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Muisto is a black metal band from Finland, formed in 2018. Their Finnish name meaning "memory" captures their introspective approach to atmospheric black metal.
Muka is a black and death metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal from the Croatian capital.
Blackened death metal released through Redefining Darkness Records. Debut EP 'Misery of One' dropped in 2022.
Muld is an experimental black metal project from Kristiansand in southern Norway, active since 2021. The project pushes black metal's boundaries into avant-garde territory from the Sørlandet coast.
Mulmeyun is a Santiago-based extreme metal project blending symphonic, black, and gothic doom elements, with the project's first release, the two-track EP A Tale of Love, appearing in September 2018. The band uses a Vocaloid voice bank as vocalist, an unusual choice within the Chilean metal underground, and has released a steady stream of material including Struggle (2020) and An Ancient Calling (2021). Thematically, the project frames suffering and sacrifice as necessary responses to modern nihilism and existential despair.
Muluc is a black metal, ambient, and drone project from Jihlava, Czech Republic, active since 2012. Their sound occupies the atmospheric fringe where black metal dissolves into ambient drift and hypnotic drone, creating immersive sonic landscapes from the Moravian underground.
Mumincunt is a melodic black/death metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
A black metal project from Bremnes in western Norway, Mundilfare takes its name from Norse mythology and has been crafting atmospheric compositions since 2021. The project channels coastal Norwegian darkness into expansive black metal.
Mundus is a black metal band from the UK, formed in 2023. They channel dark, atmospheric black metal.
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