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Malt is a two-piece brutal death metal and goregrind band from Talca, Chile, comprising Larval on guitars and vocals and Myiasis on bass, drums, and guitars. The duo recorded their debut full-length Rehearseled from Beyond at Myiasis's own Miasmatic Myiasis Studio and released the advance single Impaled Souls in late 2025.
Mancubus is a slam/brutal death metal band from Mariupol, Ukraine, formed in 2015. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Long Island's Mangled have been punishing listeners with brutal death metal since 2006, carrying on the New York area's tradition of uncompromising extremity without apology. Dense, technical, and brutally efficient.
Manifesting Obscenity is a technical slam/brutal death metal band from Glazov, Russia, formed in 2016. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Los Angeles' Manipulated Mutilation have occupied the brutal end of the death metal spectrum since 2009, blending slam's bone-snapping groove with the surgical extremity of technical deathcore. The result is visceral, precise, and entirely uncompromising.
Manstractor is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from the Mülheim an der Ruhr/Oberhausen area of Germany, active since 2013. Their sound combines the visceral extremity of brutal death metal with grindcore's relentless velocity, forged in the industrial heartland of the Ruhrgebiet.
Manuscriptum is a brutal death metal band from Irkutsk, Russia, formed in 2012. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Martin and the Vampires is a brutal death metal and grindcore act from Sundbyberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area, active since 2018. The band channels B-movie horror themes into visceral, blast-driven extremity.
Marturion deliver brutal death metal with explicit Christian lyrical themes, an unusual pairing that places them alongside a small but dedicated scene of faith-driven extreme metal acts. Their self-titled debut EP features seven tracks including "Face A Face," "Drogas," and "Misericordia Eternal Soberana," released independently on CD-R.
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