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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
Revengeance (2017)
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Rosa Negra is a heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 1984 — one of the pioneering acts of Spanish heavy metal. Over four decades of activity make them among the most enduring metal bands in the country's history.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Pula, Croatia, dating back to 1984 — one of the oldest acts in this entire dataset. Over four decades of heavy metal from the Istrian peninsula represent extraordinary longevity.
Chernihiv heavy/thrash metal act formed in 2012, delivering aggressive riffing from northern Ukraine. Their sustained output speaks to metal's enduring vitality in the Ukrainian underground.
Rosy Vista is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2019. The band delivers hook-driven melodic metal and hard rock from the capital of Lower Saxony.
Rotten Perish is a heavy/thrash metal band from Richterswil on Lake Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2009. The band delivers aggressive thrash-inflected heavy metal from the Zürich area underground scene.
Rotten Scandinavian Bastards is a heavy metal duo from Sweden, formed in 2021. The two-piece outfit of Stockmann and Cultistnr3 handles all instruments across releases like 'Caprine Aggression' and 'Surviving the Crossing.'
Rottentown is a heavy metal band from Ferrol in Galicia, northwestern Spain, formed in 2015. The band delivers heavy metal from the Atlantic naval port city in A Coruña province.
Rotör is a Finnish heavy/speed metal band active since 2001. Over two decades of high-velocity metal make them veterans of the Finnish speed metal underground.
Rough Diamond is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2014. The band plays traditional heavy metal in the classic Scandinavian style from the Swedish capital.
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