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Malefistum is a melodic death/power metal band from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2018. Their sound merges the melodic aggression of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with the anthemic grandeur of power metal, emerging from the Ruhrgebiet's dense metal underground.
Malephar is a death metal act from the northern Finnish border town of Tornio, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive extremity from the Finnish-Swedish frontier on the Arctic Circle.
Fort Lauderdale death metal institution Malevolent Creation have been one of the genre's defining acts since the Florida death metal explosion, with a catalog of technically precise, brutally efficient records spanning decades. Still active and uncompromising, they remain a benchmark for American death metal.
Malevolente is a one-man extreme metal project from Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2021. Operating as an independent solo effort, the project draws on a wide range of metal subgenres with the goal of crafting a distinctive musical identity, releasing a series of Spanish-language singles and EPs including the seven-deadly-sins-themed Mater series and the 2026 release Anhelo.
Founded in Kortrijk in 2020 by veterans of the Belgian metal underground, Malfested blend old-school death metal fundamentals with modern production and delivery, citing Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, and Deicide as key touchstones. After releasing the EP Shallow Graves independently, the band signed to Necktwister for their 2022 EP Unethical Creations.
Malformed is an old-school Finnish death metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2022. Their 2025 album 'Confinement of Flesh,' released through Extremely Rotten Productions and Dark Descent Records, earned strong acclaim for nine tracks of brutalist, visceral Finndeath following their 2023 debut 'The Gathering of Souls.'
MalGrinder is a politically outspoken brutal death metal project based in Linz, Austria, characterized by an explicitly anti-fascist stance directed at the Austrian far-right. The project describes its worldview as 'War Is Hell, Everything Is Hell' and released the album 'W.M.D' through their Bandcamp page. The solo or collaborative nature of the project makes it one of the more confrontational entries in the Linz underground metal scene.
Malicious is a death metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, formed in 2012, drawing from classic extreme metal influences including Necrovore, 1980s Possessed, and early Morbid Angel. Their discography from 2012's Mental Illness through 2023's Merciless Storm EP channels raw, blackened death metal with notable 80s Slayer-influenced guitar work.
Behind Your Fears is a melodic death/black metal act from the southeastern Hungarian town of Szentes, drawing from the Scandinavian extreme metal tradition. The band operates in the fertile but underexplored metal territory of Hungary's southern Great Plain.
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