---
title: "Briar Rose"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/briar-rose"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
formed: 1988
disbanded: 2024
---

# Briar Rose

**Briar Rose** is a heavy metal band, active 1988 to 2024.

Briar Rose is a traditional heavy metal band from Swansea, Massachusetts. The band's name is taken from the title of the variant story of Sleeping Beauty by the Brothers Grimm, Briar Rose. The idea of hiding beauty in darkness to protect it from a greater darkness appealed to the band.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briar_Rose_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Briar Rose |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | Swansea |
| Formed | 1988 |
| Disbanded | 2024 |
| Releases in catalog | 2 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | [Roses Are Rare, Violence Is True](https://themetalnet.com/album/d5236e08-ab36-41af-844c-4494dc35cbe5) | Album |
| 2012 | [Dark Lord](https://themetalnet.com/album/75688cb5-3ec4-47d4-ba7e-1e2087188ced) | Album |

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- [Emerald](https://themetalnet.com/band/emerald) (same tags)
- [Deathnir](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathnir) (same tags)
- [Sintage](https://themetalnet.com/band/sintage) (same tags)
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- [Switchblade](https://themetalnet.com/band/switchblade-eccd7911) (same tags)
- [Tenebrae](https://themetalnet.com/band/tenebrae-432a05e3) (same tags)
- [Bitch](https://themetalnet.com/band/bitch) (same tags)
- [Bastard Sword](https://themetalnet.com/band/bastard-sword) (same tags)
- [Scavenger](https://themetalnet.com/band/scavenger) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Briar_Rose/3540263957
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063655596733
- website: https://www.officialbriarrose.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/48755675
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Tt76YZhwo5lmIRLt7UPMw

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/briar-rose](https://themetalnet.com/band/briar-rose). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt