Rahnieda is an epic doom metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2014, taking its name from Rahnieda of Polotsk (962–1002), a princess of Rus' whose story anchors the band's historically themed lyrical direction. The band operates as an independent act, weaving Belarusian historical identity into a slow, monumental doom sound.

Melodic death/doom/gothic metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of dark, atmospheric metal from the Serbian capital.

Funeral doom/death metal/ambient project from Moscow, active since 2014. Their evocative, nature-poetic name frames glacially paced compositions exploring death and seasonal desolation.

Rainbird is a gothic/doom metal band formed in 2004 in Orsha, Belarus, as a side project of musicians from Screaming from the Oblivion, featuring St. Anatolick on vocals, Russel on guitars, Cheesa on bass, and Vadim on drums. Their debut album 'Poets' Blood' was released in 2006 through Backfire Productions.

Gothic/doom metal band from Wrocław, Poland, formed in 2021. Their approach blends gothic atmosphere with doom metal's crushing weight from the Lower Silesian capital.

Rainroom is a progressive death/doom metal and ambient project from Espoo, Finland, active since 2016. The project layers ambient atmospherics over progressive death-doom from the major city adjacent to Helsinki.

Raise the Black is a melodic doom/death metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2017. The band weaves melody into crushing doom-death from the East Midlands.

Epic black/doom/folk metal band from Obninsk, Russia, active since 2001. Nearly a quarter century of fantasy-inspired extreme metal blending black metal, doom, and folk elements from the Moscow Oblast science city.

Ramesses is a sludge/doom/death metal band from Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, active since 2018. The band channels crushing, multi-layered extreme doom from the rural English south coast.