Progressive power metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2018. Named after the precious metal, their approach delivers technically polished power metal with progressive complexity.

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.

Experimental black metal project from Milan, Italy, active since 2008. Their approach pushes black metal into unconventional, boundary-crossing territory across nearly two decades.

Rhymes of Destruction was a Kortrijk, Belgium metal band active from 1994 to 2000, pioneering what they called Symphonic Pagan Metal — an original fusion of extreme metal, progressive rock, psychedelia, and classical composition. One of the early Belgian bands to write lyrics in Dutch and Flemish, their albums include 'Black Nostalgia', 'A Sun Revolution', and 'Requiem / In Remembrance of Your Gods'.

Death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2021. Their approach merges death metal with thrash velocity from the Russian capital.

Shred and heavy metal project from the UK, active since 2014. Their approach delivers technically demanding guitar-driven heavy metal.

Heavy/groove metal band from Bridlington, England, active since 2011. Their long-running project delivers rhythmically driven heavy and groove metal from the Yorkshire coast.

Rhythmic Ceremonial Ritual is a black metal project from Sankt Egidien in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015. The project's ritualistic name reflects a ceremonial approach to black metal from the Zwickau district of western Saxony.

Rhûn is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2024. Named after the eastern lands from Tolkien's Middle-earth, the band blends progressive complexity with heavy and power metal grandeur.