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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Red Wine is a heavy/power metal band from Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Logroño in La Rioja, Spain, active since 2013. Fittingly based in Spain's premier wine region, the band delivers classic heavy and power metal.
Redemptor is a thrash/power metal band from Avilés in Asturias, northern Spain, active since 2011. The band channels the twin forces of thrash aggression and power metal melody from the Asturian industrial coast.
Redkey is a power metal band from Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2022. The band delivers melodic power metal from the automotive city best known as the home of Volkswagen.
Redshark is a heavy/speed/power metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2013. The band channels the triple force of heavy, speed, and power metal from one of Europe's great metal cities.
Refallen is a symphonic power metal band from Pohjanmaa (Ostrobothnia), Finland, formed in 2019. The band delivers orchestral power metal from the western Finnish coastal region.
Reign of Chaos is a melodic death/power metal band from Döhlau in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, formed in 2014. The band merges the aggression of melodic death metal with the soaring melodies of power metal from rural northern Bavaria.
Reinforcer is a heavy/power metal band from Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2018. The band channels classic European power metal energy from the Westphalian city known for its cathedral and Carolingian history.
Power metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2018. Their approach delivers anthemic power metal from the Italian capital.
Power metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 2024. Their approach delivers anthemic power metal from southern Norway.
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