Rising Fear is a death metal band from Duisburg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2022. The band delivers death metal from the major industrial city at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers.

Rising Hate is a melodic death metal band from Hof in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2010. The band delivers melodic death metal from the Bavarian city near the Czech border, over a decade of activity establishing them in the Franconian scene.

Rising Nation was a death/thrash metal band from Eupen, Liège, Belgium, formed in 1990 and signed to Lowland Records. Vocalist Fred 'Doc' Paulus also edited the metal zine 'Final Holocaust', and after the band dissolved — partly due to a severe injury to bassist Axel 'Frosch' Bosch — surviving members went on to form Punished Earth.

Rising Sunset is a death metal band from the Bad Neustadt an der Saale/Oberstreu area in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2016. The band channels death metal from the rural Rhön mountain region of northern Bavaria.

Melodic/symphonic death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2019. Their approach layers symphonic grandeur over melodic death metal from Russia's cultural capital.

Risoid System is a thrash/death metal band from Essen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2011. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the former European Capital of Culture in the heart of the Ruhr.

Risperidonia is a death metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2024. Named after the antipsychotic medication risperidone, the band delivers death metal from France's second-largest city.

Ristridi is a melodic death/power/progressive metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2018. The band blends three strains of melodic and technical metal from Bavaria's capital city.

Death/doom metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2018. Named after the kabbalistic Tree of Knowledge concept, their approach merges death metal with doom from Poland's cultural capital.