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Meditatio is a symphonic black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They layer symphonic grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Medrowt is a black/thrash metal act from Milan, active since 2007 and drawing its name from Arthurian legend. The band delivers aggressive, riff-driven extremity with a medieval edge from Lombardy's capital.
A black/death metal act from Bergamo in Lombardy, Mefitic has been delivering cavernous extremity since 2018. The band's name, evoking noxious, poisonous fumes, matches their suffocating sonic approach.
A black metal project from Östergötland, Megabat has been crafting dark compositions since 2014. The project channels the nocturnal imagery of their chiropteran name into atmospheric black metal.
Megaera is a thrash/black metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2011. Their sound fuses the velocity and precision of thrash metal with black metal's atmospheric darkness, named after the Greek Fury of jealous rage.
A black metal project from the Warsaw area, Meghorash has been crafting dark compositions since 2013. The project delivers atmospheric black metal from the Masovian underground.
Portland, Maine's Megog have been conjuring cold Atlantic black metal since 2017, pulling the elemental severity of their New England coastline into recordings that feel raw and ritualistically bleak. Their approach favors atmosphere and hostility over polish, embracing the genre's most uncompromising conventions.
A blackened sludge/doom metal act from Budapest, Brygmus has been layering crushing heaviness with blackened atmosphere since 2020. The band merges the suffocating weight of sludge and doom with the cold fury of black metal.
New Orleans black metal act Mehenet carry the distinctive atmosphere of their city — its rot, its heat, its occult undercurrent — into a sound that's been developing since 2018. Unlike the city's dominant doom and sludge tradition, Mehenet channels that darkness through the tremolo-drenched, ceremonial intensity of pure black metal.
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