's aggressive framework from the Dutch seat of government. Their approach carries the emotive range of the Scandinavian melodeath tradition.
Death/thrash metal act from the Alpine city of Aosta, active since 2008 and bringing aggressive riffing from Italy's smallest region. Their sustained output from the shadow of Mont Blanc speaks to the genre's reach into even Italy's most remote corners.
Raging Rectum Renegades is a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2011. Their album 'Rectalbum' blends brutal death metal and deathcore with dark humor and absurdist themes, written and recorded as a DIY project by members Gorebert and Senneth.
Symphonic black/death metal project from Hungary, formed in 2021. Their approach layers orchestral grandeur over extreme metal ferocity.
Raiden is a metalcore/death metal band from Essex, England, formed in 2015. The band fuses metalcore dynamics with death metal aggression from the county northeast of London.
Melodic death/doom/gothic metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of dark, atmospheric metal from the Serbian capital.
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