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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Cincinnati's Milkman arrived in 2024 playing melodic black metal under a name deliberately at odds with the darkness of the genre. The juxtaposition isn't purely ironic — the band balances the frigid tremolo-and-blast architecture of black metal with melodic hooks sharp enough to cut through the cold.
Milliard is a black/death metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mimir is a black metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2021. Named after the Norse god of wisdom, they deliver atmospheric black metal from West Yorkshire.
Mimorium is a black metal project from the central Finnish town of Pieksämäki, active since 2018. The project channels the isolation of the Finnish lake district into atmospheric black metal.
MIN is a black/heavy metal act from Oslo, active since 2010. The band merges the aggression of black metal with the melodic hooks of traditional heavy metal.
Min DödsMarsch is a atmospheric black metal band from Sweden, formed in 2020. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
A Jessheim-based act that evolved from avant-garde black metal to progressive metal, Minas has been shape-shifting since 2018. The band channels experimental ambition into constantly evolving compositions.
A black metal project from Bologna named after the dark tower from Tolkien's Gondor, Minas Ithil channels Middle-earth mythology into atmospheric compositions since 2013. The project merges fantasy literature with genuine black metal menace.
Mind Affliction is a black/death metal band from Kraków, Poland, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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