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Mortsafe is a black metal and punk band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2020. Named after the Victorian grave protection device, they fuse black metal with punk energy.
MortU is a melodic black/death metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2025. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Jacksonville, Arkansas duo Mortua Sordes deal in blackened doom metal since their 2023 formation, pairing the bleak, dragging weight of doom with the corrosive venom of black metal — a particularly desolate sound for a relatively young Southern act.
Mortuaire is a French black metal project formed in 2020, with a name meaning 'mortuary.' The project delivers funereal black metal.
Mortualia is a depressive black metal project from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2011. They craft deeply bleak, emotionally devastating depressive black metal compositions.
Mortualium is a melodic black metal band from Albufeira, Portugal, formed in 2021. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
A black metal act from Kassel in Hesse, Mortuarium has been crafting dark compositions since 2016. The band channels the funerary imagery of their name into cold, atmospheric black metal.
Mortuary Drape is a black/death/thrash metal band from Alessandria, Italy, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mortui Vultus is a post-black metal project from Odesa, formed in 2023. The Latin name, meaning 'faces of the dead,' channels spectral imagery into expansive, atmospheric compositions from the Black Sea coast.
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