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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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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.
Meinsemd is a black and death metal band from the Kópavogur-Reykjavík area of Iceland, formed in 2024. They forge extreme metal from the Icelandic underground.
Meisk is a melodic black metal band from Sortland, Norway, formed in 2022. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Meister Leonhardt is a black metal band from Moscow, Russia. Their catalog includes the self-titled 'Meister Leonhardt' and 'Thanatopoeia,' channeling the genre's dark conventions through the Russian underground black metal scene.
Meisterkrieger Totenkopf is a solo industrial black metal project from Lower Saxony, Germany, where the sole member Meister handles all instruments, vocals, and drum programming. The 2026 debut "Ritualistic Self Sacrifice" fuses black metal ferocity with industrial and ambient electronic experimentation across four compact tracks.
Mekkwarrior is a blackened thrash metal band from Meanwood, England, formed in 2012. They fuse black metal intensity with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
Melan Selas is a black metal band from Trikala, Greece, formed in 2016. Their Greek name meaning "black light" captures their approach to dark, atmospheric black metal.
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