Resilence is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of activity make them a fixture of the Barcelona melodic extreme metal scene.

Respice Finem is a melodic death metal band from Rouen in Normandy, France, active since 2010. Named from the Latin phrase 'consider the end,' the band delivers melodic death metal from the historic Norman capital.

Graz-based melodic death metal sextet founded in 2007, Rest in Fear gained significant recognition as semifinalists at the Austrian Band Contest 2011, main-stage openers at MetalDays 2014, and nominees at the 2015 Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Hard & Heavy category. Their two albums, Insert Yourself (2011) and Shallows Deep (2014, G Minor Records), blend catchy keyboard and guitar hooklines with fast-paced death metal aggression.

Return to End is a melodic death metal band from Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2012. The band delivers melodic death metal from the forested Siegerland region where Westphalia meets Hesse.

Progressive/melodic death metal band from London, formed in 2020. Their approach blends progressive complexity with melodic death metal's emotional intensity from the UK capital.

Rhotide is a symphonic/melodic death metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, active since 2016. The band layers orchestral arrangements over melodic death metal from the capital of North Karelia.

Rifftera is an alternative/melodic death/thrash metal band from Vaasa on the west coast of Finland, formed in 2015. The band blends alternative metal accessibility with melodic death and thrash from the Ostrobothnian coast.

Right Before Summer is a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Nagold in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2013. The band fuses metalcore dynamics with melodic death metal hooks from the northern Black Forest.

Riot of Violence is a melodic death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011. The band delivers aggressive melodic death metal from the Catalan capital's thriving extreme metal scene.