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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Reflet Crépusculaire is a raw black metal project from France, formed in 2022. Named 'Twilight Reflection' in French, the project channels cold, lo-fi black metal.
Reflex is a heavy metal band from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, formed in 2021. The northern Swedish outfit channels classic heavy metal energy from the same coastal city that spawned several notable Swedish bands.
Reflexor is a thrash metal band from Giessen in Hesse, Germany, formed in 2012. The band delivers fast, aggressive thrash from the university city in central Hesse.
Refore is a thrash metal band originating from Slavičín in the Zlín Region of eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. The band has since relocated to nearby Štítná nad Vláří-Popov while maintaining their commitment to aggressive thrash metal.
Reforger is a heavy metal band from Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2025. Named after the Cold War NATO military exercises, the band is one of Germany's newest traditional heavy metal acts.
Groove metal/metalcore band from Cegléd, Hungary, active since 2011. Their long-running project blends groove metal's rhythmic punch with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Refrain is a heavy metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of traditional heavy metal from the Savo lakeland region make them veterans of the Finnish scene.
Refugium is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Delmenhorst/Ganderkesee area near Bremen in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2024. The band fuses melodic death metal's sweeping hooks with thrash metal velocity from the northwest German flatlands.
Refulgent Void is a black metal project from Oulainen in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, formed in 2024. The project channels atmospheric black metal from the rural Finnish countryside.
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