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Brooklyn-based black metal outfit Mortem Cultum formed in 2018, adding to New York City's dense extreme metal underground with a sound rooted in the orthodox, ritualistic side of the genre.
Mortem Dogma is a black and doom metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2024. They fuse black metal's cold fury with doom metal's crushing weight.
Mortemare is a symphonic black metal band from Nancy, France, formed in 2020. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal from the Lorraine region.
Morteminence is a post-black metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2018. They push black metal into atmospheric, post-metal territory with expansive compositions.
Mortemorphosis is a blackened doom metal project from Denmark, formed in 2019, born from philosophical reflections on mortality and the human condition. Their sound merges blackened aggression with doom's oppressive weight, exploring existential themes through crushing compositions.
A black metal project from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Morteruine has been crafting dark compositions since 2020. The French name, meaning 'death-ruin,' channels destruction into atmospheric black metal.
Mortferus is a black metal band from Tartu, Estonia, initiated in late 2010 by Henry Luts and Martin Kolk. Their 2013 debut Creations and Other Retributions channels grim, evil atmospheres through eight tracks of raw Estonian black metal.
Mortgrim is a black metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2026. They channel dark black metal from the Hungarian capital.
A black metal project from Dublin, Mortichnia has been crafting atmospheric compositions since 2022. The project draws from the Irish tradition of melancholic, nature-inspired black metal.
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