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Mortal Nihilism is a Florida-based black metal act formed in 2021, channeling a cold and misanthropic worldview through raw, unadorned black metal aggression.
Hood River, Oregon's Mortal Plague began with melodic death metal roots before evolving into symphonic black/death territory, weaving orchestral grandeur into their dense, multi-layered extremity.
Mortal Scepter is a blackened thrash metal band from Dunkirk, France, formed in 2014. They fuse black metal's cold fury with thrash metal's relentless aggression from the northern French coast.
Mortal Silence is a one-man metal project from Kherson, Ukraine, operated under the moniker 'Parazit.' The project's discography includes releases like 'Dark Dungeon + Ep Winter Night,' 'Scars,' and 'The Past Is Killing Me,' channeling dark, introspective themes through solo underground metal.
San Antonio's Mortal Suffering blend brutal death metal with black metal venom, a Texas act since 2013 whose sound sits at the intersection of relentless heaviness and caustic, hateful atmosphere.
Formed in Nashville in 2022, Mortal Thrall operate in the post-black metal space, blending the corrosive intensity of black metal with expansive, atmospheric textures drawn from the genre's more adventurous edge.
Mortal Vail is an Illinois raw black metal project launched in 2021, dealing in deliberately lo-fi, abrasive black metal that prioritizes atmosphere and hostility over polish.
Mortality is a black metal band from Farmington, New Mexico, active since 2015 and operating in the sparse, remote desert Southwest underground with a sound as unforgiving as the landscape.
Albuquerque's Mortalizer fuse black metal with punk attitude, a New Mexico band whose raw, stripped-down approach plants them firmly in the blackpunk underground.
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