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A black metal project from the northernmost Swedish province of Norrbotten, Mythic Dawn has been crafting dark compositions since 2018. The project channels the Arctic landscape and Elder Scrolls mythology into atmospheric black metal.
Mythistory is a black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2022. They channel dark black metal from northeast England.
Mythological Cold Towers deal in slow, heavy doom that draws equally from the death-doom tradition and epic doom's grandiose sweep, with lyrical themes orbiting ancient South American civilizations, mythology, and lost monuments. Albums like Immemorial (2011) and Monvmenta Antiqva (2015) display the band's ability to balance crushing heaviness with melodic keyboard passages and an almost archaeological sense of atmosphere.
San Diego black metal project Mythraeum has pursued a cold, uncompromising path through the genre since forming in 2020. Drawing on the raw and atmospheric currents of black metal, the project evokes a ritualistic intensity suited to its Southern California origins.
Mythrim is a black metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2019. They channel fierce black metal darkness from the Norman capital.
Oklahoma City's Mywitchmyblood drag black metal's icy menace through the swamp of sludge and doom, producing something slow, ugly, and corrosive since 2017. The three-genre collision gives the band a distinctly Southern gothic weight uncommon in the region's extreme metal scene.
Myyzael is a black metal and dungeon synth project from Göttingen, Germany, formed in 2025. They blend raw black metal aggression with the dark, medieval atmospheres of dungeon synth.
Myzterion is a atmospheric/melodic black metal band from Ørland, Norway, formed in 2018. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Mzoraxc is a black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2023. They channel raw, uncompromising black metal darkness through a distinctly Danish lens.
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