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Obnoxious (2022)
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Doomsday Party (feat. Elize Ryd) (2023)
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Manii is a black metal act from Trondheim, active since 2015. The band crafts cold, atmospheric black metal from one of Norway's most historically significant metal cities.
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.
Mannaz is a black metal band from Poitiers, France, formed in 2021. Named after the Norse rune symbolizing humanity, they channel runic mysticism through raw black metal.
Mannepenis is a black/death metal band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mannveira is a black metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2014. They channel the fierce energy of the Icelandic black metal scene.
Manon is a black metal band from Genoa, Italy, formed in 2014. They channel dark black metal from the Ligurian port city.
Manorblatz is a black metal project from Rennes in Brittany, operating in the French underground since 2010. The project delivers atmospheric black metal informed by the Celtic mysticism and grey skies of the Breton landscape.
Mantar is a two-piece sludge/black metal juggernaut from Bremen, Germany, achieving massive heaviness with only drums and guitar across a prolific discography from "Death By Burning" (2014) through "Post Apocalyptic Depression" (2025). Their sound combines flogging beats, blackened melodies, and doom mayhem, drawing from Melvins, Motörhead, and Darkthrone without a bass guitar in sight.
Mantarok is a black metal band from Dumfries, Scotland, formed in 2014. They channel dark black metal from the Scottish Lowlands.
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