R & R	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
R'lyeh	Mexico	Death Metal	Active
R-Akzioa	Spain	Power Metal	Split-up
R-Genium	Russia	Symphonic Power Metal	Active
R.A.I.C.E.S.	Mexico	Death Metal	Unknown
R.A.I.D.	Ukraine	Death Metal	Split-up
R.A.V.A.G.E.	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Changed name
R.A.W.	Germany	Melodic Thrash Metal	Split-up
R.A.W.W.A.R.	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
R.A.Z.	France	Death Metal	Active
R.D.S.K.	France	Symphonic Gothic Metal	Active
R.E.T.	Czech Republic	Doom/Gothic Metal	Active
R.E.X.	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Active
R.H.D.	Brazil	Crossover	Active
R.I.P.	Costa Rica	Thrash Metal	Active
R.I.P.	Peru	Thrash Metal	Active
R.I.P.	Germany	Black Metal/Avant-garde	Split-up
R.I.P.	Mexico	Power Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later)	Split-up
R.I.P.	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
R.I.P. Soldier	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
R.O.J.O.	Spain	Thrash Metal	Unknown
R.O.L.F.	Spain	Doom/Sludge Metal/Death 'n' Roll	Active
R.O.T.	United States	Power/Speed Metal	Split-up
R.O.T.	Spain	Thrash Metal	Split-up
R.U. Dead?	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
R.U. Deadly	United States	Thrash/Power Metal	On hold
R.U.S.T.	Romania	Heavy Metal	Active
R.U.S.T.	Cyprus	Heavy Metal	Active
R2	Croatia	Progressive Metal	Changed name
R230	United States	Heavy Metal	Changed name
R:I:P	Germany	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Ra	Germany	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Ra	Finland	Heavy Metal	Active
RA	Romania	Gothic Metal/Darkwave	On hold
Ra's Dawn	Germany	Progressive Metal	Active
Ra-Kish	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Ra-M-Ha	Russia	Black/Doom/Pagan Metal	Split-up
Raa Hoor Khuit	Germany	Symphonic Black Metal	Active
Raakku	Finland	Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
Raaksha	Sri Lanka	Experimental Black Metal	Active
Raam	Ecuador	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Raate	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rabbath Ammon	Jordan	Thrash/Black Metal	Split-up
Rabbit's Carrot	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rabbits	United States	Sludge Metal	Active
Rabe	Belgium	Black Metal	Split-up
Raben Nacht	Austria	Raw Pagan Metal	Split-up
Rabenholz	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Rabennacht	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Rabenschrei	Germany	NS Black Metal	Active
Rabensumpf	Germany	Pagan Black Metal	Active
Rabenvolk	Germany	Raw Black Metal	Active
Rabenwolf	Germany	Folk Metal	Active
Rabia	Puerto Rico	Post-Thrash/Groove Metal, Hard Rock	Active
Rabid	United States	Thrash/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rabid	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rabid	United States	Death Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later)	Active
Rabid Captor	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rabid Lassie	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Rabies	Russia	Symphonic/Gothic Metal	Active
Rabies	Philippines	Thrash Metal	Active
Rabies Caste	Israel	Stoner/Sludge Metal	Split-up
Rabihem	Korea, South	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Race Against Time	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Split-up
Racer Truck	Brazil	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Racer X	United States	Heavy Metal/Shred	Active
Races	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
RacheEngel	Germany	Gothic/Folk Metal	Active
Rachel Mother Goose	Japan	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Rachels Coven	United States	Power Metal	On hold
Rachesang	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Racial Purity	Germany	Pagan Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Racodia	Mexico	Heavy/Gothic/Folk Metal	Active
Rad Kick	Germany	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rad-X	New Zealand	Thrash Metal	Active
Radaghast	Chile	Power Metal	Active
Radakka	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Radamanthys	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Radamathys	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Radar	Russia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rådare	Sweden	Folk Metal	Active
Radegast	United States	Black Metal	Split-up
Rademassaker	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Radiance	Italy	Progressive Metal	Active
Radiance	Japan	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Radiathor	Netherlands	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Radiation	Slovakia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Radiation 4	United States	Technical Avant-garde Metal	On hold
Radiation Dust	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Radiation Sickness	United States	Death/Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Radical	Uruguay	Thrash Metal	Active
Radical Corps	Indonesia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Radical Crash	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
Radical Dream	United States	Heavy Metal	On hold
Radical Heresy	France	Thrash Metal	Active
Radical Mentaly	Czech Republic	Grindcore	Split-up
Radical Mutation	Canada	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Radical Obscurity	Albania	Death Metal (early), Crossover/Thrash/Groove Metal (later)	Split-up
Radical OH	Cuba	Death Metal	Unknown
Radical Onslaught	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
Radicaliz	Japan	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Radigost	Russia	Melodic Black/Doom Metal	On hold
Radio Criminals	Hungary	Heavy/Stoner Metal	Active
Radio Hell	Italy	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Radioactive	Finland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Radioactive Danger	Czech Republic	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Radioactive Vomit	Canada	Black Metal	Active
Radiocamboja	Brazil	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Radiolokator	Czech Republic	Thrash Metal	Active
Radium	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Split-up
Radium	United States	Progressive Heavy Metal	Split-up
Radius	United States	Progressive Black Metal	Split-up
Radogost	Poland	Folk Metal	Active
Radon	Finland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Radon	Italy	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Radunir	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Radwaste	Switzerland	Thrash Metal	Active
Raff	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Rafflesia	Belgium	Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rafnagud	Argentina	NS Black Metal	Active
Raga	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ragadozók	Hungary	Heavy Metal	Active
Rage	Germany	Heavy/Speed/Power Metal	Active
Rage Anthem	Sweden	Death/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rage Darkness	Brazil	Gothic/Death Metal	Active
Rage from Within	United States	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rage Invest	Sweden	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rage My Bitch	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rage N Revenge	Spain	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Rage of Angels	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rage of Angels	United States	Melodic Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Rage of Pain	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rageborne	Denmark	Progressive Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Ragedate	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rageflower	Australia	Thrash/Death Metal (early), Gothic Rock/Metal (later)	Split-up
Ragen Gagen	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
RagenHeart	Greece	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rager	Slovenia	Speed Metal	Split-up
Rager	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
Ragestorm	Italy	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ragged	Canada	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Raggradarh	Bulgaria	Pagan Black Metal	Active
Raging Age	Italy	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Raging Angels	Brazil	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Raging Avenger	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Raging Blood	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raging Chaos	Germany	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Raging Conflict	Ireland	Thrash Metal	Active
Raging Fire	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raging Force	Germany	Power Metal	Split-up
Raging Fury	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Raging Grace	United States	Heavy/Progressive/Power Metal	Split-up
Raging Mantis	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Raging Mob	China	Thrash Metal	Active
Raging Saint	United States	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Raging Steel	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Active
Raging Storm	Greece	Traditional Metal	Active
Ragnar	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ragnaröek	Germany	Folk/Gothic Metal	Active
Ragnarok	United Kingdom	Pagan/Folk Black Metal	Split-up
Ragnarök	Germany	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Ragnarok	South Africa	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ragnarok	Norway	Black Metal	Active
Ragnarok	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ragnarok	Spain	Pagan/Black Metal	Split-up
Ragnarok Fate	Mexico	Melodic Heavy/Speed Metal	Unknown
Ragnor	Spain	Black Metal	Active
Ragor	Russia	Pagan Black Metal	Active
Ragtag	France	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ragthorn	Germany	Black Metal	Unknown
Ragweed	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rahovart	Chile	Black Metal	On hold
Rahowa	France	Black Metal / Folk / Ambient	On hold
Rahowa	Canada	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Rahu	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rahway	United States	Heavy/Groove Metal	Active
Raices Muertas	Uruguay	Thrash Metal	Active
Raices Torcidas	El Salvador	Industrial Death Metal	Active
Raid	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raid	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Raid	Australia	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Raider	United Kingdom	NWOBHM, Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raidshelter	Germany	Progressive Metal	Active
Railsplitter	United States	Stoner Metal with Doom influences	Split-up
Railway	Germany	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Raimond	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Raimund Burke	Germany	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Rain	Czech Republic	Thrash Metal	Active
Rain	Russia	Heavy Metal	Active
Rain	Switzerland	Industrial/Black/Dark Metal	Split-up
Rain	Italy	Power/Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Rain	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rain	Spain	Power Metal	Split-up
Rain	Poland	Psychedelic Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rain 'n' Steel	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rain Delay	Serbia	Melodic Death/Doom/Gothic Metal	Active
Rain Fell Within	United States	Atmospheric/Melodic/Symphonic Metal	Split-up
Rain Novelty	Greece	Gothic/Doom Metal	Active
Rain of Acid	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rain of Ashes	Germany	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Rain of Pain	Germany	Heavy Metal/Rock	Active
Rain of Sorrow	Poland	Symphonic Death/Black Metal	Active
Rain Paint	Finland	Gothic Metal	Active
Rain Shadow	Czech Republic	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rain Shatter	Mexico	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rain Skiktlu	Finland	Industrial Alternative/Death Metal	Unknown
Rainbird	Belarus	Gothic/Doom Metal	Split-up
Rainbow	United Kingdom	70s Hard Rock (early), Heavy Metal (mid), AOR (later)	Split-up
Rainbows Are Free	United States	Doom/Stoner Metal/Rock	Active
Raincarnation	Poland	Gothic/Doom Metal	Split-up
Raindream	Greece	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Rainfall	Italy	Melodic Metal/Rock	Active
Rainfall	Cuba	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rainfall	United States	Droning/Ambient Black Metal	On hold
Rainforest	Greece	Power/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Raining	Chile	Heavy Metal	Active
Raining Forest	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Split-up
RainKnight	Spain	Symphonic Metal	Unknown
Rainmaker	Colombia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rainmakers	Italy	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rainoise	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Unknown
Rainroom	Finland	Progressive Death/Doom Metal, Ambient	Active
Rainshadow	Australia	Gothic Metal	Active
Rainspawn	Italy	Thrash/Power Metal	Active
Raintime	Italy	Melodic Death/Power Metal	Split-up
Rainwill	Russia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rainwound	United States	Progressive Rock/Blackened Melo-Death/Folk Metal	Active
Rainy Night	Italy	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raise Cain	Sweden	Thrash/Groove Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Raise Hell	Sweden	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Raise the Dead	United Kingdom	Thrash/Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Raise the Shield	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Raised Banner	Germany	Power Metal	Active
Raised by Falcons	United States	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Raised by Wolves	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Raised to the Ground	Ireland	Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal	Active
Raiser	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raiser	Netherlands	Thrash Metal	Active
Raising Cain	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Raising Fear	Italy	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Raising Fear	Italy	Speed/Power Metal	Active
Raising Fear	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raising Hell	Chile	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Raising Messiah	Japan	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Raism	Greece	Industrial Metal	Split-up
Raizhobium	Malaysia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rajam	Indonesia	Black Metal	Active
Rajas	Japan	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Rajasinga	Indonesia	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rajavyöhyke	Finland	Heavy/Thrash Metal	On hold
Rajfajh	Russia	Black Metal, Experimental/Noise/Ambient/Grindcore	Active
Rake	Finland	Black Metal	Unknown
Rake Sodomy	Australia	Death Metal	Active
Rakeniven	Chile	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rakoth	Russia	Epic Black/Doom/Folk Metal	Active
Raksasas	Germany	Death/Groove Metal/Metalcore	Changed name
Rakshasa	Australia	Black Metal/Noise	Active
Rakün	United States	Black Metal	Active
Rakus	Malaysia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ralmador	Chile	Black/Doom Metal	Active
Ralph Santolla	United States	Melodic Metal	Active
RAM	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Ram-Page	Russia	Blackened Thrash Metal	Active
Ram-Zet	Norway	Avant-garde Black/Gothic Metal	Active
Ramagarhh	Russia	Death/Black Metal	Active
Raman Gifta	France	Death/Doom Metal	Split-up
Ramayana	Sweden	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ramayana	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rambler	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Active
Rambokk	Norway	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Ramesses	United Kingdom	Death/Doom Metal	Active
Ramhorn	Greece	Doom Metal	Active
Rammer	Canada	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Ramming Speed	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Rammish Succus	China	Goregrind	Active
Rammpage	United States	Heavy Metal / Hard Rock	Split-up
Rammwurst	Germany	Black/Death Metal	Active
Ramon Zarate	Belgium	Stoner Metal	Active
Ramp	Portugal	Heavy Metal, Thrash	Active
Rampage	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rampage	Australia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rampage	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Rampage	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rampage	United States	Various	Active
Rampage	Australia	Progressive Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rampage	Canada	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rampage	Austria	Death Metal	Split-up
Rampage	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rampage	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rampage	France	Thrash Metal with Groove/Hardcore Influences	Split-up
Rampancy	Taiwan	Death Metal/Goregrind	Active
Rampart	Bulgaria	Heavy Metal	Active
Ramrod	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Ramses	Hungary	Power Metal	Split-up
Ramses	Mexico	Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Split-up
Ramses	Belgium	Heavy/Traditional Metal	Split-up
Ramset	Argentina	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Ramzes	Poland	Gothic Metal	Active
RÁN	Netherlands	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Ran-ja	Japan	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ranber Jack	Japan	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Rancid Christ	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rancid Decay	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Rancid Entity	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Split-up
Rancid Flesh	Brazil	Death Metal/Goregrind	Active
Rancid Guts	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rancid Nut Sauce	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rancidectomy	Slovakia	Death Metal/Goregrind	Split-up
Rancor	Australia	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Rancor	Spain	Thrash Metal	Active
Rancor	Belgium	Hardcore/Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rancor	United States	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rancorous	Thailand	Neoclassical/Death Metal	Active
Rancour	Russia	Raw Black Metal	Active
Randagi	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Randalica	Germany	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Randall Flagg	United States	Death Metal/Hardcore	Active
Randall Flagg	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Randall Frost Project	United States	Groove Metal	Changed name
Randir	Germany	Folk/Black Metal	Active
Random	Argentina	Progressive/Avant-garde Metal	Active
Random	Netherlands	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Random	Germany	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Active
Random Acts of Violence	United States	Thrash Metal with Punk influences	Split-up
Random Allusion	United States	Experimental Progressive Metal	Active
Random Conflict	United States	Thrash Metal/Hardcore/Crossover	Active
Random Damage	Canada	Thrash Metal	Active
Random Disfigurement	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Random Draw	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Random Eyes	Finland	Melodic Metal/Rock	Active
Random Mullet	Finland	Technical/Progressive Metal	Active
Random Plan	Finland	Gothic Metal	Active
Random Riot	Sweden	Heavy Metal	On hold
Random Violence	Australia	Brutal Death/Thrash Metal	On hold
Randomize Timer	France	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Randomorder	Australia	Thrash Metal	Active
RandomWalk	Greece	Gothic Metal/Metalcore	Active
Randy	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Randy Blair	United States	Symphonic/Progressive Metal	Unknown
Randy Chapman	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Randy Ellefson	United States	Melodic Shred/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Active
Randy Pevler	United States	Shred/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Randy Tri	Vietnam	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Randy Uchida Group	Japan	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Randy Weitzel	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Rangda	Italy	Black/Gothic Metal	Split-up
Ranger	Finland	Speed Metal	Active
Ranger	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rankkuri	Finland	Thrash/Black Metal/Punk	Active
Rankor	Germany	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rankor	Poland	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rann	Poland	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Unknown
Rannoch	United Kingdom	Progressive Death Metal	Active
Ranseckers	Italy	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rant666	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Rantai 86	Indonesia	Death Metal	Active
Ranz Böllner and the Heavy Metal Warriors	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Rapaz	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Rape	Turkey	Black Metal	Active
Rape on Mind	Poland	Experimental / Death Metal / Metalcore	Active
Rape Pillage and Burn	United States	Death Metal	Active
Raped Ape	United States	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Raped by Pigs	Peru	Brutal Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Raped Cadaver	Germany	Death Metal	Unknown
Raped God 666	Mexico	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Raped Toad	Poland	Thrash Metal	Active
RapeEul	Germany	Death/Black/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rapheumets Well	United States	Progressive Death/Black Metal	Active
Rapid Alloy	Canada	Thrash Metal (early), Alternative Rock (later)	Split-up
Rapid Burial	Canada	Death Metal	Split-up
Rapid Crossfire	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rapid Decay	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Rapid Dominance	Denmark	Progressive Death/Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Rapid Fire	Italy	Power Metal	Active
Rapid Fire	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rapid Fire	United States	Heavy / Power Metal	Active
Rapid Fire	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Rapid Fire	Poland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rapid Steel	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Rapid Strike	Croatia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rapid Tears	Canada	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rapidforce	Serbia	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Rapier	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Rapier	Argentina	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raping Christ	Italy	Thrash/Black Metal	Active
Rapscallion	United States	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rapsodia	Spain	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raptor	Croatia	Thrash Metal	Active
Raptor	Malaysia	Heavy/Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Raptor	Netherlands	Black Metal	Split-up
Raptor	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Raptor	Brazil	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Raptor	Argentina	Groove Metal	Split-up
Raptor	Spain	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raptor	Germany	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Raptor	France	Heavy/Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Raptor Corpse	Indonesia	Crossover/Thrash Metal	Active
Raptor School	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Raptores	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Raptors of Mind	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rapture	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Rapture	Sweden	Melodic Death Metal	Unknown
Rapture	Germany	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rapture	United States	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Rapture	Mexico	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rapture	Finland	Melodic Doom/Death Metal	Active
Rapture	Australia	Black Metal	Split-up
Rapture	Chile	Death Metal	Unknown
Rapture	France	Technical Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rapture	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rapture Cabaret	United States	Melodic Death Metal	On hold
Rapture Messiah	Mexico	Black Metal	Active
Raptus	Sweden	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Raptus	Portugal	Black Metal	Split-up
Rare Breed	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rare Form	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rarog'g	Poland	Black Metal	Active
RAS	Spain	Grindcore	Active
Ras Algethi	Italy	Atmospheric Doom Metal	Split-up
Rasa Skanda	Belgium	Black Metal	Split-up
Rasawr	Netherlands	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rasp	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Raspatul	Singapore	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Raspberry Bulbs	United States	Black Metal/Punk	Active
Rasputin	Turkey	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rasputin	Belgium	Death Metal	Active
Rasputins	Denmark	Sludge/Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rass Dashen	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rassenkrieg	Germany	NS Black Metal	Unknown
Rassuk	Malaysia	Melodic Black/Death Metal	Active
Rasta	Belarus	Melodic Death Metal	On hold
Raster	Venezuela	Black/Heavy Metal	Active
Raster Density	Finland	Progressive/Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rastro Humano	Mexico	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rat	Croatia	Black Metal	Split-up
Rat Attack	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rat Faced Bastard	United Kingdom	Grindcore/Death Metal	Active
Rat Race	Germany	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rat Race	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rat Salad	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rat Salad	United States	Doom Metal	Changed name
Rat Salad	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rata Blanca	Argentina	Traditional/Power Metal	Active
Rata Muerta	Argentina	Thrash Metal	Active
Rata Vuloira	Italy	Black/Death Metal	Active
Ratatosk	Germany	Black Metal	Unknown
Ratatösker	Germany	Folk Metal	Active
Ratchetjaw	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rate of Decay	United States	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Unknown
Rated X	Switzerland	Thrash/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rated X	Germany	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Rated X	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Råten	Spain	Raw Black Metal	Active
RåtGaldr	France	Black Metal	Active
Rather Be Dead	Australia	Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Rätier	Switzerland	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rato Raro	Spain	Grindcore/Death Metal/Punk	Active
Rator	Malaysia	Death/Black Metal	Active
Ratos de Porão	Brazil	Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Ratos e Baratas	Brazil	Grindcore (early), Death / Thrash Metal (later)	Active
Rats in the Dark	Czech Republic	Black/Death Metal	Changed name
Ratsel	Italy	Black Metal	Split-up
Ratta-Cräsch	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rattle	Brazil	Thrash Death Metal	Active
Rattleface	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Rattlehead	United States	Speed/Thrash Metal	Active
Rattlehead	Germany	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rattlehead	Japan	Melodic Power Metal	Active
Rattler	Estonia	Death Metal	Split-up
Rattlesnake	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Rattlesnake	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Rattling Cages	United States	Thrash/Sludge Metal/Hardcore	Active
Ratzinger	Chile	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Ratzkrieg	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Raud-Ants	Estonia	Pagan Folk Metal	Active
Rauhnacht	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Rauhnacht	Austria	Black Metal	Active
Raum	United States	Sludge/Doom Metal	Active
Rauta	Finland	Folk Metal	Active
Rautahaamu	Finland	NS Black Metal	Unknown
Rautaholvi	Finland	Heavy Metal	Active
Rautakello	Finland	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Rautakuuri	Finland	Thrash/Heavy Metal	Active
Rautanyrkki	Finland	Thrashy Dark Metal	Split-up
Rautarutto	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rautavaara Inc.	Finland	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Rautavaris	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Ravagar	Netherlands	Black Metal	Active
Ravage	Germany	Traditional/Speed Metal	Split-up
Ravage	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ravage	United States	Power/Speed Metal	Active
Ravage	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ravage Fields	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Ravage Inc.	Germany	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ravage Machinery	Finland	Melodic Death Metal (early), Death/Thrash Metal (later)	Active
Ravaged	Sweden	Death Metal	Split-up
Ravaged	Sweden	Death Metal	Split-up
Ravager	Mexico	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Ravanes	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Ravatal	Hungary	Black Metal	Split-up
Rave	Germany	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rave Age	France	Thrash Metal	Active
Raven	United Kingdom	NWOBHM, Speed Metal	Active
Raven	Norway	Black Metal	On hold
Raven	Macedonia (FYROM)	Thrash Metal	Active
Raven	Finland	Funeral Doom Metal	Changed name
Raven Bitch	United States	Traditional/Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raven Black Night	Australia	Epic Doom/Heavy Metal	Active
Raven Blayde	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Raven Circle	France	Black Metal	Changed name
Raven Claw	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Changed name
Raven Crown	France	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raven Dark	Russia	Pagan Black Metal	Split-up
Raven Death	Slovenia	Black Metal	Active
Raven Dust	Italy	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Raven Eye	Argentina	Death/Doom Metal	Active
Raven Mad	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raven Payne	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Raven Soul	Portugal	Gothic Metal	Active
Raven Throne	Belarus	Pagan Black Metal	Active
Raven Tide	Italy	Symphonic/Gothic Metal	Active
Raven Tongue	Norway	Black Metal	Split-up
Raven Winter	Slovakia	Black Metal	Split-up
Raven Wolf	South Africa	Power Metal (early), Folk/Pagan Metal (later)	Split-up
Raven Wolf	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raven Woods	Turkey	Black/Death Metal	Active
Raven's Bane	United States	Ambient	Active
Raven's Blut	France	Raw Black Metal	Split-up
Raven's Empire	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Raven's Hill	France	Black Metal	Active
Ravenage	United Kingdom	Folk/Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ravenarium	Slovakia	Black/Death Metal	Active
Ravenbanner	Greece	Black Metal	Active
Ravenblack	Germany	Gothic/Heavy Metal	Active
Ravenblood	Brazil	Black Metal	Unknown
Ravenclaw	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravenclaw	Austria	Viking Metal/Ambient	Split-up
Ravenclaw	Slovakia	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
RavenClaws	Italy	Gothic/Death Metal	Unknown
Ravencry	Russia	Melodic Viking/Black Metal	Active
Ravencult	Greece	Black Metal	Active
Ravendance	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravendark's Monarchal Canticle	Brazil	Black/Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ravendawn	United States	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravendusk	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Ravendusk	Finland	Atmospheric Black Metal	Changed name
Ravendusk	Hungary	Melodic Black Metal	Split-up
Ravenflame	Russia	Melodic Death/Folk Metal	Active
Ravenfrost	Germany	Black/Doom Metal, Ambient	Active
Ravengod	Norway	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravenhead	Netherlands	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Ravenheart	Switzerland	Power Metal	Active
Ravenheit	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Ravenhelm	United States	Black/Pagan Metal	Split-up
Ravenholm	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Ravenhorst	Austria	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravening	Finland	Death Metal	Unknown
Ravenland	Brazil	Gothic Metal	Active
Ravenlaw	Czech Republic	Power Metal	Active
Ravenloft	Brazil	Power/Heavy Metal	On hold
Ravenlord	Malaysia	Black/Viking/Folk Metal	Active
Ravenlord	Poland	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Active
Ravenlord	Norway	Power Metal	Split-up
Ravenlord Darkstorm	Poland	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravenlords	Sweden	Power Metal	Split-up
Ravenlore	Germany	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Ravenmoon Sanctuary	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Ravenna Strigoi Mortii	Poland	Raw Black Metal	Active
Ravenous	New Zealand	Death Metal	Unknown
Ravenous	Austria	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ravenous	Argentina	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ravenous	Italy	Death/Thrash Metal	On hold
Ravenous	Finland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ravenouse	Italy	Gothic Metal	Active
Ravenpath	Germany	Symphonic Black Metal	Active
Ravens	France	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ravens Creed	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Ravens Over Gomorrah	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ravens'head	Australia	Power Metal	Active
Ravensblood	France	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravensbruck	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ravensbrück 666	United States	NS Black Metal	Active
Ravensdöm	France	Black Metal	Active
Ravensfall	Finland	Death Metal	Changed name
Ravenshade	Canada	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ravenshades	Hungary	Black Metal	Changed name
Ravenskull	France	Black Metal	Active
Ravensoul	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravensthorn	United States	Traditional / Power Metal	Active
Ravenstorm	Netherlands	Melodic Black Metal	Active
Ravenstorm	Finland	Black Metal	Unknown
Raventale	Ukraine	Black/Doom Metal	Active
Raventhrone	International	Folk/Epic/Black Metal	On hold
Raventor	Hungary	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Ravenville	Poland	Gothic Metal	Active
Ravia	Mexico	Power Metal	Unknown
Ravin' Surgery	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ravine	Finland	Black Metal	Split-up
Raving Mad	Sweden	Thrash/Power Metal	Split-up
Raving Madness	Germany	Speed/Power Metal	Split-up
Raving Season	Italy	Gothic/Doom Metal	Active
Ravish Nocturne	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Ravished Flesh	Poland	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Ravisher	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Ravishing	Denmark	Death/Black Metal	Active
Ravishment	Brazil	Doom Metal	Active
Ravn	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ravnesort	Denmark	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravnheim	Norway	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravnsang	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravnsdale	New Zealand	Black Metal	Split-up
Ravnsvart	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Ravok	Brazil	Symphonic Black Metal	Active
Raw	Italy	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raw	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Active
Raw	Austria	Gothic/Symphonic Metal	Split-up
Raw	Germany	Thrashcore	Active
Raw Deal	Germany	Thrash Metal with Hardcore Influences	Split-up
Raw Decimating Brutality	Portugal	Brutal Death Metal/Grind	Active
Raw Diamond	Sweden	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raw Edge	Germany	Hardcore/Metal/Punk (early), Death Metal/Hardcore (later)	Active
Raw Energy	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Raw Ensemble	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Raw Gore	Serbia	Raw Black Metal (early), Pagan Black Metal (later)	Changed name
Raw Hatred	United States	Black Metal	Split-up
Raw Hide	Paraguay	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raw in Sect	Greece	Technical Death Metal (early) - Thrash Metal (later)	Active
Raw Level	Canada	Death Metal	Split-up
Raw Meat	Argentina	Thrash Metal, Crossover, Hardcore	Split-up
Raw Moon	United States	Black Metal	Active
Raw Oath	Venezuela	Raw Black Metal/Noise	Active
Raw Radar War	United States	Sludge/Doom Metal/Thrashcore	Active
Raw Rapture	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raw Raze	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raw Sewage	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Raw Visions	Italy	Heavy/Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rawage	Finland	Black/Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rawattack	Brazil	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rawboned	Germany	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Rawcvlt	Slovakia	Raw Black Metal	Active
Rawfoil	Italy	Speed/Thrash Metal	Active
Rawhead	Poland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rawhead	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rawhead	Germany	Thrash/Groove Metal, Thrashcore with Industrial elements	Split-up
Rawhead Rexx	Germany	Traditional Heavy/Power Metal	Active
RawkFist	Germany	Symphonic/Gothic Metal	Split-up
Rawkus	Australia	Power Metal	Active
Rawshock	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rax	Germany	Melodic Metal	Split-up
Rax Load	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raxa	Russia	Doom Metal / Folk / Ambient	Active
Raxas	Poland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raxas	Mexico	Power Metal	Active
Raxe	Mexico	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ray B	Italy	Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ray Gunn	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raydead	Austria	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Räyhä	Finland	Thrash Metal	Active
Rayon	Italy	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Raytion	Japan	Power Metal	Split-up
Rayze	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Raza de Odio	Italy	Death Metal/Hardcore with flamenco influences	Split-up
Raza Heroica	Argentina	Heavy/Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Raza Odiada	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Active
Raza Salvaje	Argentina	Power Metal with Death Metal Influences	Active
Razafari	Germany	Groove Metal	Unknown
Razakel Krieg	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Active
Razamanaz	Brazil	Death Metal	Split-up
Raze	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raze	Italy	Groove/Thrash Metal	Active
Raze	Serbia	Thrash Metal	Active
Razed	Malaysia	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Razeforce	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Razer	United States	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Razer	Portugal	Melodic Thrash Metal	Split-up
Raziel	Argentina	Power Metal	Unknown
Raziel Ego	Mexico	Melodic Death/Black Metal	On hold
Razing Steel	Japan	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Razón de Acero	Chile	Melodic Death/Groove Metal	Active
Razones Concientes	Argentina	Heavy/Thrash Metal	On hold
Razor	Poland	Death Metal	Changed name
Razor	Canada	Speed/Thrash Metal	Active
Razor	Argentina	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Razor Fate	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Razor Fist	United States	Heavy/Speed Metal	Active
Razor Freak	United States	Raw Black Metal	Split-up
Razor Key Exit	United States	Black Metal/Industrial	Active
Razor of Death	Poland	Thrash Metal	Active
Razor of Occam	Australia	Thrash/Black Metal	Active
Razor Red	Canada	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Razor Ride	United States	Black/Death Metal	Active
Razor Sharp Daggar	Netherlands	Death Metal/Grindcore	Changed name
Razor White	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Razor Wire Colonoscopy	United States	Blackened Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Razor Wire Shrine	United States	Experimental/Progressive Metal	Active
Razor's Edge	Greece	Death/Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Active
Razor's Edge	Germany	Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Razor's Edge	Greece	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Razorback	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Razorblade	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	Changed name
Razorblade	Italy	Heavy/Power Metal	Changed name
Razorblade	Mexico	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Razorblend	Finland	Stoner Metal	Active
Razorburner	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Razorheart	United States	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Razorhoof	United States	Heavy/Stoner Metal/Rock	Active
Razormaid	United States	Traditional Metal	Split-up
Razormaze	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
RazorRape	Sweden	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Razorscar	Turkey	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Razorshape	France	Death Metal	Active
Razorwing	Canada	Progressive Death Metal	Active
Razzia	Argentina	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Razzle Dazzle	Germany	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
RCO	Cyprus	Black Metal with Punk/Crossover/Progressive Influences	Active
RD	Russia	Heavy Metal	Active
RDX	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Re-Ack-Thor	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Re-Activate	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Re-Animator	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Re-Animator	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Re-Armed	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Re-Creation	Italy	Power Metal	Active
Re-Creation	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Re-Mind	Germany	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Re-Pulse	Finland	Thrash Metal (early), Melodic Heavy Metal (later)	Active
Re-Vision	Germany	Power Metal	Split-up
Re. To Zero	Germany	Power Metal	Split-up
Re:Creation	Belgium	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Rea Silvia	Czech Republic	Power Metal	Split-up
Reacción	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Active
Reaccion Corrupta	Spain	Thrashcore	Split-up
Reacción Frenetika	Chile	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Reaccionarios	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Reaction	Japan	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Reaction	Italy	Thrash/Progressive Metal	Active
Reactive Black	Germany	Gothic Metal/Rock	Active
Reactor	Canada	Thrash Metal/Crust	Split-up
Reactor	Germany	Melodic Speed Metal	Split-up
Reactor	United Kingdom	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reactor	Ukraine	Thrash Metal (first demo), Death Metal (mid), Industrial Death Metal (2000-)	Active
Reactor	Switzerland	Death Metal	Changed name
Reactor	United States	Heavy/Doom Metal	Split-up
Reactory	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Reading Zero	United States	Progressive Metal	Active
Ready for the Rodeo	Finland	Stoner Metal	Active
Ready for War	United Kingdom	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ready Mades	Brazil	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ready to Explode	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Ready to Fuck	Brazil	Black Metal	Split-up
Reaktor	Portugal	Industrial/Thrash Metal	Active
Reaktor	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
Real	Japan	Power Metal	Split-up
Real Animal	Mexico	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Real Chaos	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Real Fiction	Greece	Thrash/Progressive Metal	Active
Real Incident	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Active
Real Steel	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Real Steel	United States	Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Real-Tension	Japan	Heavy Metal	Active
Realida	Malta	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reality	Belgium	Death Metal	Split-up
Reality Attack	Serbia	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Reality Grey	Italy	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Reality's Fall	Germany	Progressive Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Realized	Japan	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Realm	United States	Technical Thrash/Power Metal	Split-up
Realm	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Realm	Finland	Black/Death Metal	Changed name
Realm	Singapore	Black Metal	Changed name
Realm of Algol	Czech Republic	Melodic Black Metal/Ambient	On hold
Realm of Belial	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Realm of Carnivora	Estonia	Black Metal	Active
Realm of Chaos	Denmark	Death/Black Metal/Crust	Split-up
Realm of Frost	Finland	Black Metal	Split-up
Realm of the Dead	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Realm-X	Russia	Shred/Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Realmbuilder	United States	Epic Heavy/Doom Metal	Active
Realms and Evolution	Australia	Melodic Black/Gothic Metal	Active
Realms of Blood	Sweden	Industrial/Black Metal	Unknown
Realms of Darkness	Finland	Black Metal	Changed name
Realms of Despair	Canada	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Reanima	Austria	Death Metal	Active
Reanima	Russia	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
ReaniManiacs	Italy	Thrash Metal/Crossover	On hold
Reanimator	Russia	Black Metal	Active
Reanimator	Slovakia	Death Metal (early), Industrial Death/Fusion/Thrash Metal (later)	Split-up
Reanimator	Russia	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reanimator	Canada	Thrash Metal	Active
Reap	Austria	Post-Thrash/Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Reaper	United States	Post-Thrash/Groove Metal	Changed name
Reaper	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Reaper	United States	Thrash Metal, Crust Punk	Active
Reaper	Colombia	Thrash Metal	Active
Reaper of Hate	United Kingdom	Melodic Death Metal	Changed name
Reaper of Souls	Spain	Power Metal	Active
Reaper ov Sules	United States	Death Metal	Active
Reapers	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Reapers Domain	Germany	Speed/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reaping Havoc	United Kingdom	Death/Thrash/Black Metal	Active
Reaping Stone	United States	Death/Doom Metal	Changed name
Reapter	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
rEarth	Italy	Progressive Metal	Active
Reason	Hungary	Melodic Death/Doom/Gothic Metal	Active
Reason	United Kingdom	Progressive/Heavy Metal	Active
Reason Sleeps	France	Progressive/Melodic Heavy - Thrash Metal	Active
Reasonable Deception	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Reasonable Doubt	United Kingdom	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reasons Behind	Italy	Symphonic Power Metal	Active
Reasons for Eternity	Germany	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Reator	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reator	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reaver	Canada	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Reaxion	Argentina	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rebaelliun	Brazil	Death Metal	Split-up
Rebattered	Germany	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rebel .357	Finland	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Rebel Devil	Italy	Southern/Groove Metal	On hold
Rebel Family	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Rebel Hot	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rebel Legion	Italy	Heavy/Progressive Metal	Changed name
Rebel Souls	Germany	Death/Black Metal	On hold
Rebel Yell	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rebel's Mother	United States	Progressive Metal	Active
Rebelhead	Finland	Death 'n' Roll	Active
Rebelión	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Rebelion	Colombia	Heavy Metal	Active
Rebelión	Mexico	Death/Black Metal	Unknown
Rebelión	Paraguay	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Rebelión	Colombia	Black Metal	Active
Rebelión	Colombia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rebelión	Argentina	Thrash Metal (early), Death Metal (later)	Split-up
Rebelion	Chile	Melodic Metal	Active
Rebelium	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Rebelium Sadisticum	Poland	Death Metal	Changed name
Rebellion	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Rebellion	Japan	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Rebellion	Germany	Black/Death Metal	Changed name
Rebellion	Netherlands	Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rebellion	Venezuela	Thrash metal	Split-up
Rebellion	Portugal	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rebellion	Germany	Power Metal	Active
Rebellion Flag	Austria	Heavy/Melodic Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rebellion Nation	Norway	Power Metal	Unknown
Rebels Advocate	United States	Thrash Metal/Crust	Active
Rebels Cross	Canada	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
RebelSky	Slovakia	Power/Speed Metal (early), Hard Rock/Heavy Metal (later)	Active
Rebirth	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rebirth	Italy	Gothic Metal	Active
Rebirth	Germany	Power Metal	Split-up
Rebirth	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rebirth	Germany	Death/Thrash/Metalcore	Split-up
Rebirth by Fire	Mexico	Death/Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rebirth of Nefast	Ireland	Black Metal	Active
Rebirth of Triumph	Indonesia	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rebollo	France	Thrash/Death Metal	On hold
Rebolt	Norway	Heavy Metal	Active
Reborn	Italy	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reborn	Germany	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Reborn	Netherlands	Melodic Black/Death Metal	Active
Reborn	Turkey	Black Metal	Split-up
Reborn	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reborn	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Reborn	Ireland	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Reborn	Spain	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Reborn	France	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Reborn	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reborn Angel	Poland	Death/Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Reborn in Apathy	Turkey	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Reborn In Chaos	Costa Rica	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Reborn in Fire	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Reborn in Flames	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Reborn Pariah	Canada	Thrash Metal	Active
Reborn Z	Germany	Gothic/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rebreather	United States	Stoner/Doom Metal	Active
Rebuke	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Rebürn	Italy	Groove Metal	Active
Recalcitrance	United States	Technical Thrash Metal	Split-up
Recapture	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Recarment	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Recast	Germany	Thrash/Progressive Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Recast	Russia	Death/Groove Metal	Active
Recently Vacated Graves: True Zombie Metal	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Recidive	France	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Recidivist	Malaysia	Death Metal	Active
Recidivus	Brazil	Death Metal	Active
Recidivus	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Unknown
Recipients of Death	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Reciprocal	United States	Technical Death Metal	Active
Recker	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Reckless	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Reckless	Canada	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reckless Abandon	United States	Power/Thrash Metal (early), Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (later)	Split-up
Reckless Daughter	United Kingdom	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Reckless Form	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Reckless Manslaughter	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Reckless Surma	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Reckless Tide	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Recklezz	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reckon with One	Canada	Progressive Metal	Active
Reckoner	Canada	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Reckoning	Brazil	Thrash / Heavy Metal	Changed name
Reckoning	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reckoning	Mexico	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Reckoning Storm	Pakistan	Progressive Metal	Active
Reclamation	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Split-up
Reclusa	United States	Death/Doom Metal, Black/Noise/Industrial	Active
Recluse Chant	United States	Progressive Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Reclusiam	United States	Funeral Doom/Death Metal	Active
Reclusion	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Active
Recoil	Australia	Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Recoil	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
Recon	United States	Power/Progressive Metal	On hold
Recondite	Canada	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Recondite	United States	Progressive Death Metal	Active
Reconstructed	Germany	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Recourse	United States	Death Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Recreant	Italy	Death Metal/Grind	Active
Recreate the Sun	Norway	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Recrehate	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Recrimination	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Recrucide	Chile	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Recrucifier	United States	NS Thrash/Black Metal	Active
Recrucify	Peru	Black/Death Metal	Active
Recrudescence	United States	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rectal Carnage	Canada	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Rectal Collapse	Brazil	Death Metal	Active
Rectal Haemorrhage	United Kingdom	Sludge/Doom Metal	Unknown
Rectal Sludge	Poland	Brutal Death Metal/Grind	Active
Rectal Smegma	Netherlands	Brutal Death Metal/Goregrind	Active
Rectificated	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Rectify	Netherlands	Metalcore	Active
Rectum	Finland	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rectum Haemophilia	France	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rectumpus	Belgium	Death Metal	Active
Recueil Morbide	France	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Recult	United States	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Recursion	United States	Technical Death Metal	Active
Recursive Damage	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Recycle to the Soil	United States	Death Metal	Active
Red	Turkey	Power/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Red	Japan	Groove Metal, Metalcore	Active
Red Aftermath	United States	Heavy/Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Red Alert	Germany	Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Red Baron	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Red Baron	Canada	Melodic Heavy/Doom Metal	Split-up
Red Bible Black	Italy	Death Metal	Active
Red Blade	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Red Bones	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Red Circuit	Germany	Melodic Progressive Metal	Active
Red Coast	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Red Crystal	Italy	Progressive Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Red Dawn	New Zealand	Heavy Metal	Active
Red Dawn	United Kingdom	Symphonic Power Metal	Active
Red Dead	France	Death Metal	Active
Red Descending	Australia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Red Dragon	Netherlands	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Red Fang	United States	Stoner Metal/Rock	Active
Red Fire Rain	Germany	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Red Forest	Poland	Groove Metal/Metalcore	Active
Red Front	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Red Gem of Hades	United States	Death Metal	Active
Red Giant	United States	Stoner/Doom Metal	Active
Red Harvest	Norway	Thrash Metal (early), Industrial/Electronic Metal (later)	Split-up
Red Heaven	Colombia	Progressive Metal	Active
Red Herring	United States	Groove Metal	Split-up
Red Hot	Germany	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Red House	Japan	Heavy Metal	Active
Red I Flight	United States	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Red Industry	Finland	Heavy/Thrash Metal	On hold
Red Ink	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Red Ink	Germany	Groove Metal, Mallcore	Split-up
Red Jury	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Red King Rising	Netherlands	Stoner Metal	Split-up
Red Lion	Denmark	Doom Metal	Split-up
Red Machete	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Changed name
Red Marinetti	Hungary	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Red Mist	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Red Mourning	France	Stoner/Sludge Metal	Active
Red N' Hell	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Red Nails	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Red Night	France	Melodic Death/Thrash/Folk Metal	Active
Red Nightmare	Brazil	Black Metal	Unknown
Red Noxious	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Red Old Snake	Brazil	Groove/Southern Metal	Active
Red on the Day	United States	Metalcore	Unknown
Red Pain	Brazil	Thrash/Death Metal with Hardcore Elements	Active
Red Paper Dragon	United Kingdom	Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Split-up
Red Pill	United Kingdom	Progressive Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Red Pill	Italy	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Red Point	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Red Queen Theory	United States	Gothic Metal/Rock	Active
Red Rain	Brazil	Black/Death Metal	Unknown
Red Ran Amber	Japan	Grindcore	Active
Red Raw	Japan	Heavy/Thrash/Death Metal	Unknown
Red Right Hand	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Red Riot	Thailand	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Red Rose	Israel	Melodic Power Metal	Active
Red Sceptre	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Red Sky	United States	Death Metal/Hardcore	Unknown
Red Sky Mourning	United States	Death Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Red Stars Parade	United Kingdom	Sludge Metal	Split-up
Red Tear Memory	United States	Melodic Death Metal	On hold
Red Tide	Canada	Death Metal	Split-up
Red Tide	United States	Thrash/Jazz Fusion	Split-up
Red to Grey	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Red Warlock	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Red Warszawa	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Active
Red Wine	Spain	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Red Winter	France	Black Metal	Split-up
Red Zone	France	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redada	Spain	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Redammen	Brazil	Progressive/Power/Speed/Heavy Metal	Active
Redamntion	Germany	Melodic Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redbacks	Germany	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Redcoma	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Redd Barron	United States	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Reddition	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redeemed in Pain	Germany	Thrash/Death/Groove Metal	Active
Redeemer	Australia	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redeemer	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Active
Redeemer	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redeemer	Netherlands	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Redeemer	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Redeemer	Canada	Thrash Metal / Groove	Active
Redeemer	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Redemption	Ireland	Thrash Metal	Active
Redemption	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Redemption	United States	Traditional/Heavy Metal	Active
Redemption Curse	Italy	Raw Black Metal / Noise	Active
Redemption Denied	Australia	Progressive/Technical Death Metal	Active
Redemption in Pain	Austria	Melodic Death Metal	Unknown
Redemption Unnamed	United Kingdom	Heavy/Gothic Metal	Split-up
Redemptor	Poland	Technical Death Metal	Active
Redemptor	Spain	Thrash/Power Metal	Unknown
Redemptor Hominis	France	Black Metal	Active
Redemptorist	Czech Republic	Death Metal	Split-up
Redemthor	Colombia	Thrash Metal	Active
Redentor	Mexico	Melodic Black Metal	Unknown
Redeye	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Redgrin	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Redhead	Japan	Melodic/Symphonic Metal	Active
Redif	Ukraine	Heavy Metal with Punk influences	Active
Redimoni	Spain	Thrash Metal	Active
Redivivus	Poland	Black/Death Metal	Active
Redkey	Germany	Power Metal	Active
Redline	United Kingdom	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Redline	France	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redmist Destruction	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
Redneck	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Redneck Rampage	Estonia	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Redneck Remedy	United States	Southern Metal	Active
Redound	Bulgaria	Deathcore	Active
Redox	Spain	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Redox	Romania	Melodic Death/Black Metal	Active
Redreom	Germany	Black Metal	Active
RedRightHand	United Kingdom	Sludge/Drone Doom Metal	Split-up
Redrum	France	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Redrum	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Redrum	France	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Redrum	Denmark	Death Metal	Split-up
Redrum	Russia	Death Metal	Active
Redrum	Greece	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Unknown
Redrum	Spain	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Redrum	Slovakia	Death Metal/Grindcore	Unknown
Redrum	Spain	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Redrum	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Redrum	United Kingdom	Ambient Black Metal	Active
Redrum Inc.	Germany	Thrash/Doom/Groove Metal	Active
Redrvm	Sweden	Groove Metal	Split-up
Redsky	United States	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Redstains	Portugal	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Redstorm	Sweden	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Redstorm	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Redwest	Italy	Heavy/Southern Metal	Active
Redwood Blues	Japan	Psychedelic Stoner/Doom Metal	Active
Reek	Spain	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Reek	Denmark	Melodic Death Metal	Changed name
Reek of Putrefaction	France	Death Metal	Split-up
Reek of Shits	Czech Republic	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Unknown
Reeker	United States	Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore	Active
Reel Fiction	Italy	Heavy Metal (early) - Crossover/Gothic Metal (later)	Active
Reencarnación	Chile	Groove/Thrash Metal	Active
Reencarnación	Colombia	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Reeved	United Kingdom	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Reexamine	Japan	Death Metal	Active
Refawn	Russia	Technical Death Metal	Active
Reference 21	Switzerland	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Reficul	United States	Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Reficul Esruc	Malaysia	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Refiran	Germany	Progressive Metal	Active
Reflect the Chaos	United Kingdom	Progressive Metal	Active
Reflect the Silence	United States	Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Reflected	Finland	Progressive Metal	Unknown
Reflected Soul	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Reflecting Black	Finland	Progressive Metal	Active
Reflecting Hate	Germany	Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
Reflection	Greece	Epic Heavy Metal	Active
Reflection	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Reflection in Exile	United Kingdom	Melodic Death/Groove Metal	Active
Reflection Zero	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Reflections	Slovakia	Progressive Metal	Active
Reflections of Mortality	United States	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Reflections Revert	Greece	Progressive Power/Speed Metal	Split-up
Reflective	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Reflector	Austria	Sludge/Doom Metal	Active
Refleshed	Germany	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Reflex	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reflexion	Finland	Gothic Metal/Modern Hard Rock	On hold
Reforger	Germany	Speed Metal	Split-up
Reforma Protestante	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Refractory	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Refractory Period	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Refrain	Finland	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Refuge	Germany	Power/Speed/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Refúgio	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Active
Refugium	Germany	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Refugium	Germany	Gothic Metal	Active
Refugium Pecatorum	Brazil	Heavy/Doom Metal	Split-up
Refusal	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Refuse to Comply	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Refused 13	Nepal	Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Regain the Heart Condemned	United States	Technical Death Metal	On hold
Regain the Legacy	Russia	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Regalia	United States	Death Metal (early), Black/Death/Thrash Metal (later)	Split-up
Regardless of Me	Italy	Melodic/Gothic Metal	Active
Regen	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Regency	France	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Regent	Greece	Death Metal	Split-up
Regent	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Regicide	Germany	Power/Speed Metal	Split-up
Regicide	Poland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Regicide	Netherlands	Progressive Death Metal	Split-up
Regicide	Germany	Gothic/Doom Metal	Active
Regicide	Cyprus	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Regicide	China	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Regicide Decease	Poland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Regime	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Split-up
Regime	United States	Traditional Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Regimen	Colombia	Thrash Metal	Active
Regiment Swarog	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Regin	Norway	Black Metal	Active
Regina Venenosa	Spain	Black/Doom Metal	Active
Regna	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Regna av Aska	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Regnant	Chile	Death Metal	Active
Regnant and Thrall	France	Black Metal	Active
Regnator	Russia	Black Metal	Unknown
Regnum	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Regnum Aeterna	France	Thrash/Death/Black Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Regnum et Mortem	Chile	Death/Doom Metal	Active
Regnum Irae	Poland	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Regnum Irae	Mexico	Thrash Metal	Active
Regnum Irae	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Regnum Umbra Ignis	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Regnvm	Colombia	Heavy Metal	Active
Regon	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Active
Regoreged	Greece	Death Metal	Split-up
Regorge	Brazil	Death Metal	Unknown
Regorge	United Kingdom	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Regredior	Lithuania	Death Metal	Split-up
Regresión	Spain	Heavy Metal	Active
Regression	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Regression	Australia	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Regression	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Split-up
Regressive	Lithuania	Black/Speed Metal	Active
Regressive	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Regressus ad Infinitum	Russia	Death/Doom Metal	Split-up
Regret	United States	Death/Doom Metal	Unknown
Regrezion	Brazil	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Regul	Russia	Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Regulator	United States	Death Metal	Active
Regulus	Greece	Black Metal	Active
Regurgitate	Sweden	Death Metal	Changed name
Regurgitate	Sweden	Goregrind	Active
Regurgitate Life	United Kingdom	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Regurgitated Terror	United States	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Regurgitation	United States	Grindcore / Death Metal	Changed name
Regurgitation	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Regurgitorso	Venezuela	Goregrind	Active
Rehashed	Canada	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Active
rehtaF ruO	United States	Black Metal	Active
Rehumanize	United States	Grindcore	Split-up
Reich	Italy	Death Metal	Unknown
Reich Misanthroperium	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Reichsblood	Russia	NS Black Metal	Active
Reichsradio	Bulgaria	Death Metal	Changed name
Reididtnom	France	Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Reido	Belarus	Sludge/Funeral Doom Metal	Active
Reifen 14	Germany	Death Metal	Changed name
Reifriesen	France	Epic/Melodic Black Metal	Split-up
Reify	Australia	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Reign	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Reign	Japan	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Reign	United Kingdom	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Reign in Blood	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Reign IV	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Reign of Chaos	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Unknown
Reign of Decay	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Reign of Erebus	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Split-up
Reign of Fear	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Reign of Fury	United Kingdom	Melodic Thrash Metal	Active
Reign of Perdition	United Kingdom	Progressive Death/Black Metal	Active
Reign of Pestilence	United States	Groove/Alternative Metal	Unknown
Reign of Revelation	United States	Progressive Thrash Metal	Active
Reign of Shadows	Germany	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reign of Silence	Switzerland	Heavy Metal	Active
Reign of Terror	Australia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Reign of Terror	United States	Death Metal with Hardcore Influences	Split-up
Reign of Terror	United States	Death Metal	Active
Reign of Vengeance	United States	Death Metal	Active
Reign Sadness	Finland	Heavy Metal	Active
Reign the Absolute	Russia	Technical Progressive Metal	Split-up
Reigncarnation	Poland	Technical Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Reignstorm	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Split-up
Reignterror	Japan	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reikhkrieg	Canada	Black Metal	Split-up
Reilig	Ireland	Thrash Metal	Active
Reinarpía	Chile	Heavy Metal	Active
Reincarnage	Sweden	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Reincarnate	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Split-up
Reincarnate	Finland	Melodic Metal	Split-up
Reincarnated	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Reincarnation	Spain	Death Metal	Active
Reincarnation of Death	Uruguay	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Reincarnation of Rotten Christ	Germany	Death/Thrash/Black Metal	Active
Reincremation	Russia	Death Metal	Split-up
Reincremation	Estonia	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Reinfection	Poland	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Reinforced	Ukraine	Doom Metal	Changed name
Reinkaos	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Reinkaos	Croatia	Death Metal	Active
Reinless	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Reino de Baphomet	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Reino de Hades	Spain	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Reino Ermitaño	Peru	Doom Metal	Active
Reino Fatal	Mexico	Thrash Metal	Active
Reino Sangriento	Argentina	Speed/Black Metal	Split-up
Reinventing Yesterday	United States	Metalcore	Split-up
Reinwen	Italy	Power Metal	Unknown
ReinXeed	Sweden	Power Metal	Active
Reisen Zero	Argentina	Traditional Heavy Metal	Changed name
Reizgas	Germany	Thrash/Metalcore	Active
Reiziger	Netherlands	Black Metal	Active
Rejected Symmetry	Sweden	Progressive/Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rejector	Italy	Thrash Metal	On hold
Rejekts	Italy	Grindcore/Black Metal	Active
Rejex	Singapore	Progressive Black Metal	Active
Rejoice in Moribund	Netherlands	Funeral Doom Metal	Active
Rêkiem	Spain	Melodic Power/Folk Metal	Split-up
Rekion	Japan	Power Metal	Active
Rektal Tuşe	Turkey	Grindcore	Active
Rekuiem	United Kingdom	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Relative Obscurity	United States	Sludge Metal	Active
Relative Silence	Spain	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Relaypse	Italy	Groove Metal	Active
Release	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Release	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Release the Crimson	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Released Anger	Greece	Thrash Metal	Active
Relent for No One	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Relentless	United States	Melodic Thrash Metal	Active
Relentless	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Relentless	Sweden	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Relentless Assault	Netherlands	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Relentless Attrition	New Zealand	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Relevant Few	Sweden	Grindcore/Death Metal	Split-up
Relic	Italy	Death Metal	Active
Relic	United States	Progressive Metal	Active
Relic	United Kingdom	Progressive/Groove Metal	Active
Relic Earth	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Relics	Spain	Heavy Metal	Active
Relics of Humanity	Belarus	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Relics of Martyrs	Jordan	Thrash / Death Metal	Active
Relicseed	Latvia	Heavy Metal	Active
Relicts	Turkmenistan	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Religio Mortis	Italy	Thrash/Death/Black Metal	Active
Religion Malediction	Thailand	Black Metal	Active
Religious Nightmare	Philippines	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Relik	United States	Progressive Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Relikt	Poland	Death Metal	Active
Relikvia	Hungary	Dark/Gothic/Doom/Death Metal	Changed name
Relinquished	Austria	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Relinquished	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Relique	United States	Black Metal	Active
Reliquium	Ukraine	Black Metal	Changed name
Reliving Sun	Canada	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rellik	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rellik	Switzerland	Black/Death Metal	Unknown
Rellik	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rellik	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Rellik	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rellik	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rellik	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Reload	Poland	Progressive Metal	Active
Relocator	Germany	Progressive Metal	Active
Relva de Sangue	Brazil	Black Metal	Unknown
Remain	Chile	Death Metal	Split-up
Remain	Canada	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Remain	Germany	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Remain Nameless	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Remain Unsaved	United States	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Remaining Anonymous	United States	Traditional/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Remaining Chaos	Portugal	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Remains	Thailand	Thrash Metal	Active
Remains	Spain	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Remains	Turkey	Death Metal	Split-up
Remains	Latvia	Death Metal	Split-up
Remains	Netherlands	Death Metal	Active
Remains of Eden	United States	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Remains of Silence	Canada	Thrash/Death Metal	Unknown
Remains of the Fallen	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Remains of the Grotesque	Sweden	Black Metal/Death Metal	Split-up
Remasculate	Sweden	Death Metal/Grind	Split-up
Remember	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Remember Arlington	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Remember November	Italy	Doom Metal	Active
Remember Twilight	Germany	Folk Metal	Active
Remembrance	United States	Metalcore	Split-up
Remembrance	France	Funeral Doom/Death Metal	Active
Remembrance	Finland	Progressive Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
Remembrance of Pain	Colombia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Remembrances	Spain	Gothic Metal	Active
Remind	France	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Active
Reminiscence	Japan	Black Metal	Active
Remmirath	Slovakia	Black Metal (early), Experimental Black Metal with Hard Rock influences (later)	Active
Remnant	United States	Thrash/Power Metal	Split-up
Remnants of a Deity	Canada	Technical Death Metal	Split-up
Remnants of Flesh	Greece	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Remnants of the Fallen	Korea, South	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Remnants of the Rising	Australia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Remo	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Remords Posthume	Brazil	Dark/Black Metal	Active
Remores	United Kingdom	Black Metal/Noise	Active
Remorse	Netherlands	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Remorse	Hungary	Thrash Metal	Active
Remorse	France	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Remove the Veil	United States	Southern Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Remuda	Botswana	Heavy Metal	Active
Renacer	Argentina	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Renaissance	Belgium	Progressive Death/Doom Metal	Changed name
Renascence	Germany	Gothic/Death Metal	Split-up
Renascent	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Renazcore	United States	Progressive Metal	Changed name
Rencor	Lithuania	Death Metal	Split-up
Rend	United States	Groove Metal	Active
Rendan Tluin	Germany	Symphonic / Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Renegade	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Renegade	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Split-up
Renegade	Austria	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Renegade	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Renegade	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Renegade	United States	Power/Progressive Metal	Changed name
Renegade	Germany	Power/Death Metal	Active
Renegade	Australia	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Renégadeth	Denmark	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Renegado	El Salvador	Heavy Metal	Active
Renewal	Czech Republic	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Renewal	Russia	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Renewal	Ireland	Death/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Renfield	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rennaissance	Japan	Power Metal, J-Rock	Split-up
ReNNo	Spain	Power/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rent Veil	United States	Groove/Thrash Metal	On hold
Rentgen	Russia	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rentgen	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Active
Renuen	Belarus	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Reo	Spain	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Reo	Argentina	Thrash/Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Reobote	Brazil	'Black' Metal	Split-up
Reos	Spain	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Repaid in Blood	United States	Progressive Death Metal	Active
Repeated Trauma	United States	Death Metal	Active
Repel the Massacre	Costa Rica	Death Metal/Deathcore	On hold
Repellent	Norway	Thrash Metal	Active
Repent	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Repent	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Repent	Norway	Death/Black/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Repent	Sweden	Death Metal	Active
Repentance	Ireland	Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
RephaSword	Japan	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Repine	Germany	Black/Doom Metal	Split-up
Replica	Finland	Speed/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Replica	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Replica	Austria	Thrash Metal (early), Metalcore (later)	Active
Replica	Spain	Groove/Thrash Metal	Active
Replica	France	Heavy Metal	Active
Replica	Argentina	Hard/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Replica X	United Kingdom	Power Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Replicant Zero	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Replika	Hungary	Post-Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Replika	Chile	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Replosion	Italy	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Repossessed	Belgium	Raw Black Metal (early), Black/Death Metal (later)	Split-up
Repossession	Poland	Death Metal	Active
Repostor	Poland	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Represion	Venezuela	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Repressed Crusader	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Repression	Finland	Thrash Metal	Active
Repression	Germany	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Repressor	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Reprieve	Germany	Progressive Death Metal / Metalcore	Split-up
Reprisal	Italy	Death Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Reprisal	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reprisal Scars	Finland	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reprobate	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Reprobation	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Reprover	United States	Melodic Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Repsel	Italy	Power Metal	Active
Reptil	Spain	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reptil	Mexico	Power Metal	Split-up
Rèptil-E	Spain	Thrash Metal	Active
Reptile	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reptile	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Active
Reptile	Ukraine	Sludge/Doom Metal	Unknown
Reptilian	Sweden	Melodic Power Metal	Unknown
Reptilian Death	India	Brutal/Technical Death Metal	Active
Repudiate	France	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Repudilation	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnance	Spain	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Repugnance	Sweden	Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnancia	Peru	Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnant	Sweden	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Repugnant	Belgium	Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnant	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnant Gore	Brazil	Death Metal	On hold
Repugnant Inebriation	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnant Pigs	Spain	Death Metal	Split-up
Repugnant Stench	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Repuked	Sweden	Death Metal	Active
Repulsa	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Repulsa	Spain	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Repulsão Explícita	Brazil	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Repulse	Netherlands	Death Metal/Deathcore	Split-up
Repulse	Czech Republic	Thrash Metal/Deathcore	Changed name
Repulse	Finland	Death Metal/Grindcore	Changed name
Repulsed	Brazil	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Repulsion	United States	Grindcore/Death Metal	Active
Repulsive	Switzerland	Death/Black Metal	Split-up
Repulsive	Mexico	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Repulsive Carnivorism	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Repulsive Death	Costa Rica	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Repulsive Depravity	Colombia	Death Metal/Grindcore	Unknown
Repulsive Dissection	International	Technical Brutal Death Metal	Active
Repulsive Excremental Crypt	Mexico	Death Metal/Goregrind	Active
Repulsive Exhume	Paraguay	Death Metal	Active
Repulsive Putrefaction	Chile	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Repulsive Slaughter	Netherlands	Death Metal	Active
Repulsive Vision	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Repulsor	Poland	Thrash Metal	Active
Repulsores	Brazil	Crossover	Active
Repulverizer	Canada	Grind, Death Metal	Split-up
Repvblika	Mexico	Death/Black Metal	Active
Request Denied	Czech Republic	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Requested Sufferings	Netherlands	Death Metal	Changed name
Requiem	Slovenia	Heavy Metal	Active
Requiem	Portugal	Doom/Death/Gothic Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Mexico	Gothic Metal	Active
Requiem	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Requiem	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Requiem	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Requiem	United States	Death Metal	Changed name
Requiem	Poland	Technical Death Metal	Active
Requiem	United Kingdom	NWOBHM, Doom Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Australia	Progressive Metal	Unknown
Requiem	Chile	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Switzerland	Death Metal	Active
Requiem	Italy	Black Metal (early), Doom Metal (later)	Split-up
Requiem	Slovakia	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Requiem	Kazakhstan	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Switzerland	Death Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Canada	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Greece	Technical Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Ukraine	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Requiem	Singapore	Black/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Germany	Death Metal	On hold
Requiem	Brazil	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Requiem	United States	Death/Doom Metal	Split-up
Requiem	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Norway	Death Metal	Changed name
Requiem	Finland	Power Metal	Split-up
Requiem	Spain	Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Requiem	Sweden	Electro/Industrial/Gothic Metal	Split-up
Requiem	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Split-up
Requiem Aeternam	Czech Republic	Symphonic Black Metal	Active
Requiem Aeternam	Uruguay	Melodic Black/Death Metal (early), Extreme Progressive Metal (later)	Active
Requiem Aeternam	Russia	Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Requiem Arcana	Costa Rica	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Requiem Di Rex	Mexico	Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Requiem Eternam	Switzerland	Ambient/Celtic/Medieval (early) - Ambient/Celtic/Heavy Metal (later)	Active
Requiem for Belial	Spain	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Requiem for Sirens	Switzerland	Metalcore	Active
Requiem in Pain	France	Death Metal	Active
Requiem K626	Italy	Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Requiem Laus	Portugal	Melodic Death/Black Metal	Active
Requiem Mass	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Requiem of the Damned	Australia	Gothic Metal	Active
Requien	Spain	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Requital	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Requital	Ukraine	Death Metal/Grindcore (early), Death Metal/Metalcore (later)	Active
Rerfind	Brazil	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Res Bellicae	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Res Divina	Italy	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Res Nulius	Poland	Atmospheric Black Metal	Active
Res Rei	Italy	Progressive Metal/Hard Rock	Unknown
Res.ca.te	Argentina	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rescue	Belgium	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Research	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Resection	Germany	Brutal Death Metal	On hold
Resentment	Netherlands	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Resentment	Croatia	Death Metal	Active
Resentment	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Reset	Portugal	Post-Thrash/Groove Metal	Changed name
Reset to Default	Turkey	Metalcore	Active
Residual Effect	United Kingdom	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Residue	United States	Doom/Sludge Metal	Unknown
Residvvm	Turkey	Black Metal	Split-up
Resigned to Fate	United States	Thrash Metal/Crust	Active
Resilence	Spain	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Resist the Thought	Australia	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Résistance	France	Thrash/Speed Metal	Active
Resistance	Brazil	Progressive / Power Metal	Split-up
Resistance	Belgium	Deathcore	Active
Resistance	United States	Thrash/Power Metal	Split-up
Resistance	United States	Heavy/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Resistance	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Resistance of Yield	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Resistance to ZOG	Germany	NS Black Metal	Active
Resistence	Germany	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Resistencia	Venezuela	Heavy Metal	Active
Resistencia	Ecuador	Heavy Metal	Active
Resistencia 88	Brazil	NS Black Metal	Changed name
Resistência Terminal	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Resistiendo La Masacre	Argentina	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Resleep	Finland	Technical Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Resless	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Resolution15	United States	Experimental Progressive/Thrash Metal	Active
Resonance Room	Italy	Progressive/Doom/Gothic Metal	Active
Resonant	Ireland	Death/Black Metal	Active
Resonator	Australia	Symphonic Death Metal	Active
Resonaut	Norway	Doom Metal	Active
Resound	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Respawn	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Respawn Inc.	Germany	Heavy/Thrash Metal, Thrashcore	Split-up
Respawn the Plague	Greece	Death Metal	Active
Respawned	Germany	Thrash/Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Respect	France	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Respite	Poland	Heavy Metal	Active
Response Negative	United States	Groove/Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Response to Hate Element	Japan	Metalcore	Split-up
Ressonância Mórfica	Brazil	Grindcore/Death Metal	Active
Ressurection	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Ressurectum	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rest in Darkness	Italy	Black/Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rest in Disgrace	Brazil	Death/Doom Metal	Active
Rest in Fear	Austria	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rest in Gore	Japan	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rest in Pain	Russia	Experimental Progressive Death Metal	On hold
Rest in Pain	Italy	Thrash/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rest in Pain	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Rest in Pain	France	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rest in Peace	France	Progressive Heavy Metal	Active
Rest in Peace	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rest in Peace	Sweden	Power Metal	Changed name
Rest in Peace	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rest in Silence	Finland	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Rest of All	Turkey	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Restart	Hungary	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Restless	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Restless	Indonesia	Gothic Metal	Active
Restless	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Restless Breed	United States	Power/Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Restless Dead	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Restless Moon	Netherlands	Progressive Metal	Active
Restrayned	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Resumed	Italy	Technical Death Metal	Active
Resurgence	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Resurgency	Greece	Death Metal	Active
Resurreccion	Peru	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Resurrected	Philippines	Thrash Metal	Active
Resurrected	Germany	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Resurrectica	Thailand	Melodic Death/Doom Metal	Active
Resurrecting Judas	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Resurrection	France	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Resurrection	United States	Raw Black Metal	Active
Resurrection	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Resurrection	Sweden	Black Metal	On hold
Resurrection	Netherlands	Speed Metal	Active
Resurrection	Malaysia	Power Metal	Active
Resurrection	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Resurrection	Hungary	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Resurrection	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Resurrection	United States	Death Metal	Active
Resurrection	Poland	Death/Doom Metal	Split-up
Resurrection Man	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Resurrection of Hate	Germany	Melodic Death/Thrash/Metalcore	Changed name
Resurrector	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Resurrector	Sweden	Speed/Thrash Metal	Active
Resurrecturis	Italy	Death Metal	Active
Resurrexión	Mexico	Heavy Metal	Active
Resuscitate	Greece	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Resuscitated	Italy	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Resuscitation	Belgium	Death Metal	Active
Resuscitator	United States	Black Metal	Active
Retalhador	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Retaliação Infernal	Brazil	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Retaliador	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Retaliate	Turkey	Death Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Retaliate	Belgium	Death Metal/Hardcore	Active
Retaliation	United States	Black Metal/Punk	Changed name
Retaliation	Croatia	Death Metal	Changed name
Retaliation	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Retaliation	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Retaliation	United States	Power Metal	Unknown
Retaliation	United States	Power/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Retaliation	Sweden	Grindcore	Active
Retaliator	United Kingdom	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Retaliator	Spain	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retaliatory	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Retaliatory Measures	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Retalliation	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retarded Noise Squad	Germany	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Retch	United States	Brutal Death Metal/Goregrind	Active
Retdef	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retentum Curiae	France	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Řetěz	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Reth	United Kingdom	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rethalho	Brazil	Death Metal/Goregrind	Unknown
Retorzió	Hungary	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retra	Poland	Pagan/Black Metal	Active
Retrace My Fragments	Luxembourg	Deathcore	Active
Retribution	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retribution	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Retribution	Slovakia	Thrash Metal, RAC	Split-up
Retribution	Poland	Thrash Metal	Active
Retribution	Sweden	Death Metal	Unknown
Retribution	Serbia	Death Metal	Split-up
Retribution	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Retribution	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retribution	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Retribution	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Retribution	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Retribution	Netherlands	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Retribution	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Retribution Denied	South Africa	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Retro Grave	United States	Doom Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Retroact	Portugal	Thrashcore	Active
Retrodemon	United States	Thrash Metal/Stoner/Hard Rock	Active
Retrofire	Canada	Progressive Heavy Metal	Unknown
Retrogression	Finland	Groove/Thrash Metal	Active
RetroSatan	Argentina	Heavy/Speed Metal	Unknown
Retrospect	Greece	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Retturn	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Return	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Return from Exile	United States	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Return from the Grave	Italy	Doom Metal	Active
Return of the Winds	Chile	Black/Doom Metal	Active
Return to End	Germany	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Return to Exile	Netherlands	Melodic/Gothic Metal	Active
Return to Innocence	Czech Republic	Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
Return to the Mire	Denmark	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Returner	United States	Progressive/Thrash Metal	Active
Reudig	Germany	Traditional Heavy Metal	Changed name
Reunion	Bulgaria	Black Metal	On hold
Reusmarkt	Ukraine	Symphonic Black Metal	Active
Rev	Bulgaria	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Rev 16:8	Sweden	Black Metal	Split-up
Rev Seven	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rev.	Japan	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Revage	Portugal	Black Metal	Active
ReVamp	Netherlands	Symphonic Gothic Metal	Active
Revancha	Argentina	Heavy/Groove Metal	Split-up
Reveal	Sweden	Black/Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Revealing Dawn	Germany	Melodic Death/Black Metal	Active
Revel Decay	Brazil	Death Metal	Active
Revel in Flesh	Finland	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Revel in Flesh	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Revelance	Russia	Symphonic Dark Metal	Active
Revelation	Belarus	Gothic/Doom Metal	Active
Revelation	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revelation	United States	Progressive/Doom Metal	Active
Revelation	United States	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Revelation	Turkey	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Revelation	Netherlands	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Revelation of Doom	Poland	Death Metal	Active
Revelation of the Darkness	Poland	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Revelation Project	United States	Progressive Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revelation-X	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Revelations of Doom	United States	Black/Death/Thrash Metal, Grindcore, Crust	Active
Revelión	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Revenance	United Kingdom	Thrash/Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Revenance	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Revenance	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revenant	Ireland	Thrash/Death/Groove Metal	Changed name
Revenant	United States	Progressive Melodic Death Metal	Active
Revenant	Finland	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Revenant	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revenant	Germany	Thrash/Power/Speed Metal	On hold
Revenant	United States	Metalcore/Grindcore	Active
Revenant	Italy	Black Metal	Split-up
Revenant	Italy	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Revenant	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Revenant	Mexico	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Revenant Dead	United Kingdom	Thrash/Death/Groove Metal	Active
Revenant Falls	United States	Progressive/Death Metal	Active
Revenant Host	United Kingdom	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revenants in Poveglia	United States	Raw Black Metal	Split-up
Revencial	Finland	Heavy/Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Revenent	United States	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revengance	United Kingdom	Heavy/Power Metal, Hard Rock	Active
Revenge	Canada	Black/Death Metal	Active
Revenge	Poland	Black/Death Metal	Active
Revenge	Greece	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Revenge	Germany	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Revenge	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revenge	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Revenge	France	Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Active
Revenge	Malaysia	Heavy Metal	Active
Revenge	Netherlands	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revenge	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Revenge	Italy	Epic Metal	Active
Revenge	Colombia	Speed/Heavy Metal	Active
Revenge	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Split-up
Revenge	Belgium	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revenge	Spain	Heavy/Power Metal	Unknown
Revenge	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revenge	Malaysia	Black Metal	Active
Revenge	Indonesia	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Revenge	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Revenge Machine	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Revenge of Insanity	Germany	Death/Black Metal	Active
Revengeance	Canada	Black Metal	Unknown
Revengeance	United States	Power/Speed Metal	Split-up
Revengeance	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Revengia	Sweden	Heavy / Groove Metal	Active
Revengin	Brazil	Gothic Metal	Active
Rever	Indonesia	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Reverb	Japan	Traditional Heavy Metal	Unknown
Reverb Gun	Mexico	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Reverber	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
Reverence	France	Black Metal (early), Industrial/Experimental Black Metal (later)	Active
Reverence	United States	Power Metal	Active
Reverence	Greece	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Reverence	Luxembourg	Black Metal	Split-up
Reverend	United States	Thrash/Power Metal	Active
Reverend Bizarre	Finland	Doom Metal	Split-up
Reverend Grundarr and the Unholy Trinity	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Reverend Hound	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Reverend Kill	Canada	Death Metal	Active
Reverend Kriss Hades	Australia	Black Metal	Active
Reverennce	Brazil	Symphonic Black Metal	Unknown
Reveria	Sweden	Power Metal	Active
Reverie	United States	Black Metal/Acoustic	Changed name
Rêverie	Germany	Symphonic Gothic Metal	Active
Reverie	United States	Melodic Metal	Unknown
Reveries End	Finland	Progressive Gothic/Melodic Doom Metal	Active
Reverorum ib Malacht	Sweden	Black Metal/Dark Ambient	Active
Reverse Block	Canada	Progressive Metal	Active
Reversion	Germany	Melodic Thrash Metal	Unknown
Reversion	Finland	Progressive Metal	Active
Reversion Christ	Spain	Death Metal	Split-up
Reverted	United States	Death Metal	Changed name
Reviance	United States	Deathcore	Split-up
Revile	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Revile	Ireland	Thrash Metal (early), Post-Grunge (later)	Split-up
Reviled	Indonesia	Death Metal	Active
Revilement	Taiwan	Death Metal	Active
Reviler	Brazil	Death/Black Metal	Active
Reviolence	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Revival	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revival	Greece	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Reviver	Netherlands	Power/Progressive Metal	Active
Revmatic	Canada	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Revocation	United States	Technical Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Revoid of Existence	Russia	Progressive Death Metal	Changed name
Revokation	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Revokation	Sweden	Death Metal	On hold
Revoke	Germany	Groove Metal	Split-up
Revoker	United Kingdom	Groove Metal/Metalcore	Active
Revol	Poland	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revolt	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Revolt	Italy	Death/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Revolt	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revolt	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Revolt	Germany	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Revolt	Netherlands	Thrash/Power Metal	Split-up
ReVolt	Pakistan	Death Metal	Active
Revolt	Ukraine	Death Metal	Unknown
Revölt	Japan	Doom/Crust/Death Metal	Active
Revolta	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revoltage	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revolted Masses	Greece	Progressive Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Revolter	Iceland	Black Metal	Split-up
Revolting	Sweden	Death Metal	Active
Revolting Breed	Greece	Thrash/Death Metal/Hardcore	Split-up
Revolting Phimosis	Denmark	Death Metal	Split-up
Revoltons	Italy	Power/Progressive Metal (early), Power/Thrash Metal (later)	On hold
Revolucion	Venezuela	Hardcore/Thrash Metal/Crossover	Unknown
Revolution Renaissance	Finland	Power Metal	Split-up
Revolution Within	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Active
Revolver	Slovenia	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Revolver	Turkey	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Revtend	Portugal	Thrash Metal	Active
Revulsion	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Revulva	Canada	Thrash/Heavy/Folk Metal	Active
Rewans Lord	Spain	Black Metal	Split-up
Reward	Austria	Traditional/Melodic Metal	Split-up
Rex Avernus	Chile	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rex Begonia	Norway	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rex Devs	Spain	Melodic Black Metal	Active
Rex Inferi	Italy	Melodic Speed Metal	Split-up
Rex Infernus	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Rex Infernus	Greece	Raw Black Metal	Split-up
Rex Mortifier	Libya	Death/Black Metal	Split-up
Rex Mundi	Greece	Progressive Thrash Metal	Active
Rêx Mündi	International	Black Metal	Active
Rex Rekiem	Spain	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rex Satanachia	Denmark	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Rex Vector	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rex Vermium	Italy	Black/Death Metal	Active
Rexor	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Rexor	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Active
Rey Sombra	Chile	Technical Melodic Thrash Metal	Active
Reynagade	Malaysia	Thrash Metal	Active
Reyno Maldito	Venezuela	Black Metal	Active
ReyToro	Uruguay	Heavy Metal	Active
Rezet	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Rezin	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Unknown
Rezinate	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Rezistor	Romania	Groove/Thrash Metal	Active
Rezume	Indonesia	Brutal Death Metal	Active
RFB	Netherlands	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rhabstallion	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Split-up
Rhadamanthys	Greece	Black Metal	Split-up
Rhadamanthyz	Venezuela	Black/Death Metal	Active
Rhadamantys	Netherlands	Experimental Death Metal	Split-up
Rhapsody of Fire	Italy	Symphonic/Orchestral Power Metal	Active
Rhasalon	Brazil	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Rhea	Czech Republic	Doom Metal	Split-up
Rhed Asphalt	United States	Power Metal (early), Hard Rock (later)	Split-up
Rhegency	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Active
Rheinkraft	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Rhenium	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rhestus	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Rhetorica	Romania	Progressive Metal	Active
Rhetorical	Germany	Doom/Gothic Metal	Split-up
Rhetra	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Rhett Forrester	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rhevan	Brazil	Gothic Metal	Active
Rhevange	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Active
Rhijnauwen	Netherlands	Black Metal	Unknown
Rhino	Spain	Sludge/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rhino Charge	United States	Thrash/Black Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rhinocervs	United States	Black Metal	Active
Rhoads	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rhode Kill	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rhome	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rhondian	Czech Republic	Doom Metal (early), Industrial (later)	Split-up
Rhudra	Germany	Melodic Death Metal (early), Gothic Metal (later)	Active
Rhuith	Italy	Experimental Black Metal	Active
Rhun	Germany	Progressive Power Metal	Split-up
Rhune	United States	Epic Pagan Black Metal	Split-up
Rhûnhule	Spain	Black Metal	Split-up
Rhyme	Spain	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rhyme	Italy	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Rhyme of Tears	Colombia	Gothic Metal	Active
Rhymes of Destruction	Belgium	Blackened Symphonic Pagan Metal	Split-up
Rhythm God	Thailand	Symphonic/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rhythm of Fear	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Rhythmic Disturbance	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
RIB	Austria	Black/Doom Metal	Active
Ribbed	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Ribcage Rupture	Italy	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Ribspreader	Sweden	Death Metal	Active
Rich Fortuna	United States	Power/Progressive Metal	Active
Rich Wilde	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Unknown
Richard Andersson	Sweden	Power/Progressive Metal, Shred	Active
Richard Andersson's Space Odyssey	Sweden	Neoclassical Progressive Metal	Active
Richard III	Ireland	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Richlord	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Active
Rick Kaiser	United States	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rick Renstrom	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Ricochet	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ricochet	Germany	Melodic/Progressive Metal	Active
Ricochet	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Active
Ricter	Mexico	Power Metal	Active
Rictus Calices	Argentina	Death Metal	Active
Rictus Grin	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rictus Grin	United States	Heavy/Doom Metal	Active
Rictus Grin	United States	Speed/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rictus Grin	Finland	Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Active
Ridden by Disease	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Riddle of Meander	Greece	Black Metal	Active
Ride at Dawn	Canada	Black Metal/Punk	Active
Ride for Revenge	Finland	Black/Death Metal	Active
Ride Inc.	United States	Groove Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Ride the Sky	Sweden	Power Metal	Split-up
Ridere Deus	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Riders of Odin	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Riders of Steel	Poland	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Riders on the Bones	Russia	Doom/Death Metal	Active
Ridiculous	Netherlands	Death / Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rie a.k.a. Suzaku	Japan	Melodic Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rienaus	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rife	United Kingdom	Raw Black Metal	Active
Rife	Italy	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Active
Rife	United Kingdom	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Riff	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Active
Riff	Argentina	Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Split-up
Riff Cannon	United States	Stoner/Sludge Metal	Changed name
Riff Raff	Germany	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Riff Raff	Finland	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Riff Raff	United States	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Riffmaster General	United Kingdom	Traditional Heavy Metal	On hold
Riffobia	Greece	Thrash Metal	Active
Rifles at Recess	United States	Metalcore	Split-up
Rift	Australia	Black Metal	Active
Rigel Kent	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Riger	Germany	Pagan Metal	Active
Right Before Summer	Germany	Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal	Active
Right Stripped	United States	Progressive Metal	Active
Right to Remain	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Right to the Void	France	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Right Turn Blind	United Kingdom	Southern/Groove Metal	Active
Rightbrain	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Righteous Pigs	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rightful Heir	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rigid Domain	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rigid Horns	Finland	Atmospheric Black Metal	Unknown
Rigidity Cadaveric	Brazil	Death Metal	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	Austria	Black Metal	Active
Rigor Mortis	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	Argentina	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rigor Mortis	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rigor Mortis	Germany	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	Germany	Speed Metal	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	Germany	Gothic Metal (early), Death/Black Metal (later)	Active
Rigor Mortis	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Rigor Mortis	Spain	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	Germany	Power/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rigor Mortis	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Rigor Mortis	Slovakia	Black Metal	Unknown
Rigor Mortys	France	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Rigor Sardonicous	United States	Funeral Doom/Death Metal	Active
Rigorism	Russia	Death Metal	Active
Rigorous Obliteration	Canada	Raw Black Metal	Active
Rigurgithrone	Italy	Black Metal	Changed name
Riippakivi	Finland	Folk/Dark Metal	Active
RIIT	Philippines	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Riivaaja	Finland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Riivaus	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rikki La Rouge	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal, Hard Rock	Active
Rilká	Finland	Melodic Heavy/Folk Metal	Active
Riluttanza	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rimethurses	United Kingdom	Folk (early), Raw Black Metal (later)	Active
Rimfrost	Denmark	Black Metal	Unknown
Rimfrost	Sweden	Black Metal	Active
Rimmersgard	Germany	Folk Metal	Active
Rimora	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rimortis	Czech Republic	Melodic Power Metal	Active
Rimruna	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Rimthurs	Sweden	Black Metal	Active
Rinascimento	Belgium	Progressive Metal	Changed name
Ring of Fire	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Ring of Scars	United States	Mallcore (early), Metalcore (later)	Active
Ringar	United States	Black Metal	Split-up
Ringnevond	Norway	Black Metal	Active
Rings of Saturn	United States	Technical Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Ringworm	United States	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Active
Ringwraith	Italy	Black Metal	Split-up
Rinoa	United Kingdom	Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Split-up
Rintrah	United States	Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal/Rock	Active
Rioma	Brazil	Death/Black Metal	Active
Rios	Canada	Power Metal	Unknown
Riot	United States	Heavy/Power/Speed Metal	On hold
Riot Act	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Riot of Violence	Spain	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Riot's Eve	Germany	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Riotor	Canada	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Riotrage	Italy	Industrial/Thrash Metal	Active
RIP	Belarus	Death/Black Metal	Split-up
RIP	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
RIP	Guatemala	Melodic Thrash Metal	Active
Rip and Tear	Denmark	Melodic Thrash/Heavy Metal	Split-up
RIP Rest in Peace	Switzerland	Technical Speed Metal	Split-up
Rip Ride	Japan	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ripa Joda	United States	Power Metal	Active
Ripchain	United States	Groove/Thrash Metal	Active
Ripchord	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Ripcord	United States	Heavy/Traditional Metal	Split-up
Ripcord	United States	Groove Metal	Active
Ripe	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Active
Ripfence	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ripgut	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Riphead	United States	Death Metal	Changed name
Riphouse	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ripio	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Active
Riplash	Canada	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Ripped	United States	Progressive Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ripped 2 Shreds	Germany	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Ripped Apart	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Ripped Apart	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Ripped Imprints	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Ripped Off Face	United States	Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Ripped Speed	United States	Power Metal	Active
Ripper	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Ripper	Chile	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ripper	Paraguay	Thrash Metal	Active
Ripper	United States	Heavy/Speed Metal/Punk	Active
Rippikoulu	Finland	Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
Ripping Corpse	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ripping Death	Chile	Death Metal	Split-up
Ripping Entrails	Germany	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Ripping Flesh	Mexico	Death Metal	Changed name
Ripping Headaches	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Ripping Terror	Germany	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Ripsaw	Netherlands	Thrash Metal	Active
Ripshaw	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Ripstitch	Sweden	Thrash/Death/Groove Metal	Split-up
Riptide	Netherlands	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Riptorn	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rise	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rise Above	Japan	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rise Above	United States	Thrash Metal/Hardcore/Crossover	Split-up
Rise and Resign	Germany	Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Rise and Shine	Sweden	Doom Metal/Psychedelic Hard Rock	Active
Rise from Embers	United States	Black Metal	Active
Rise from the Ashes	United States	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Rise in Hatred	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Rise of Avernus	Australia	Progressive Gothic/Doom Metal	Active
Rise of Caligula	United States	Technical Death Metal/Grindcore/Metalcore	Active
Rise of Fury	Spain	Metalcore	Active
Rise of Gomora	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Rise of Malice	Greece	Black Metal	Active
Rise of My Empire	United Kingdom	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rise of Pain	France	Death Metal with Hardcore influences	Split-up
Rise of Salvation	Germany	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rise of Submission	United States	Black Metal	Split-up
Rise of the Phoenix	United Kingdom	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rise of the Simians	United Kingdom	Sludge/Death/Doom Metal	Active
Rise of the Willing	United States	Stoner/Doom Metal	Active
Rise of Tragedy	Italy	Melodic Black Metal	Active
Rise Thy Ruin	United States	Sludge/Doom/Drone Metal	Active
Rise to Addiction	United Kingdom	Heavy/Groove Metal	Active
Rise to Fall	Spain	Melodic Death / Modern Metal	Active
Rise to Ruin	United States	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rise to Thunder	United Kingdom	Doom Metal	Active
Rise Up	Poland	Thrashcore	Active
Rise with the Fallen	United Kingdom	Metalcore	Split-up
Risen Below	United States	Thrash Metal	Unknown
Risen from Ashes	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Risen Prophecy	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
Risen to Reclaim	Croatia	Heavy Metal	Active
Rishathra	Australia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rising	Poland	Progressive Metal/Rock	On hold
Rising	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rising	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rising	Denmark	Sludge/Groove Metal	Active
Rising	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Unknown
Rising Brutality	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rising Cross	Brazil	Power Metal	Active
Rising Crypts	Argentina	Death Metal	Active
Rising Dark	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
Rising Darkness	Sweden	Death Metal	Changed name
Rising Down	Germany	Thrash/Post-Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rising Dream	Croatia	Hard Rock (early), Power Metal with Melodic Death influences (later)	Active
Rising Dust	France	Doom Metal	Active
Rising Faith	Sweden	Power Metal	Split-up
Rising Fire	Colombia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rising from the Ashes	United States	Progressive Metalcore	Active
Rising Hate	Germany	Melodic Death Metal	Changed name
Rising Helvete	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rising Hour	United States	'Black' Metal	Split-up
Rising Kingdom	Italy	Power Metal	Active
Rising Moon	Germany	Atmospheric Black Metal	Split-up
Rising Moon	Italy	Death Metal	Active
Rising Nation	Belgium	Death Metal / Thrashcore	Split-up
Rising Pain	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rising Power	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
Rising Power	Italy	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rising Requiem	Ukraine	Heavy Metal	Active
Rising Shadow	Romania	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rising Storm	Germany	Power Metal	Active
Rising Sunset	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Rising Sunset	Malta	Melodic Power Metal	Active
Rising the Beyond	Japan	Power Metal	Active
Rising Wind	Italy	Melodic/Progressive Metal	Active
Rising Winter	International	Gothic Metal/Neofolk	Changed name
Risingfall	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Risk	Germany	Thrash/Speed Metal	Split-up
Risoid System	Germany	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ristinolla	Finland	Melodic/Heavy Metal	Active
Risus21	United States	Progressive/Gothic Metal/Rock	Active
Rite	Sweden	Black Metal	Active
Rite	Finland	Heavy/Stoner Metal	Active
Rite of Darkness	Belarus	Black Metal	Split-up
Rite of Passage	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rites	Ireland	Stoner/Sludge Metal	Active
Rites	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rites of Cleansing	Germany	Black Metal	Split-up
Rites of Impiety	United States	Black/Death Metal	Active
Rites of Pain	Czech Republic	Power/Thrash Metal	Active
Rites of Thy Degringolade	Canada	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Rites of Undeath	Czech Republic	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Rites to Sacrifice	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Riti Occulti	Italy	Blackened Stoner/Doom Metal	Active
Ritmia	Brazil	Power/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rito Profanatorio	Peru	Death/Black Metal	Active
Ritos	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Rituaali	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Rituael	Singapore	Black Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Italy	Thrash Metal/Thrashcore	Active
Ritual	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Ritual	United States	Thrash Metal (early), Post-Thrash/Groove Metal (later)	Split-up
Ritual	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Peru	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Ritual	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Czech Republic	Melodic Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Colombia	Death Metal	Changed name
Ritual	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Ritual	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ritual	Argentina	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Ritual	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Poland	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ritual	Belgium	Doom Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Poland	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Active
Ritual	Venezuela	Death/Black Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Colombia	Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Canada	Power Metal	Split-up
Ritual	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Changed name
Ritual Abuse	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
Ritual Aeon	United States	Black Metal	Split-up
Ritual Autopsy	United States	Death Metal	Active
Ritual Autopsy	Russia	Death Metal	Unknown
Ritual Bloodshed	Slovakia	Black Metal	Active
Ritual Carnage	Japan	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ritual Combat	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ritual Crypt	Indonesia	Black Metal	Unknown
Ritual Desaster	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ritual Desecration	Chile	Death/Black Metal	Unknown
Ritual Disfigurement	United Kingdom	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Ritual Doom	Indonesia	Death Metal	Active
Ritual Flame	United States	Funeral Doom Metal, Dark Ambient	Active
Ritual for Majesty	Indonesia	Gothic Metal	Active
Ritual Healing	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ritual in Death	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual Killer	United States	Black Metal	Active
Ritual Killing	Germany	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ritual Lair	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Ritual Misery	United States	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ritual Necromancy	United States	Death Metal	Active
Ritual Negro	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Ritual of Agony	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ritual of Bleeding	Indonesia	Death Metal	Active
Ritual of Flesh	Chile	Death Metal/Grind/Thrash	Active
Ritual of Odds	Greece	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ritual of Rebirth	Italy	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ritual of the Black Sun	Greece	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Ritual of Torment	United States	Power/Thrash metal	On hold
Ritual Orchestra	Indonesia	Black Metal	Active
Ritual Sacrifice	United States	Thrash Metal (early), Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore (later)	Active
Ritual Sombrio	Brazil	Black Metal	Split-up
Ritual Spirit	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ritual Steel	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Ritual Suicide	United States	Death Metal	Active
Ritual Suicide	Ukraine	Raw Black Metal	Active
Ritual Suicide	Japan	Death Metal	Split-up
Ritual Temple	France	Doom/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ritual Torment	United States	Death Metal	Changed name
Ritual Torture	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rituali Satanas	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Black Metal	Active
Ritualization	France	Blackened Death Metal	Active
Ritualmord	Austria	Black Metal/Punk/Ambient	Active
Rituals	United States	Blackened Sludge/Post-Metal	Active
Rituals in Pain	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rituals of a Blasphemer	United States	Black Metal	Active
Rituals of the Oak	Australia	Doom Metal	Active
Ritus	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Ritus	Germany	Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal	Unknown
Riul Doamnei	Italy	Symphonic Black Metal	Active
Riuros	Hungary	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rival	Belgium	Groove Metal	Active
Rival	United States	Traditional Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rival	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rival	Hungary	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rivazion	United States	Blackened Power Metal	Split-up
Riven	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Riven Society	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
Rivendel Lords	Spain	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Rívendell	Spain	Melodic Folk Metal	Changed name
Rivendell	Austria	Epic Black Metal with Folk influences	Unknown
River Blood	Indonesia	Brutal Death Metal	Active
River Freshney	United Kingdom	Thrash Metal	Active
River Mist	Russia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
River of Black	United States	Sludge/Doom Metal	Unknown
River of Change	Italy	Progressive Power Metal	Split-up
River of Despair	United States	Atmospheric Folk/Dark Metal	Active
River Styx	Hungary	Black Metal	Split-up
River's Edge	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rivera/Bomma	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Riverain	Russia	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Riverdale	Belarus	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Riverden	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	On hold
Riverflow Grey	Greece	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Riverge	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Rivers of Nihil	United States	Technical Death Metal	Active
Rivers Run Red	Canada	Death/Groove Metal	Active
Rivers Running Red	Saudi Arabia	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Riverside	Poland	Progressive Rock/Metal	Active
Riverside Syndicate	Finland	Heavy Metal	Active
Rivière Du Nord	Canada	Depressive Black Metal	Active
Rivologi	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Riwayat	Malaysia	Black Metal	Active
Rixiler	Mexico	Gothic/Doom/Death Metal	Active
Rizen	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rizon	Switzerland	Melodic Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rmisery	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Roach	Sweden	Groove/Death Metal/Metalcore	On hold
Roachpowder	Sweden	Stoner Metal	Active
Roachville	United Kingdom	Metalcore	Unknown
Road Crew	Finland	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Unknown
Road Rage	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Road Ripper	Italy	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Road Rising	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Road to Consciousness	Belgium	Progressive/Gothic Metal/Rock	Active
Road to Nowhere	Switzerland	Thrashcore	Active
Road to Ruin	Sweden	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Roadhorse	United States	Heavy/Southern Metal	Active
Roadies	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Roadies Nightmare	United States	Traditional/Power Metal	Split-up
Roadkill	United States	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Roadkill	Germany	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Roadkill	Australia	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Roadkill	Australia	Power/Speed/Death Metal	Split-up
Roadkill	Italy	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Roadkill	Netherlands	Heavy Metal	Active
Roadkill Carnivore	United States	Crossover/Thrash Metal	Active
Roadkill Sodomizer	United States	Industrial Black Metal	On hold
Roadkill XIII	Germany	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Roadkillsoda	Romania	Stoner/Sludge Metal	Active
Roadrash/Skellington	Germany	Melodic Death/Doom Metal	Active
Roadrunner	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roadside Burial	Australia	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Roadsider	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Roamride	Sweden	Doom Metal	Split-up
Roanoke	United States	Doom/Sludge Metal	On hold
Roar	Spain	Thrash Metal	Active
Roar	Hungary	Thrash Metal	Active
Roareth	United States	Epic Sludge/Doom Metal	Active
RÖÄRGH!	United States	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Roasting	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Rob Johnson	United States	Progressive Metal/Shred	Active
Rob Rock	United States	Traditional/Power Metal	Active
Robbed Tomb	Belarus	Experimental Death/Doom Metal	Split-up
Robed in Exile	United States	Black Metal	Unknown
Robeeo	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Active
Robert Dzurilla	United States	Progressive Metal/Rock, Shred	Active
Robespierre	United Kingdom	NWOBHM/Speed Metal	Active
Robo Mike	United States	Progressive Heavy Metal	Active
Robocorpse	Thailand	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Robosaur	United States	Experimental Doom/Stoner Metal	Active
Robot Lords of Tokyo	United States	Heavy/Doom/Stoner Metal	Active
Robot Monster	Netherlands	Doom Metal	On hold
Robot Monster Army	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Robot the Mimbre	Chile	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Robyn Danger	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roc Lochner	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rochus	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rock & Ron	Chile	Crossover/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rock Angel	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rock Blvd.	United States	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rock D.A.M.	Spain	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rock Goddess	United Kingdom	NWOBHM/Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rock in Peace	Belgium	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rock n Roll Weapon	Australia	Thrash Metal/Rock 'n' Roll	Active
Rock'n'Raw Bottled Band	Russia	Heavy/Groove Metal	Active
Rock'n'Roll City	Russia	Heavy Metal	Active
Rock.Korea	Korea, South	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rocka Rollas	Sweden	Speed Metal	Active
Rocket Queen	Japan	Melodic Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rockfire	Bulgaria	Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rockkit	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rockometalci	Slovenia	Thrash/Death Metal	Unknown
Rocksinn	Korea, South	Mallcore (early), Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (later)	Active
RockStrata	Bangladesh	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roctum	Finland	Heavy/Speed Metal	Active
Rod of Ruin	Portugal	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Rod Sacred	Italy	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rodent (with Glasses)	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Rodent Epoch	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rodha	Germany	Stoner/Sludge Metal with Hardcore influences	Active
Rodney Infernal	Puerto Rico	Heavy Metal	On hold
Rodosvet	Russia	Pagan/Folk Metal, Ambient	Active
Rodrigo Herrera	United States	Progressive/Groove Metal	Active
Rogam	Panama	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Roger Staffelbach's Angel of Eden	Switzerland	Power Metal	Active
Rogers Met an Iranian	United States	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Roglio	Italy	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rogna	Italy	Black Metal	Split-up
Rogosonic	United States	Groove Metal/Rock, Shred	Active
Rogue	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rogue	United States	Heavy / Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rogue Demons	United States	Death Metal	Unknown
Rogue Male	United Kingdom	NWOBHM, Heavy Metal	Active
Rogus	Germany	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Roh Halus	Indonesia	Brutal Death Metal	Unknown
Rohbau	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
RohesFleisch	Italy	Industrial Black Metal	Active
Rohirrim	Germany	Pagan/Folk Metal	Active
Rok	Australia	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Rok Bergade	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rok Sally	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rokas Baškys	Lithuania	Heavy Metal	Active
Roland Grapow	Germany	Heavy/Speed/Melodic Metal	On hold
Rolen	United States	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rollerball	Italy	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rollin Wallowin	Hungary	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Rolling Corpse	Finland	Death Metal	On hold
Roma	Russia	Progressive Metal, Shred	Active
Roman Cross	United States	Black Metal	Active
Roman Kostrzewski	Poland	Ambient, Darkwave, Rock	Active
Roman Ring	United States	Technical Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Roman Rouzine	France	Symphonic Heavy/Neoclassical Metal	Active
Roman so Words	Japan	Symphonic Power Metal	Active
Romance Curse	Italy	Symphonic/Orchestral Gothic Metal	Unknown
Romantic Love	Czech Republic	Technical Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Romanticide	Italy	Gothic Metal	Active
Romanticismo Cadaverico	Spain	Goregrind	Split-up
Romasanta	Ecuador	Power/Progressive Metal	Active
Romboló	Austria	Black Metal	Active
Rombus	Brazil	Black Metal	Split-up
Rome Apart	United States	Extreme Progressive Metal/Deathcore	Active
Romeo Must Die	United Kingdom	Groove Metal/Metalcore	Active
Romero	United States	Death Metal	Active
Romero	United States	Stoner Metal/Rock	Active
Rommel	Japan	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rompestromper	Netherlands	Groove/Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Ron 5	Chile	Progressive Metal	Active
Ron Jarzombek	United States	Technical Progressive Metal	Active
Ron Wasserman	United States	Heavy/Power Metal, Classical	Active
Roncsipar	Hungary	Industrial Stoner Metal	Active
Rondinelli	United States	Traditional Metal, Hard Rock	Active
Rondrakamm	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Active
Ronin	Germany	Traditional/Power Metal	Split-up
Ronja	Denmark	Stoner Metal/Rock	Active
Ronnie Ripper's Private War	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Active
Ronny Munroe	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Ronus	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rookwood	Australia	Black Metal/Punk	On hold
Rooky	Germany	Neoclassical Progressive Metal/Rock	Active
Room	Spain	Thrash/Groove Metal	Unknown
Room 101	United States	Doom Metal	Split-up
Room No. XIII	Netherlands	Heavy/Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Rooms of Ruin	United States	Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal	Active
Root	Czech Republic	Black Metal, Dark Epic Metal	Active
Root 'a Balluta	Slovenia	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Rootless	Austria	Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Roots	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Roots of Death	Switzerland	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Roots of Madness	France	Post-Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Roots of Rot	Mexico	Death Metal	On hold
Roots of Torment	Philippines	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Roots of Tragedy	Norway	Black/Doom Metal	Active
Roper	Ireland	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rorcal	Switzerland	Sludge/Doom Metal/Post-Hardcore	Active
Rorschach	United Kingdom	Dark/Gothic Metal	Active
Rosa Antica	Italy	Alternative Death Metal	Active
Rosa de Saron	Brazil	Traditional Heavy Metal (early), Pop Rock (later)	Active
Rosa Ígnea	Brazil	Gothic Metal	Active
Rosa Infra	Russia	Gothic Metal	Active
Rosa Mistica	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rosa Negra	Spain	Heavy Metal	Active
Rosa Nera	Croatia	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Rosa Nocturna	Czech Republic	Gothic Metal	Active
Rosa Noctürna	France	Gothic Metal	Unknown
Rosae Crucis	Italy	Epic Heavy Metal	Active
Rosanela	Czech Republic	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rosario Panzarella	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rose	Japan	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rose	United States	Doom Metal (early), Alternative Rock (2010-now)	Active
Rose Bayonet	New Zealand	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rose Funeral	United States	Deathcore	Active
Rose Grave	Greece	Melodic Doom/Death Metal	Split-up
Rose in Chaos	Russia	Progressive Metal	Active
Rose Kemp	United Kingdom	Folk/Acoustic (early), Folk/Psychedelic/Doom Rock/Metal (mid), Drone/Doom Metal (later)	Active
Rose Rose	Japan	Hardcore Punk/Crossover, Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rose Shadows	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Split-up
Rosebad	Spain	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rosebourg	Bulgaria	Melodic Power Progressive Metal	On hold
Rosemary	Argentina	Power/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rosen Kreuz	Japan	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rosenfeld	Japan	Thrash Metal	Active
Rosenguard	United States	Black/Gothic Metal	Active
Rosenkreuz	Japan	Symphonic Power Metal	Active
Roserich	Japan	Progressive Doom Metal	Split-up
Roses Bleed Thorns	Finland	Melodic Death/Black/Thrash Metal	On hold
Roses on Dust	Germany	Progressive Metal/Rock	Active
Rosetta Stone	United States	Heavy/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rosicrucian	United Kingdom	Black Metal	Changed name
Rosicrucian	Sweden	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Ross the Boss	Germany	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Rossomahaar	Russia	Folk/Thrash/Black Metal	Active
Rossos	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rostau	Italy	Experimental Funeral Doom Metal	Split-up
Rostok Vampires	Germany	Crossover/Hardcore	Unknown
Rostorchester	International	Black Metal	Active
Rostrum	Canada	Melodic Death/Black Metal	Active
Roswell	Argentina	Power/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roswell	Sweden	Metalcore	Split-up
Roswell	Canada	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Roswell Six	United States	Progressive Metal/Rock	Active
Rosy Vista	Germany	Traditional Metal/ Hard Rock	Split-up
Rot	Belgium	Black/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rot	Vietnam	Raw Black Metal	Active
Rot	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Röt	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rot	Poland	Black/Death Metal	Active
Rot in Despair	United Kingdom	Funeral Doom/Death Metal	On hold
Rot in Pain	United States	Death Metal	Unknown
Rot in Pieces	Canada	Grindcore/Death Metal	Split-up
Rotator	Netherlands	Death Metal	Unknown
Rote Mare	Australia	Heavy/Doom Metal	Active
Rote Roué	Australia	Black Metal	Active
Rotengeist	Poland	Progressive/Thrash Metal	Active
Roter Sturm	United States	Death Metal	On hold
Rotfest	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rothgar	Australia	Thrash Metal	Split-up
RotInjected	Sweden	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotor	Indonesia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rotor	Argentina	Heavy Metal	Active
Rotor	Hungary	Speed Metal	Active
Rotor	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rotovathor	Germany	Viking/Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rotrave	Romania	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rötschreck	United Kingdom	Death/Thrash/Doom/Hardcore	Split-up
Rott	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rott	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Rotted	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotted Rebirth	United States	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotten	Mexico	Thrash Metal/Punk	Split-up
Rotten	Finland	Death Metal/Grindcore	On hold
Rötten	Mexico	Thrash Metal	Active
Rotten Abscess	Germany	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Age	Poland	Black Metal	Active
Rotten Agony	Australia	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rotten Angel	Brazil	Black/Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotten Animals	Spain	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Bitch	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rotten Bowel	Finland	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotten Bowels	Germany	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotten Cadaveric Execration	Brazil	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Carnage	Brazil	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Chop	Australia	Thrash Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Cold	Austria	Grindcore/Death Metal	Active
Rotten Corpse	Indonesia	Brutal Technical Death Metal	Split-up
Rotten Corpse	Portugal	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rotten Cross	United States	Melodic Black Metal	Unknown
Rotten Dark	Italy	Black Metal	Split-up
Rotten Disgorgement	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rotten Dregs	Germany	Death Metal with Rock influences	Active
Rotten Evisceration	Peru	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Faces	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Fetus	Denmark	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Fetus	Vietnam	Death Metal/Grindcore	Unknown
Rotten Flesh	Germany	Groove Death Metal	Active
Rotten Flesh	Thailand	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Rotten Flesh	Spain	Death Metal	Changed name
Rotten Funeral	United States	Black Metal	Active
Rotten Gore	Italy	Grindcore/Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rotten Gramma	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rotten Grave	Paraguay	Thrash/Black/Death Metal	Active
Rotten Guts	Hungary	Noise/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotten Head	Chile	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Head Cock	Thailand	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Incarnation	Mexico	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rotten Minds	Spain	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Minds	Sweden	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Mutilation	Mexico	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rotten Penetration	Brazil	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Perish	Switzerland	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rotten Poodle	France	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Purity	Brazil	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Reality	Russia	Groove/Thrash Metal, Experimental	Active
Rotten Rod and the Warheads	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Rotten Ruins	Germany	Black/Death Metal/Grindcore	Unknown
Rotten Seed	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Rotten Shore	Italy	Deathcore	Active
Rotten Soul	Colombia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rotten Souls	Panama	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotten Souls	Costa Rica	Melodic Black Metal	Active
Rotten Sound	Finland	Grindcore/Death Metal	Active
Rotten Spiritual	Colombia	Death Metal	Active
Rotten State	Uruguay	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Active
Rotten Stigmatosis	Mexico	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotten Zombie Flesh	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rottenblast	Indonesia	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rottenness	Mexico	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rottenness	Guatemala	Death Metal	Split-up
Rottenomicon	Indonesia	Death Metal	Active
Rotterdam	United States	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rottest Slag	Spain	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotting	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
Rotting	Poland	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotting	Canada	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Rotting Blood	Colombia	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Rotting Christ	Greece	Grindcore (early), Black Metal (mid), Black/Gothic Metal (later)	Active
Rotting Cock	Estonia	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Rotting Corpse	Guatemala	Death Metal	Active
Rotting Corpse	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rotting Crucifixion	United States	Black/Death Metal	Active
Rotting Cycle	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotting Decay	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rotting Embodiment	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotting Empire	Germany	Death Metal	Active
Rotting Faith	France	Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Rötting Flesh	Chile	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotting Flesh	Brazil	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotting Flesh	Mexico	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotting Flesh	Greece	Atmospheric Black/Death Metal	Active
Rotting Flesh	Sweden	Death Metal	Split-up
Rotting Guts	Ukraine	Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore	On hold
Rotting Head	Poland	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotting Heaven	Russia	Black Metal	Active
Rotting in an Open Field	United States	Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Rotting Misery	Germany	Death Metal	Changed name
Rotting Mutilation	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rotting Obscene	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rotting Palms	United States	Sludge Metal/Hardcore	Active
Rotting Sky	United States	Funeral Doom/Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Rotting Stiffs	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rotting Suits of Flesh	United States	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rotting Tramp	United Kingdom	Sludge/Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Rotting Womb	Croatia	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Rottrevore	United States	Death Metal	Active
Rottweiller	United States	Heavy Metal	On hold
Rough	Germany	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Rough Angel	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rough Cast	Singapore	Death Metal	Active
Rough Diamond	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Active
Rough Honor	United States	Traditional/Power Metal	Split-up
Rough Justice	Belgium	Crossover / Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rough Silk	Germany	Melodic Power Metal	Active
Rough Velvet	Germany	Melodic Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rough Whole	Poland	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Roughly Violent	Brazil	Gothic Metal	Active
Routakehä	Finland	Alternative/Thrash/Heavy Metal	Active
RoutaSielu	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Route 46 Bumz	United States	Thrash/Speed Metal	Split-up
Route Nine	Sweden	Progressive Metal	Unknown
Routes	Greece	Mallcore (early), Stoner Metal/Rock (later)	Active
Rouwen	Netherlands	Death Metal	Split-up
Rovina	Italy	NS Black Metal	Active
Rovio	Finland	Black Metal	Unknown
Rowan	United States	Deathcore	Split-up
RowYco	United Kingdom	Thrash/Groove Metal	Unknown
Roxalt	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roxor	Czech Republic	Heavy Metal	Active
Roxx	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roxx	Indonesia	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Roxx	Canada	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roxx Regime	United States	Traditional Heavy Metal	Changed name
Roxxy	Mexico	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Roy Stone	United Kingdom	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Royal Air Force	Italy	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Royal Anguish	United States	Death/Gothic Metal	Active
Royal Assassin	United States	Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
Royal Flush	Denmark	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Royal Hunt	Denmark	Melodic Progressive Metal	Active
Royal Jester	Sweden	Power Metal	Active
Royal Oak	Germany	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Royal Quest	Greece	Power/Progressive Metal	Split-up
Royal Rout	Germany	Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock	Split-up
Royal Talons	United States	Sludge/Doom Metal	Active
Royal Truck	Finland	Heavy/Stoner Metal	Active
Royaume de Glace	France	Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Rozamov	United States	Doom/Stoner Metal	Active
Rozea Haven	Canada	Melodic Death Metal with Black Metal Influences	Split-up
Rozenhill	Sweden	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Rozz	France	Heavy Metal	Active
RPG Seven	Japan	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rrancatoco	Brazil	Grindcore/Thrashcore	On hold
Ruach Raah	Portugal	Black Metal	Active
Rubbish Mob	Australia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rubén Álvarez	Spain	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Ruben Picazo	Spain	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Rubicon	Hungary	Progressive/Power Metal	Active
Rubicon	United States	Progressive/Power Metal	Split-up
Rubicond	Greece	Doom Metal	Active
Rubufaso Mukufo	Czech Republic	Grindcore/Brutal Death Metal	Split-up
Rubycon	Sweden	Traditional Heavy Metal	On hold
Rückgrat	Germany	Medieval/Folk Metal	Split-up
Ruckus	Switzerland	Traditional Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Changed name
Ruction	Indonesia	Death Metal	Split-up
Rudal	Indonesia	Power/Speed Metal	Active
Rude	Italy	Traditional Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rude Awakening	United States	Power Metal	Active
Rude Awakening	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rude Awakening	United States	Crossover/Thrash Metal	Active
Rude Awakening	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rude Awakening	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rude Boys	Italy	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rude Forefathers	Italy	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rude Revelation	Luxembourg	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Rude Teaser	Japan	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rüdi Gannan	Spain	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up
Rudo	United States	Raw Black Metal/Punk	Active
Rudra	Singapore	Thrash/Death Metal (early), Death Metal with Black Metal Influences (later)	Active
Rudracy	Germany	Doom/Death/Folk Metal	Split-up
Rue	United States	Sludge/Stoner Metal	Active
Rue Morgue	United Kingdom	NWOBHM	Split-up
Rue Morgue	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rue of A-dam	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rue the Day	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Rue the Day	United Kingdom	Thrash/Groove Metal	Split-up
Ruff Justice	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
Ruffian	Brazil	Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ruffians	United States	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Ruffkut	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rug	Romania	Heavy/Thrash/Black Metal	Split-up
Rug Rat	United States	Heavy/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rugged Cross	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ruggeri Project	Italy	Melodic Heavy Metal/Shred	Split-up
Ruhje	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Ruho	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Ruido de Rabia	Spain	Hardcore/Grindcore/Punk (early), Grindcore/Death Metal (later)	Split-up
Ruin	New Zealand	Doom Metal	Changed name
Ruin	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ruin	United States	Progressive/Speed/Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ruin	Sweden	Thrash/Death Metal	Active
Ruin	Russia	Black Metal	Active
Ruin	United States	Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Ruin	United States	Post-Thrash/Groove Metal	Active
Ruin	Finland	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Ruin Lust	United States	Black/Death Metal	Active
Ruin of Hedonism	Slovakia	Black Metal	On hold
Ruin of Remembrance	Germany	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ruin the Rival	United States	Groove/Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Ruina	Ukraine	Black/Death Metal	Split-up
Ruinaerus	Austria	Black Metal	Split-up
Ruinas	Argentina	Heavy/Power Metal	Active
Ruination	Lithuania	Melodic/Goth Metal (early), Melodic Rock/Metal (later)	Active
Ruindom	Finland	Death Metal	Active
Ruine	Canada	Raw Black Metal/Dark Ambient	Active
Ruinebell	International	Industrial/Thrash Metal	Active
Ruined	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ruined Sanctuary	Chile	Black Metal	Active
Ruined Soul	Sweden	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ruines des Forêts Mortes	Canada	Black Metal/Ambient	Active
Ruines Humaines	France	Black Metal	Active
Ruines ov Abaddon	United States	Black/Death Metal	Active
Ruinist	United States	Melodic Death/Thrash Metal	Active
Ruinous	Sweden	Black Metal	Active
Ruins	Australia	Black Metal	Active
Ruins	Germany	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Ruins	France	Black Metal	Split-up
Ruins Division	Spain	Death Metal	Unknown
Ruins of Akora	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Ruins of Amber	United Kingdom	Dark Metal	Split-up
Ruins of Eden	United States	Death Metal	Changed name
Ruins of Faith	Georgia	Pagan/Black Metal	Active
Ruins of Time	Sweden	Death/Thrash Metal (early), Heavy/Thrash Metal (later)	Active
Ruins of Tomorrow	United States	Deathcore	Active
Ruinside	Finland	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Ruinthrone	Italy	Power Metal	Active
Rule	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rule of Coss	Germany	Stoner/Doom Metal	Active
Rule of Honour	Ireland	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rule of Thumb	Belgium	Death Metal/Deathcore	Changed name
Ruler	Italy	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Rules of Engagement	Norway	Melodic Metal	Active
Rules of Prey	United States	Progressive Metal	Split-up
Rullyhead	Mexico	Traditional Metal	Unknown
Rumahoy	United Kingdom	Folk Metal	Active
Rumble Militia	Germany	Thrash Metal/Crossover	Split-up
Rumblebelly	Philippines	Death Metal	Split-up
Ruminations	United States	Death/Doom Metal	Active
Rumors of Gehenna	Italy	Thrash Metal/Hardcore	Active
Rump-fed Ronyon	Germany	Melodic Death Metal/Deathcore	Active
Rumpelstiltkin	Germany	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
Run After To	Italy	Doom/Heavy Metal	Split-up
Run Amok	United States	Speed/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Runamok	Germany	Heavy Metal	Active
Runar	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Runaway Totem	Italy	Atmospheric Ambient Doom Metal/Progressive Rock	Active
Rundagor	Russia	Black Metal	Split-up
Rundoll	Japan	Power Metal	Active
Rune	United States	Death/Doom Metal	Split-up
Rune	Netherlands	Doom Metal	Split-up
Rune Skogen	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Runecaster	United Kingdom	Folk Metal	Active
Runelore	United States	Melodic Black Metal	Split-up
Runemagick	Sweden	Death Metal (early), Death/Doom Metal (later)	On hold
Runenblut	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Runenfrost	Germany	Black Metal	Active
Runenthor	Germany	Viking Metal	Active
Runepath	Chile	Folk/Black Metal	Active
Runes of Dianceht	Ukraine	Black Metal	Unknown
Runesword	Germany	Black Metal	Unknown
Runhild Gammelsæter	Norway	Dark Ambient/Drone/Avant-garde	Active
Runic	Spain	Pagan/Folk Metal	Active
Rünic	France	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Runkel	Germany	Medieval/Folk Metal	On hold
Runner	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Runner Hell	Colombia	Heavy Metal	Active
Running Death	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Running Wild	Germany	Heavy/Power/Speed Metal	Active
Running with Scissors	United States	Brutal Death Metal	Active
Runover	Italy	Groove Metal	Active
Runway	Czech Republic	Power Metal	Active
Runxor	Finland	Black / Thrash Metal (early), Death Metal (later)	Split-up
Ruppthritis	United States	Thrash/Sludge Metal	Active
Rupsband	Netherlands	Crossover/Thrash Metal	Active
Rupture Christ	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Split-up
Ruptured	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ruptured Harmony	Australia	Thrash Metal	Active
Rūsa	Latvia	Hard Rock, Heavy/Speed Metal	Active
Ruscut	Germany	Progressive/Power/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rush	Canada	Progressive Rock/Metal	Active
Rush of Blood	Austria	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rushmoon	Germany	Melodic Progressive Metal	Active
Rushmore	Paraguay	Power Metal	Active
Russell Allen's Atomic Soul	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Russian Winter	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Russian Winter	Slovenia	Death Metal	Split-up
Rust	Sweden	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
Rust	Greece	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rust	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rust	Sweden	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rust	Italy	Thrash Metal	Changed name
Rust	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Active
Rust	Chile	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rust & Regret	United Kingdom	Doom/Thrash Metal	Active
Rust of Reason	Italy	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Rust Phantom	Philippines	Technical Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
Rust Requiem	Italy	Black Metal	Active
Rust Sakaraz	Brunei	Death Metal	Split-up
Rusted	Canada	Hard Rock / Heavy Metal	Active
Rusted	Italy	Epic Gothic/Black Metal	Unknown
Rusted	Italy	Thrash Metal/Metalcore	Changed name
Rusted Brain	Poland	Thrash Metal	Active
Rusted Chains	Germany	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
Rusted Dawn	Canada	Thrash Metal with Punk/Hardcore Influences	Split-up
Rusted Through	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rusted Valor	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Active
Rusted Warhead	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
Rustic Sound	Portugal	Power/Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rusting Sun	Germany	Avant-garde/Black Metal	Active
Rustless	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
Rüstung Gottes	Canada	'Black' Metal	Active
Rusty Cooley	United States	Heavy Metal/Shred	Active
Rusty Eye	Mexico	Progressive Metal	Active
Rusty Nail	Greece	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
Rusty Nails	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
Rusty Nutsy	France	Thrash/Speed Metal	Split-up
Rusty Relics	United States	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Active
Rusty Souls	Sweden	Doom Metal	Unknown
Rùsùah	Indonesia	Black Metal	Active
Rutah	United States	Death Metal	Active
Ruthless	United States	Heavy/Power Metal	Split-up
Ruthless	United States	Power Metal	Active
Ruthless	Germany	Black Metal	Changed name
Ruthless Art	Germany	Gothic Metal	Split-up
Ruthless Cry	Brazil	Heavy Metal	Changed name
Ruthless Horde	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Ruthless Order	Russia	Melodic Death/Power Metal	Active
Ruthven	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
Rutonkantaja	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Rutthna	Sweden	Black Metal	Active
Ruttokorppi	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Ruttokosmos	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Ruttolapset	Finland	Death/Black/Thrash Metal	Unknown
Rutum	Belarus	Raw Black Metal	Active
Ruumis	Finland	Thrash Metal	Active
Ruumisvaunut	Finland	Black Metal	Active
Ruune	Czech Republic	Black Metal	Active
Rwake	United States	Sludge/Doom Metal/Experimental	Active
Ryan	Italy	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Ryashon	United States	Progressive Metal/Hardcore	Active
Rychus Syn	United States	Heavy/Speed Metal	Active
Ryder	Canada	Traditional Heavy Metal	Active
Rye Wolves	United States	Doom/Avant-garde Metal	Active
Rygel	Brazil	Melodic Heavy Metal	Active
Rymid	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
Ryse	Germany	Progressive Metal	Active
Rythm of Confusion	United Kingdom	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rythual	Brazil	Thrash Metal	Split-up
Rytmihäiriö	Finland	Hardcore Punk/Grindcore (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later)	Active
Ryzer	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
Rzeźnia	Poland	Grindcore	Split-up
Røstrøkr	Switzerland	Heavy Metal	Active
The Rain	Finland	Heavy/Power Metal/Hard Rock	On hold
The Rain	Hungary	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Split-up
The Rain I Bleed	Greece	Progressive Metal	Active
The Rain in Endless Fall	United States	Black Metal	Active
The RamDo Connection	Germany	Heavy/Groove Metal	Active
The Ransack	Portugal	Death Metal	Active
The Rape of Lucrece	Norway	Death Metal/Hardcore	Unknown
The Rare Breed	United States	Doom/Stoner Metal	Split-up
The Ravage Projects	Canada	Melodic Thrash Metal/Hard Rock	Active
The Raven	Turkey	Thrash Metal (early), Death Metal (later)	Active
The Raven	Italy	Gothic/Death/Thrash Metal	Active
The Ravenous	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
The Ravens	Malaysia	Black/Thrash Metal	Split-up
The Rays of the Sun	Czech Republic	Doom Metal	Active
The Real Massacre	Germany	Dark Death Metal	Split-up
The Reality	Hungary	Thrash Metal	Split-up
The Reaper	Malaysia	Crossover/Thrash Metal	Active
The Reaper	Brazil	Black Metal	Active
The Rebel Wounded	United States	Sludge/Stoner Metal	Unknown
The Rebirth of Humanity	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Changed name
The Reckoning	United States	Thrash Metal	Split-up
The Reckoning	Belgium	Black/Death Metal	Active
The Rectum Satans	United States	Black Metal	Active
The Red Angle	Colombia	Black Metal/Dark Ambient	Active
The Red Chord	United States	Technical Death Metal/Grindcore/Metalcore	Active
The Red Coil	Italy	Sludge/Groove Metal	Active
The Red Death	United States	Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
The Red King	United States	Gothic Metal / Darkwave / Ambient / Neoclassical	Active
The Red Shore	Australia	Technical Death Metal/Metalcore	Split-up
The Red Strike	Portugal	Heavy Metal	Split-up
The RedFlux	Puerto Rico	Progressive Metal	Active
The Reefer Hut	United States	Death Metal (early), Experimental Metal (later)	Active
The Regent	Belarus	Heavy Metal	Split-up
The Regime	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
The Reign of Terror	United States	Power Metal	Split-up
The Remnant	United States	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Changed name
The Renewed	United States	Darkened Thrash Metal	Changed name
The Republic of Desire	Finland	Industrial Thrash/Death Metal	Active
The Resonant Strain	United States	Grind/Thrash, Groove	Split-up
The Restless Breed	United Kingdom	Heavy Metal	Active
The Resurrection Sorrow	United States	Heavy/Stoner Metal	Active
The Return	United States	Black/Thrash Metal	Active
The Return	United States	Heavy/Thrash Metal	Split-up
The Revenants	United States	Gothic Metal with Punk influences	Active
The Revenge Project	Bulgaria	Progressive Black/Death Metal	Active
The Reverend of Despair	United States	Doom Metal	Active
The Reverie	United States	Melodic Thrash, Symphonic Metal	Changed name
The Reviled	United States	Death/Thrash Metal	Split-up
The Revival	Finland	Melodic Death Metal	Changed name
The Riggwelters	Italy	Heavy Metal	Active
The Right Wing Conspiracy	United States	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
The Rigor Mortis	Russia	Goregrind	Active
The Ring	Sweden	Heavy/Power Metal	Unknown
The Rise of Defiance	United States	Progressive Metal/Rock	Active
The Rise of Ophiuchus	Portugal	Symphonic Death Metal	Active
The Risen	United States	Death Metal	Split-up
The Rising Force	Germany	Melodic Speed Metal	Changed name
The Rite of Retaliation	Croatia	Death Metal	Split-up
The Ritual	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
The River	United Kingdom	Doom Metal	Active
The River Neva	United States	Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore	Active
The River Runs Black	United States	Experimental/Progressive/Black Metal	Split-up
The Riverside Burial	United States	Thrash/Death/Groove Metal	Active
The Roadcrew	United States	Thrash/Death Metal	Split-up
The Rock Corps	United States	Heavy Metal	Unknown
The Rocking Dildos	International	Black Punk	Split-up
The Rod Squad	United States	Heavy Metal	Split-up
The Rods	United States	Heavy Metal	Active
The Rogers	Belgium	Heavy Metal	Split-up
The Roller	United States	Sludge/Doom Metal	Active
The Rope	Germany	Heavy Metal	Unknown
The Rotted	United Kingdom	Death Metal	Active
The Rotten Charles Manson	Malaysia	Death Metal/Grindcore	Active
The Rottens	Italy	Thrash Metal	Active
The Rotting	Sweden	Death Metal	Active
The Roxx	Germany	Heavy Metal / Power Metal	Active
The Royal Arch Blaspheme	United States	Black Metal	Active
The Royal Blood	Portugal	Black Metal	Split-up
The Rudes	Germany	Thrash Metal	Split-up
The Ruin	Germany	Thrash Metal	Active
The Ruined Few	United States	Thrash Metal	Active
The Ruins of Beverast	Germany	Black Metal	Active
The Rustling of Leaves	Ukraine	Black Metal	Active
The Ruthless	United States	Melodic Death Metal	Split-up