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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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A black metal project from Berlin, Märchenland — meaning 'fairytale land' — has been crafting dark, fantasy-tinged compositions since 2019. The ironic name contrasts with the project's cold, aggressive black metal.
Märtyrer is a Bavarian black metal project from Landau an der Isar, formed in 2025 with a German-language approach to orthodox black metal. The name, meaning 'martyr' in German, reflects the project's thematic preoccupation with suffering and spiritual torment.
Mätäsielu is a black metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2023. Their Finnish name meaning "rotten soul" reflects the nihilistic darkness of their black metal vision.
Månegarm is a viking/black/folk metal band from Norrtälje, Sweden, formed in 2013. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.
Mærer is a experimental black/doom/post-metal band from Bernburg (Saale), Germany, formed in 2021. They blend doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Mécréant is a black metal band from Tours, France, formed in 2018. Their French name meaning "infidel" captures their blasphemous approach to black metal.
Médian is a melodic black and death metal band from Troyes, France, formed in 2020. They blend melodic black metal with death metal from the Champagne region.
A depressive/post-black metal project from Rostov-on-Don, Mélancolie channels French-language melancholy into sprawling, mournful compositions since 2019. The project delivers emotionally devastating black metal from southern Russia.
Mélas Morion is a black metal project from Lviv, active since 2018. The project channels the ancient Greek term for 'black crystal' into atmospheric, gem-dark black metal from western Ukraine.
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