Resuscitation is a death metal trio from Meeuwen, Limburg, Belgium, formed in 1997, whose sound draws on black metal dissonance alongside old-school death metal brutality. Signed to Iron Bonehead Productions, they released the 7-inch 'Eviscerated Divinity' in 2015, featuring themes of Satanism and darkness.

Retaliate was a death metal and hardcore band from Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, active from 2000 to 2006 with a one-time reunion show in 2008. Released on Filled with Hate Records, the band channeled themes of societal collapse and anger, with 'Why We Hate' among their known releases.

Retaliator is a death/thrash metal band from Marbella on the Costa del Sol in Andalusia, Spain, formed in 2025. The band channels extreme metal aggression from the sun-soaked Andalusian coast.

Technical grindcore/death metal band from the Leeds/Bradford area, formed in 2024. Their approach combines grindcore's velocity with death metal's technicality from West Yorkshire.

Reticulate is a death metal band from Barcelona, Spain. The band delivers technical death metal from the Catalan capital's thriving extreme metal community.

Esch-sur-Alzette deathcore act formed in 2014, one of Luxembourg's few representatives in the extreme metal underground. Their punishing breakdowns and aggressive delivery carry the genre's flag from the Grand Duchy.

Kremenchuk death metal project launched in 2025, delivering brutal extremity from central Ukraine. Their punishing approach channels the newest wave of Ukrainian death metal.

Retribution is a death/thrash metal band from Nagel in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, active since 2001. The band has maintained over two decades of death-thrash from the Fichtelgebirge mountain region.

Retromorphosis is a technical death metal supergroup from Sweden, formed in 2025 by former Spawn of Possession members. Featuring Christian Muenzner (ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist) on guitar, their debut 'Psalmus Mortis' delivers freakishly fast riffs and warped rhythmic precision steeped in cosmic horror.