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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Missas Negras operates in the Satanic and occult tradition of Brazilian black metal, building their sound around themes of sexual magic, anti-Christianity, and sadomasochistic ritual. Active since 2014 and entirely independent, the band represents the uncompromising underground black metal spirit of the Mato Grosso do Sul scene.
Missgriff is a black metal band from Erkrath, Germany, formed in 2019. They channel raw black metal hostility through a distinctly German underground aesthetic.
Misstroesta is a one-man melodic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2018, driven purely by musical expression. The project channels deeply personal emotion through the lens of atmospheric black metal.
Mist Crown is a atmospheric black/doom/death metal band from Évora, Portugal, formed in 2025. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Whittier, California's Mist of Twilight traffic in melodic black/death metal, layering cold, tremolo-driven atmosphere against heavier death metal foundations, a style that positions them as part of Southern California's growing extreme metal underground since their 2021 emergence.
Mistblinde is a Swedish black metal project formed in 2025. The project channels blindness through mist into atmospheric, obscured black metal.
Mistcavern is a black metal band from Hungary, formed in 2019. They channel dark, cavernous black metal from the Hungarian underground.
Mister Monster is a thrash/black metal band from Zwolle, the Netherlands, formed in 2010. They fuse black metal's cold fury with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
Misteria is a melodic black/death metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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