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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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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.
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.
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.
Melodic death metal band from Patras, Greece, active since 2016. Their approach channels Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the Peloponnese.
Ritual of Terror is a melodic death metal band from Vesanto in central Finland, formed in 2018. The band delivers melodic death metal from the rural Finnish heartland.
Melodic death metal band from Anapa on Russia's Black Sea coast, active since 2010. Their approach delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the resort city.
Robse is a melodic death/pagan metal project from Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2020. The project channels Germanic pagan themes through melodic death metal from the Mark Brandenburg region east of Berlin.
Room21 is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, formed in 2022. The band fuses melodic death metal with thrash velocity from the Finnish lake district.
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