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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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A progressive metal act from the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina, Brain Scorcher has been crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2015. The band channels the dramatic landscape of Epirus into complex, layered metal.
A gothic/black metal act from the western Polish city of Zielona Góra, Mystherium has been crafting dark, atmospheric compositions since 2016. The band merges gothic romanticism with black metal aggression.
Mystiabllus is a black metal act from Aberdeen, active since 2013 and crafting obscure, atmospheric compositions from the Scottish northeast. The cryptic name reflects the project's esoteric approach to black metal.
Mystic Dawn is a blackened doom and gothic metal band from Marseille, France, formed in 2025. They fuse blackened aggression with doom and gothic metal's dark atmospheres.
Mystic Death is a black metal project from the central Slovak city of Martin, active since 2019. The project channels the mystical death imagery of their name into atmospheric compositions from the Turiec basin.
Mystic Ethan emerged from a series of name changes — operating as Satan Church and then Mistic before settling on the current alias around 2021 — and pursues a misanthropic, anti-Christian style of raw black metal. The project is entirely independent and keeps a low profile, releasing material through Bandcamp without label support.
Mystic Forest is a melodic black metal band from Hettange Grande, France, formed in 2018. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal from the Lorraine borderlands.
Mystic Realm is a symphonic black metal band from Utrecht, the Netherlands, formed in 2023. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Mystic Rites is a black metal project from the Baltic port city of Gdynia, active since 2013. The project channels occult ritual themes into atmospheric, ceremonial black metal.
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