Renaissance is a progressive/doom/death metal band from Leuven, Belgium, crafting dense, layered compositions that blend the weight of doom, the technicality of progressive metal, and death metal's aggression. The band represents the darker end of the Belgian progressive metal underground.

Rožňava progressive/power metal act formed in 2013, blending technical complexity with melodic grandeur from eastern Slovakia's Gemer region. Their ambitious approach fuses the best of both progressive and power metal traditions.

Progressive metal/rock band from Kristiansand, Norway, active since 2012. Their approach delivers technically ambitious progressive compositions from southern Norway.

Renfield is a progressive/power/thrash metal band from Göttingen in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2017. Named after the insect-eating character from Bram Stoker's Dracula, the band blends progressive complexity with power and thrash metal from the university city in central Germany.

Reprieve is a progressive death metal and metalcore band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020. The band fuses the technical ambition of progressive death metal with metalcore's dynamic intensity from the German capital.

Reptile Mountain is a progressive post-metal/rock band from Seinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, Finland, formed in 2019. The band explores expansive, atmospheric post-metal compositions from the Finnish flatlands.

Progressive metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, active since 2016. Their approach delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Serbian capital.

Progressive metal/rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, active since 2015. Their approach delivers technically ambitious progressive compositions from the Dutch political capital.

Progressive/doom/gothic metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2009. Their ambitious three-genre approach delivers richly atmospheric metal from the foot of Mount Etna.