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Magla is a black metal act from Zagreb, formed in 2021. The band, whose name means 'fog' in Croatian, crafts atmospheric black metal steeped in murky, obscured soundscapes.
Magoth is a black metal band from Bonn, Germany, whose self-described "anti-terrestrial" approach spans releases like "Der Toten Gesang," "Zeitgeist: Dystopia," and "Invictus." Their dystopian-themed black metal channels an otherworldly hostility that sets them apart from the genre's traditional earthbound darkness.
Magothy is a melodic black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2016. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Magura is a Moscow-based black metal project formed in 2023, named after the Slavic spirit of wind. The project channels pre-Christian Slavic mythology into atmospheric black metal.
Athens, Georgia's Maha Pralaya draw on Hindu cosmology for their name and on extreme metal's most volatile fusion — black and death — for their sound. Since 2017 they've produced something genuinely unsettling out of the South's college-town underground.
Mahanvhantara was a black metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, formed in 2007 with lyrical themes rooted in Thelema, Ophiolatry, and Gnostic Luciferianism. The band released the demo O Decantar dos Dragões Decaídos in July 2007, recorded at Cathal Dallan Home Studio in Aracaju, and later returned with the album Dissolutionem - Finis Coronat Opus in September 2018, released through Black Hearts Records.
Mahapralaya is a black metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. They channel apocalyptic black metal darkness from southwestern Finland.
Before Dawn is a progressive death metal act from Budapest, active since 2007. The band channels technically ambitious, multi-layered compositions that push beyond the boundaries of conventional death metal.
Chesapeake, Virginia's Mahr take their name from Germanic nightmare folklore and their sound from black metal's coldest, most abrasive traditions. A project since 2018, Mahr conjures something palpably nocturnal and hostile out of the Tidewater region.
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