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Malaflame is a black metal band from Italy, formed in January 2013 from the remnants of the band Horta Funebra. Committed to black metal in its 'purest and wild form,' they embrace a deliberately crude and primitive aesthetic across releases including 'Cà del Diaol' and the 'Blut ist Leben' demo.
Malak is a black metal project from Siegen, Germany, active since 2016. Their sound channels the cold, atmospheric darkness of black metal from the forested Siegerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Malakay was a black metal band from the interior of Minas Gerais whose approach leaned toward raw, uncompromising aggression. The band left behind recordings including the demo "Radicalism or Die" and the cassette album "The Edge Garden" before splitting up.
Malakh is a black/death/thrash metal band from Norway, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Malakhor is a black metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2017. They channel dark black metal from the Piedmont capital.
Malamorte is a band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2019, having evolved from black metal into heavy metal. Their Italian name meaning "bad death" accompanies their creative shift from extreme to classic metal.
Malanoctem is a band from Lanciano, Italy, formed in 2024, having evolved from thrash metal into death and black metal. Their name meaning "bad night" captures the darkness of their extreme metal evolution.
Malanova is a thrash and black metal band from Varese, Italy, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with black metal's cold fury from Lombardy.
A black metal band from Hainaut, Belgium, Malaria occupy the Belgian extreme underground with recordings catalogued on Metal Archives. The band contribute to a country that, despite its small size, has produced a disproportionately significant black metal scene stretching back to the early 1990s.
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