Rapid Dominance is a progressive death/thrash/groove metal band from Silkeborg in central Jutland, Denmark, active since 2012. The band merges progressive complexity with death, thrash, and groove metal from the Danish lake district.

Black/death/thrash metal band from Sanok in southeastern Poland, formed in 2025. Their triple-genre approach delivers unrelenting extreme metal from the Bieszczady Mountains foothills.

Rapture is a death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2015 and delivering unrelenting death metal from Bavaria's capital. The band contributes to Munich's diverse extreme metal scene alongside numerous sludge, doom, and black metal acts.

Raptvre is a Cologne-based black/death metal duo formed in February 2018 by Kirill Gromada (also of Ayahuasca and Pripjat) and Stefan Braunschmidt of Shitshifter and Nvrvd. Self-described as 'the ugly yet ambitious love child' of its founders, the project explores the abyssal depths of black, death, and progressive metal with a dissonant and abrasive twist.

Rashes is a goregrind/death metal band from Sweden, formed in 2022. Their debut demo 'Necrotic Cultivation' delivers punishing deathgrind and pathological goregrind, released through Sindrome Productions on CD and Neuro Habitat Productions on cassette.

Raspatory is a death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2018, consisting of Brut (vocals), Rottingbutcher (guitar and bass), and Necrosodomator (drums), with lyrical themes centered on war, destruction, and psychological disorder. Their debut full-length 'Pathopsychology' (2021), released through Coyote Records in a limited edition of 100 digipaks, explores themes of mental illness across tracks including 'Thanatophobia' and 'Megalomania'.

Rasputin was a death metal band from West Flanders, Belgium — drawing members from Izegem, Moorslede, Roeselare, and Aalter — active from 2004 until their split-up. Their discography includes the 2008 demo 'Boundaries' and a 2013 EP featuring tracks like 'The Eyes of Truth' and 'Day of the Eclipse'.

Raster Density is a progressive/brutal death metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, active since 2012. The band merges progressive complexity with brutal death metal extremity from the Finnish lake district.

Ratbreath is a German death metal and crust project formed in 2021, merging the guttural heaviness of death metal with the raw punk energy of crust. The project operates anonymously in the German underground extreme music scene.