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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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Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Minh is a atmospheric/melodic black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2026. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Minions is a black/death metal band from Lysekil, Sweden, formed in 2012. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Minneriket is a Norwegian black metal and ambient project active since 2015, cultivating a deliberately anonymous aesthetic. The project, whose name means 'realm of memory,' creates sprawling, contemplative soundscapes.
Minuala is a blackened crust punk (early); post-black metal (later) band from Petrozavodsk, Russia, formed in 2024. They fuse raw black metal aggression with punk's rebellious energy.
A post-black metal act from Wrocław with origins dating back to 1996, Mir is one of Poland's more established atmospheric metal projects. Named after the Russian word for 'world' or 'peace,' the band crafts expansive, boundary-pushing compositions.
A black metal project from the university city of Oxford, Miraak has been crafting atmospheric extremity since 2019. The project's name references a character from Elder Scrolls mythology, blending fantasy themes with cold, tremolo-driven black metal.
Mirai is a black metal project from Saarland, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel raw black metal aggression through a modern underground lens.
Mircalla is a black metal band from Marseille, France, formed in 2018. Named after the vampiric protagonist of Sheridan Le Fanu's novella, they deliver dark, atmospheric black metal.
Mire is an atmospheric black metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2014. They craft expansive, textured atmospheric black metal from the northwest of England.
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