Progressive death metal band from Ebbs in Tyrol, Austria, Relinquished combined technical death metal structures with progressive compositional sensibilities. Their catalog, preserved on Bandcamp, documents a band exploring the more intricate, ambitious end of the Austrian extreme metal spectrum.

Relocator is a progressive rock and metal fusion project from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2010 and featuring guitarist Stefan Artwin, bassist Michael Pruchnicki, drummer Frank Tinge, and electric violinist Bartek Strycharski. Their self-titled debut features guest keyboards by Derek Sherinian and delivers nearly an hour of ambitious, complex instrumental progressive metal.

Remembrance is an avant-garde and progressive death metal band from Rosice near Brno, Czech Republic, active since 2005. The project pushes the boundaries of death metal with experimental structures and unconventional compositions drawn from the Moravian underground.

Thrash, heavy, and progressive metal band from Weitendorf bei Wildon and later Leibnitz in Styria, Remorse have been part of the Austrian underground metal scene across multiple active periods. Their Facebook presence under the handle 'remorsethrashteam' signals the driving force of their thrash metal identity alongside progressive and traditional heavy metal tendencies.

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.