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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Brooklyn's Mortals emerged from the sludge and hardcore underground in 2011 before moving toward a heavier, more blackened sound, carving out a distinct space where sludge's oppressive weight meets the cold fury of black metal.
Mortaryon is a black and death metal band from East Anglia, England, formed in 2019. They forge extreme metal from the flatlands of eastern England.
Montana's Morte Hominis is a raw black metal project formed in 2021, producing harsh, primitive recordings that capitalize on the region's isolation to deliver suitably bleak and abrasive extremity.
Morte Lune is a raw black metal and dark ambient project from Cumbria, England, active since 2009. They blend lo-fi black metal with dark ambient atmospheres from the Lake District region.
Morte Sacra is a black metal project from the central Portuguese town of Alhadas, formed in 2024. The project channels 'sacred death' imagery into atmospheric, ritualistic black metal.
Eugene, Oregon's Morte Sinata have been active in the black metal underground since 2011, bringing a Pacific Northwest sensibility to classic black metal forms with a consistently underground orientation.
Mortefleur is an atmospheric black metal band from France, formed in 2026. Their French name meaning "death flower" captures their blend of dark beauty and atmospheric black metal.
Mortem Agmen is a black metal band from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2023. They channel Bavarian darkness through raw, atmospheric black metal compositions.
Mortem Animalium is a black metal project from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2021 that crafts lengthy, atmospheric compositions built around raw tremolo riffing and cavernous production. Their self-titled 2021 release spans three extended tracks across thirty-one minutes, released as a strictly limited cassette edition of fifty-seven copies.
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