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Marthyrium is a bestial black metal band from Ferrol, Spain, formed in 2007, practicing profound death worship in conspiracy with darkness. Their five-release discography from 2007 through 2023's Through The Spheres of Darkness fuses bestial black metal with abyssal death metal influences.
A black metal act from Yaroslavl on the Volga, Martial Art channels military discipline into aggressive black metal since 2018. The band draws from the ancient Golden Ring city's historical martial traditions.
San Francisco's Martikor arrived in 2023 at the intersection of atmospheric sludge and post-black metal, a combination that suits the Bay Area's tradition of genre-bending heaviness. Dense, fog-laden, and built for patience.
Martin Williams is an atmospheric black metal artist from Plymouth, England, active since 2022. He crafts expansive atmospheric black metal compositions.
Martre is an experimental black metal band from Frederikssund, Denmark, formed in 2018. They push black metal into unconventional territory through experimental approaches to the genre's foundational darkness.
Denver's Martriden draw from both death and black metal to create something tempestuous and technically ambitious, the high-altitude Mile High City providing an appropriate backdrop for their cold, expansive sound. Active since 2015, they've built a reputation in the Mountain West underground.
Martvl Nighty Ravenheart is a death/black/thrash metal band from Eiterfeld, Germany, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Martwa Aura is a black metal project from Poznań, active since 2013. The project's Polish name, meaning 'dead aura,' channels spiritual decay into atmospheric, contemplative black metal.
A Polish black metal project, Martwica has been crafting dark compositions since 2016. The name, meaning 'necrosis' in Polish, channels tissue death into cold, aggressive black metal.
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