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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Maeror is a post-metal band from Germany whose 2017 album "STATIC : FLOWS," mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, delivers extended atmospheric compositions exploring existential and philosophical themes. Their instrumental-driven approach blends progressive rock structures with heavy, textured post-metal dynamics.
Before Dawn is a progressive death metal act from Budapest, active since 2007. The band channels technically ambitious, multi-layered compositions that push beyond the boundaries of conventional death metal.
Mal Etre is a one-person atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Lausanne, Switzerland, born in 2007 as a cathartic outlet for personal darkness. Operating from 'The Nocturnal Studio' since 2010, the project has released a string of recordings including 'The Grim Years,' 'Torment,' and 'Fractured,' channeling negative experience into layered, harrowing soundscapes.
Maléfice is an epic and atmospheric black metal band from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, formed in 2016. They craft grand, expansive black metal compositions steeped in dark mysticism and atmospheric depth.
Manaraga is a atmospheric black metal band from Izhevsk, Russia, formed in 2021. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Manipura is an atmospheric black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. Named after the solar plexus chakra, they deliver spiritually charged atmospheric black metal.
Bullethole is a metalcore act from Athens, active since 2015. The band delivers heavy, breakdown-driven compositions within the Greek capital's growing metalcore contingent.
Maria of Copper Mountains is a atmospheric black/folk metal/ambient band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, formed in 2023. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Marnak is an atmospheric black metal project from Rio Grande do Sul that debuted in 2025 with the EP Xuèyǔ zhī Jì, a four-track release running nearly thirty minutes. The use of Chinese-language titles signals an interest in cross-cultural atmosphere, and the project slots comfortably into the expansive, melancholic end of the Brazilian atmospheric black metal underground.
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