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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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Boline Ritual is a doom metal act from the lakeside city of Veszprém, formed in 2024. Named after the ritual knife used in Wiccan practice, the band channels occult themes into crushing, glacially paced doom.
Masking the Hate is a gothic and symphonic black metal band from Aversa, Italy, formed in 2015. They layer gothic and symphonic elements over fierce black metal from the Campania region.
Maskinganna is a black metal band from Ittiri, Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2016. They channel dark black metal from the Sardinian interior.
Masochrist was a black metal band from the Florianópolis/São José area that emerged in 2011 and released a run of compact, raw recordings before splitting up. Their debut EP Enter The Masochrist (2011) was followed quickly by Karmageddon (2012), both leaning into a corrosive, lo-fi black metal attack rooted in Satanic and misanthropic themes.
Masque Mortuaire is a black metal band from France, formed in 2025. Their French name meaning "Death Mask" sets the tone for their dark, ritualistic black metal.
Mass Murder Squad is a black and death metal band from Greece, formed in 2020. They channel violent extremity through the convergence of black and death metal.
Mass of the Heretic is a black/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mass Ritual Murder are a death/black metal band from Austria, formed in 2021 as an independent underground act. The band is registered in the Encyclopaedia Metallum and operates without label affiliation, channelling the raw tradition of extreme metal into their self-produced output. They represent the newer wave of Austrian extreme metal acts building a presence through digital platforms.
A black metal act from Bergen, Massemord has been delivering ferocious compositions since 2011. The Norwegian word for 'mass murder' signals the band's commitment to uncompromising black metal aggression.
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