HEAVY METAL EXPLOSION

Racer X (US, heavy metal) See also: Surgical Steel, Hawk, Judas Priest
Second Heat - CD - 1988
Street Lethal - CD - 1986

Radio Moscow (UK, hard rock/'80s rock) See also: Diamond Head
**Formed by Brian Tatler of Diamond Head.
demo tracks
10 '86/'87 demo tracks
Radio Moscow - EP - 1987

Rage (Ger) See also: Avenger
Execution Guaranteed - CD (with 6 bonus) - 1987/2002
Reissue with 6 bonus.
Perfect Man - CD - 1988
Perfect Man - CD (with 5 bonus)- 1988/2002
Reissue with 5 bonus.
Reflections of A Shadow - CD (with 5 bonus) - 1990/2002
Reissue with 5 bonus.
Reign of Fear - CD (with 5 bonus) - 1986/2002
Reissue with 5 bonus.
Secrets in a Weird World - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1989

Raise Hell (Swe, black/death metal)
Holy Target - CD - 1998

Raising Cain (US)
Planet Doom - CD - 1998/1999/2000

Ramesses (UK, doom) See also: Electric Wizard
split with Negative Reaction - CD - 2004

Rampage (Austria, death metal)
In A Cryptic Dream - CD - 1998

Rampage (US-GA) See also: Death Beast
Doom Metal (split with Festering Sore) - CD - 1999
Title track and Venom/Immortal covers.

Ramses (Mex, heavy metal)
Guerreros del Metal - CD (with 5 bonus) - 1988/2002
Includes 5 demo tracks as bonus.

Ran (Toshiya Matsukawa) See also: Blizard
Blizard guitarist.
Burning - LP - 1985

Random Damage (Can, thrash) See also: Annihilator
Crunchy thrash with Ray Hartmann of Annihilator.
Random Damage - CD - 1995

Randy Uchida Group/R.U.G. (Jap, heavy metal)
Deathly Fighter b/w Crazy Bomber - EP - 1984

Raped Ape (US, thrash) Pre-Paingod
Terminal Reality - CD (with 4 bonus) - 1993
Japanese press with 4 bonus tracks from old demos.

Rapidfire (US, heavy/power metal) See also: Hellhound
Settle the Score - CD - 2009
Previously unreleased 1993 album (with vocals and some guitar parts completed/recorded in 2008. Includes the band's entire 1993 demo as bonus tracks.

Rapture (Fin, doom/death metal)
Finnish version of mid-'90s Katatonia.
Futile - CD - 1999/2001

Rata Blanca (Arg, heavy/power metal)
El Libro Oculto - CD (with one bonus) - 1993
Entre el Cielo y el Infierno - CD - 1994
La Llave de la Puerta Secreta - CD - 2005
Rata Blanca - CD - 1988

Rat Attack (US, heavy metal)
Rat Attack - CD - 2008
The 1983 demo plus 6 live tracks (June 2, 1989)

Rathbone (US?, heavy metal/hard rock)
Rathbone - CD - 1997

Ratos de Por�o/R.D.P. (Brazil, thrash/crossover)
Anarkophobia (English lyrics) - CD - 1991
English lyrics version of the '90 album.

Raunchous Brothers, The (US, heavy metal)
DIE! FAGGOT DIE! - demo - 2001
Black Sabbath cover.

R.A.V.A.G.E. (US) pre-Atheist
On They Slay - demo - 1987
Rotting in Hell - demo - 1985

Ravager (Mex, death metal)
Storm of Sin - CD - 2002

Raven (Fin, doom) pre-Shape of Despair
Promo 1998 (2 trks)

Raven (UK, NWoBHM)
**Also see 'Ultimate Revenge 2' comp.
All For One - CD (with 5 bonus) - 1983/2002
Reissue with 5 bonus.
Architect of Fear - CD - 1991
Born to Be Wild - EP - 1983
The Steppenwolf cover and 'Inquisitor' with Udo doing guest vocals.
Break the Chain - EP - 1983
Crash Bang Wallop - EP - 1982
'Rock Hard' as the b-side.
Crash Bang Wallop (splatter vinyl 12" version) - 12" EP - 1982
Title track, 'Rock Hard,' 'Run Them Down,' 'Fire Power.'
Crash Bang Wallop (Italian promo version) - EP - 1982
'Run Them Down' as the b-side.
Don't Need Your Money - EP - 1980
Hard Ride - EP - 1981
Heads Up! - mCD - 1992
4 studio and 3 live tracks.
Nothing Exceeds Like Excess - CD - 1988
One For All - CD - 1999
Radio Hell: The Friday Rock Show Sessions (split with Venom/Warfare) - CD - 1992
'80s BBC session.
Rock Until You Drop - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1981
Wiped Out - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1982

Ravenous (Austria, thrash)
Book of Covetous Souls - CD - 1991

Ravenous, The (US, death metal) See also: Autopsy, Necrophagia, Brutal Truth
Assembled in Blasphemy - CD - 2000
Three on a Meathook - mCD - 2002

Ravens (Fra, heavy metal)
Get It In Your Head - LP - 1984

Ravensthorn (US, heavy/horror metal)
House of the Damned - CD - 2002

Raventhrone (Austria)
Endless Conflict Theorem - CD - 2002

Raw Deal (UK-Leicester, NWOBHM)
Lonewolf b/w Take the Sky - EP - 1981

Raw Level (Can)
Demo - 1996
Groove-influenced death metal.

R.A.W.W.A.R. (Revolted Anarchist Warriors Without Any Respect) (Can, thrash)
Aggression/Cryptopsy ties.
Delirium - demo - 1988

Raxas (Mex, power/heavy metal)
All� Nos Veremos - 2CD - 2002
Contains the 'Presencia' 1989 cassette album and a version of the 'Esclavos Eternos' album with Arturo Huizar from Luzbel on vocals, with bonus tracks.

Ray Gunn (US, heavy metal)
Ray Gunn - LP - 1987

Razor (Can, thrash, thrash/speed metal)
Armed and Dangerous - mLP - 1984
Custom Killing - LP - 1987
Evil Invaders - CD - 1985
Executioner's Song - CD - 1985
Executioner's Song - LP - 1985
Exhumed - 2CD - 1994
Malicious Intent - CD - 1986
Open Hostility - CD - 1991
Rehearsal 1989
Instrumental versions of some 'Shotgun Justice' tracks.
Rehearsal 1990 (2 untitled instrumental songs)
Shotgun Justice - CD - 1990
Violent Restitution - CD - 1988

R.D.P. See Ratos de Por�o

Reactor (Swi, death metal) See also: Sickening Gore
The Tribunal Above - demo - 1991

Realm (US-WI, technical thrash)
Endless War - CD - 1988
Suiciety - CD - 1990
Suiciety - CD (with 1 bonus) - 1990/2006
Remaster/reissue with King Crimson cover as bonus.

Realm of Carnivora (Estonia, black metal)
Verised Relvad - CD - 2003

Re-Animator (UK, thrash)
Condemned to Eternity - CD - 1990
Deny Reality - mCD - 1990
Laughing - CD - 1991
That Was Then...This is Now - CD - 1992

Reaper (Ger, heavy metal)
The Years Within - CD - 1992

Rebaelliun (Brazil, death metal)
At War - mCD - 1999
Bringer of War - mCD - 2000
Morbid Angel cover.

R�cidive (Fra, '70s style hard rock)
Can't Stand Living Without You - EP - 1981
Demon Queen - LP - 1981

Recipients of Death (US, thrash)
Final Flight - mLP - 1990
Recipients of Death - LP - 1988

Red Machete (US, heavy metal)
Pull the Rope b/w Ain't No Mercy - EP - 1985

Redrum (US-CA, thrash)
Power Corrupts - CD - 1989

Red Sky (US, death metal)
Knife Behind the Smile - CD - 1998

Redstorm (Swe, heavy metal)
No Exeption of a Victim of Crime - CD (with 1 bonus) - 1989/2003

Reencarnaci�n (Colombia, black/thrash)
888 Metal - CD - 2005
The first LP, EP, and '89 live tracks.
Acompa�ame A La Tumba - EP - 1988
Reencarnaci�n - LP - 1987

Reflection (Gre, heavy metal)
The Fire Still Burns... - CD - 1999
Odysseia - CD - 2003

Regnant (Chile, death metal)
Eyes of Suffering - demo - 1996
Transvisceral - CD - 1997

Regredior (Lith, death metal) See also: Ghostorm
Forbidden Tears - mCD - 1995

Regurgitate (Swe, goregrind)
Carnivorous Erection - CD - 2000

Rehtaf Ruo (US, black metal/ambient)
Boiled in Goat Blood - CD - 2000
Original self-released version.

Reign (UK)
Embrace - CD - 1994
Exit Clause - CD - 1995

Reign of Terror (Aus't, death/thrash)
Under Blackened Skies - mCD - 1998

Reign of Terror (US, death metal)
Threnody of the Impaled - CD - 2001

Reino Ermita�o (Arg, doom/stoner metal)
Reino Ermita�o - CD - 2003

Rellik (US-CA, heavy metal)
Killer - CD - 2002
Compilation of old material.
Remember the Future - EP - 1986

Renaissance (Bel, death/doom)
The Death of Art - CD - 1994

Rendissance Noire (Fra, atmospheric/medieval)
Beyond the Circle of Light - mCD - 1995
'92 recording. Actually sounds pretty much like the typical black metal intros.

Repugnant (Swe, death metal)
Hecatomb - mCD - 1999/2000
Celtic Frost cover.

Repulsion (US) See also: Dejecta
Excruciation - EP - 1991
Horrified (original Necrosis version) - CD - 1989
Horrified (Relapse 1st reissue) - CD (with one bonus) - 1992

Requiem (Ita, heavy metal)
With Mario of The Black.
Nunc et semper - demo - 1986

Requiem (Swi, death metal)
Formed at Birth - CD - 2003

Requiem (UK, NWoBHM)
Angel of Sin - EP - 1980

Requiem (US-FL, death metal) pre-Daemon Knight
A Brief Moment In Death - cass. EP - 1996
Our Only Hope is Death - CD - 1997

Requiem Aeternam (Uruguay, black/death metal)
Eternally Dying - CD - 1998
Philosopher - CD - 2004

Resurrection (US-FL, death metal)
Embalmed Existence - CD - 1993

Resurrecturis (Ita, death metal)
The Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell - CD - 2004

R.E.T./Reaction Ecstasy Trance (Cze, doom/death)
Depression - CD - 1995

Revenant (US, death/thrash)
Prophecies of a Dying World - CD - 1991

Revenge (Can) See also: Conqueror, Axis of Advance
Victory.Intolerance.Mastery - CD - 2004

Revenge (Ita, heavy metal)
Archives - CD - 2008
Compilation of the 1985 'Hotzone' EP, the 1987 recordings for the unreleased 'Sweet Revenge' EP, and 2 2007 recordings.

Revile (US, death metal)
Demo - 1994
Demo - 1996
Within the Garden - CD - 1998

Re-Vision (Ger, power metal)
Re-Vision - CD - 1997

Reviver (Neth, power metal)
Reviver - mCD - 1998

Rev. Kriss Hades (Aus't) See also: Sadistik Exekution
The Wind of Orion - CD - 2002

Rhabstallion (UK, NWoBHM)
Day to Day - CD - 1994
Includes 1980 and 1984 recordings, the 1981 'Day to Day' single, the tracks from the unreleased 1982 'Stranger Stranger' single, 2 1993 tracks recorded specifically for the CD, and 2 1983 live tracks.

Rhadamantys (Hol, death metal)
Death metal with all sorts of atmospheric interludes/passages and some doom influence.
Labyrinth of Thoughts - CD - 1995

Rhapsody (Ita, power metal)
Legendary Tales - CD - 1997
Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret - CD - 2004

Rhymes of Destruction (Bel)
Primarily black metal style with black metal vocals, but sometimes very doom/death inspired as well.
Requiem / In Remembrance Of Your Gods... - CD - 1996
Several tracks are folkish acoustic/symphonic instrumentals.

Riff Raff (Fin, heavy metal)
Give the Dead Man Some Water - CD - 1983/2004
Robot Stud - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1982/2004
Includes the 'Dreaming/I'll Be Gone' EP 1983.

Righteous Pigs (US, grind) See also: Defecation, Napalm Death
Live and Learn - CD - 1989
Stress Related - CD - 1990

Rigor Mortis (US-NY, death metal) Pre-Immolation
Decomposed - demo - 1987
Warriors of Doom - demo - 1988
One '87 track, released as a demo posthumously.

Rigor Mortis (US-TX, thrash) See also: Blohole
Demo - 1986
Freaks - mCD - 1989
Rigor Mortis - CD - 1988
Rigor Mortis - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1988/2003
Official reissue with bonustracks.

Rigor Sardonicous (US, doom)
Principia Sardonica - CD - 2004

Ringnevond (Nor, black metal)
Nattverd - CD - 2000

Riot (US)
Restless Breed - LP - 1982
Shine On - live CD - 1998
Sons of Society - CD - 1999

Ripped (US, death/thrash)
Early demos are more straightforward, later stuff is still death/thrash, but much more progressive/technical.
Through My Eyes - CD - 1993

Ripper (US, heavy/horror metal)
...And the Dead Shall Rise - CD - 1986/2003

Rippikoulu (Fin, death metal)
Musta Seremonia - demo - 1993

Ripping Corpse (US, death/thrash) See also: Dim Mak
Death Warmed Over - demo - 1987
Demo - 1990
Dreaming with the Dead - CD - 1991
Promo demo - 1992
Splattered Remains - demo - 1989

Ripping Treatment (Macedonia, punk/hardcore)
Stories of Ordinary Madness - demo - 1997

Rise (US, death metal) See also: Evildead
Life Into Ever Black - mCD - 1995

Rising Force See Malmsteen, Yngwie

Rising Power (US, heavy metal) See also: Inner Sanctum
Mike Portnoy's first metal band, simple but solid HM.
Power for the People - CD - 1984

Risk (Ger, speed/thrash) Ex-Faithful Breath
Dirty Surfaces - CD - 1990

Ritual (US-OH-1, power/thrash) pre-Ritual of Torment
Trials of Torment - CD - 1993

Ritual (US-CA, black metal)
Chapter 666 (1993-1994) - CD - 2002
Early demo/live/rehearsal material.
Demonic Winter Metal - CD - 1997
Soldiers Under Satan's Command - CD - 1998
Now mixing in traditional metal and thrash influences.
The Summoning - CD - 1995

Ritual Carnage (Japan, death/thrash)
The Highest Law - CD - 1998
Onslaught cover.

Ritual Day (China, black metal)
split (with Frostmoon Eclipse) - CD - 2004

Ritual Misery (US, thrash)
World of Hate - CD - 1994

Ritual Orchestra (Indo, black metal)
Perjanjian Ilmu Hitam (split with Mistik) - CD - 1999
'Satan in My Embrace' EP, unclear if this is a '97 or '96 recording. Probably also the same versions of these tracks as on their '98 demo.
Storm of Immolation (split with Blodsrit) - CD - 2000
'99 recordings.

Ritual Sacrifice (US, thrash) See also: Parricide
The Early Years 1988-1992 - CD - 2007
The 1989 self-titled demo, 'The Inhuman Race' demo 1990, 'Into Darkness, We Fall' demo 1992, and a 1991 live in the studio set originally intended for release as a demo.

Rivendell (Austria, folk/black metal)
Elven Tears - CD - 2003

Riverge (Japan, thrash)
Rebirth of Skull - CD - 2009
Includes new recordings of some of their '80s stuff, including both songs from the 'Till I Die......' '86 EP.

Rods, The (US, heavy metal)
The Rods - CD (with two bonus) - 1981/1997

Rogue Male (UK, NWOBHM)
Animal Man - CD (with 1 bonus) - 1986/2007
Includes 'Rough Tough (Pretty Too)' from the 'Belfast' '86 EP as a bonustrack.
First Visit - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1985/2007
Includes 2 bonus tracks from the '85 'All Over You' single, including the short version of the title track (a longer one is on the album).

Root (Czech, black metal) See also: Entrails, Crux, Amon Goeth
**See also 'Death Metal Session' comp.
Hell Symphony - CD - 1991
Hell Symphony/K�rger�s - 2CD (with 5 bonus) - 2001
'91/'96 albums with 5 bonus including live tracks.
The Revelation (English lyrics) - CD - 1991
English version of the first album.
The Temple in the Underworld - CD - 1992
Zjeven�/The Temple in the Underworld - 2CD (with 3 bonus) - 2001
'90/'92 albums with 3 bonus.

Rosendo (Spa, rock/hard rock) See also: Coz
Members were also in �u and Coz.
Jugar al Gua y otros �xitos - CD - 2001
Appears to be a best-of comp.

Rosicrucian (Swe, thrash)
Silence - CD - 1991

Rossomahaar (Russia, black metal) See also: Nargathrond, Mental Home, Der Gerwelt
Imperium Tenebrarum - CD - 1999
Includes their reworking of Metallica's 'The Call of Ktulu.'

Rostok Vampires (Ger, thrash/crossover)
Stone Dead Forever - CD - 1993
Torment of Transformation - CD - 1992
Transylvanian Disease - CD - 1989

Rotor (Hun, heavy metal, speed metal)
�rvah�z - CD (with 6 bonus) - 1995/1997/2007
Then-unreleased mid-'90s album. Bonus tracks include 2 tracks from the 1987 'Robban�svesz�ly!' compilation.
T�pj Sz�t Minden L�ncot! - CD - 1991/2005

Rotting Christ (Gre) See also: Varathron, Thou Art Lord
A Dead Poem - CD - 1997
Dawn of the Iconoclast - EP - 1991
Genesis - CD - 2002
Non Serviam - CD - 1994
Passage to Arcturo - CD (with two bonus) - 1991/1995
Original CD version with two bonus live tracks.
Satanas Tedeum - mCD - 1994
The legendary '89 demo.
Thy Mighty Contract - CD - 1993
Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1996
Digipak with 3 bonus Kreator covers.

Rotting Head (Poland, death/grind)
Backwardness - CD - 1997

Rottrevore (US, death metal)
Copulation of the Virtuous and Vicious - EP - 1991
Disembodied - CD - 2005
Compilation of old stuff with 'The Epitome of Pantalgia' demo '90, 'Copulation of the Virtuous and Vicious' EP '91, 'Fornication in Delirium' EP '92, and 2 comp. tracks.

Rottweiller (US, heavy metal)
Screams of the Innocent - CD (with 3 bonus)- 1985/1986/2002
Previously unreleased '85/'86 album. Includes 3 live bonus tracks from the Rockers' Ball at the Seattle Paramount Theater, New Year's Eve 1986.

Royal Hunt (Denmark, progressive metal)
The Mission - CD - 2001

Rozz (Fra, heavy metal/hard rock)
Another Life b/w Cauchemar - EP - 1986
Une Autre Vie - mLP - 1986

R.U. Dead? (Ger) See also: Poison, Fleshcrawl
Generally death or death/thrash, sometimes with influences from other metal genres.
A Thought Before the Kill - EP - 1996
...Completely Dead. - CD - 2002
Retrospective compilation. Includes some reworked Poison tracks.
Hypnos - EP - 1992
Nothing Will Be Forgiven - mCD - 1995

Rudra (Sing, death metal with Indian music influences)
**See also: 'Metal Legion' comp.
Rudra - CD - 1998

Ruffians (US, heavy metal) See also: Villain, Vicious Rumors
Early Carl Albert band.
'85 & Live - CD - 2004
The EP and live tracks.
Demo - 1987
Ruffians - mCD - 1985/1994
There and Back - 2CD - 2005
Compilation of '80s material.

Ruff Justice (US, heavy metal, hard rock)
No Justice No Peace - CD - 1995

Ruination (Lith, gothic metal)
Xura - CD - 1999

Rumble Militia (Ger, thrash/crossover)
Stop Violence and Madness - CD - 1991

Runemagick (Swe)
Requiem of the Apocalypse - CD - 2002

Running Wild (Ger)
Black Hand Inn - CD - 1994
Black Hand Inn - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1994/1999
Remaster with 2 bonus.
Branded and Exiled - CD - 1985/1988
The Brotherhood Tour 2002 - 2CD bootleg
Live Langen, Germany March 26, 2002, live D�sseldorf, Germany Oct. 17, 1989, and 1983 demo/live tracks.
Death Or Glory Tour (and some early demos) - bootleg CD
Live D�sseldorf, Germany Oct. 17, 1989, '81/'83 demo tracks, and a fake track actually by the Dutch Avalon.
Death or Glory - CD (with 4 bonus) - 1989/1999
Remaster with 4 bonus.
Gates to Purgatory - CD (with 2 bonus)- 1984
CD version with 2 bonus from the 'Walpurgis Night' EP.
Masquerade - CD - 1995
Port Royal - CD - 1988
Ready for Boarding - live CD - 1988
The Rivalry - CD - 1998
Under Jolly Roger - CD - 1987
Wild Animal - mCD - 1990

Ruthless (US-CA, heavy metal)
Discipline of Steel - LP - 1985
Metal Without Mercy - mLP - 1984
Metal Without Mercy - CD (with 2 bonus) - 1984/2009
Reissue with 2 unreleased 1988 tracks as bonuses.

Rzeznia (Pol, grindcore)
Mathematic Grind - CD - 2003
With Brujeria cover. Includes 12 tracks from the '96 "Zrec" demo as bonuses.

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