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Murdery is a European death metal band formed in 2015 by musicians from other groups, offering a modern take on classic death metal. Their discography includes 'The Art Of Killing' (2019) and the nine-track 'Bloodshed' (2024), which they describe as the culmination of their old school modern death metal vision.
Murdum is a melodic deathcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2011. They blend melodic hooks with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.
Murgang is a Swiss black/death metal project whose self-described "obscure monolithic death" aesthetic signals a crushing, oppressive approach to extreme metal. Their discography includes the "Demo I" and "End of All," both channeling dense, impenetrable heaviness.
Murge is a five-piece death metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2017 and fronted by vocalist Alessia. Their filthy, muddy sound draws heavily from late-1990s Swedish and American death metal, showcased on their 2021 self-titled debut EP.
Murha is a death metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2013. Their Finnish name meaning "murder" captures the violence of their uncompromising death metal.
Chicago's Murmur occupy the experimental and progressive wing of black metal, bending the genre's orthodoxies outward into unexpected structural and tonal territory since 2021. Operating with an exploratory ethos, they blend progressive complexity with black metal's dark foundation in a way that resists easy genre reduction.
Murtanera is a death metal and metalcore band from Ahaus, Germany, formed in 2014. They blend the intensity of death metal with metalcore's structural aggression and breakdown-driven dynamics.
Mushroom Cloud is a melodic death and thrash metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2019. They fuse melodic death metal's Scandinavian influence with thrash metal's aggressive momentum.
Lake Worth, Florida's Musket Breath came together in 2023 fusing death metal brutality with powerviolence fury and grindcore velocity, resulting in a ferocious hybrid that doesn't stay in any lane for long. Their approach reflects the anything-goes extremism that has always thrived in South Florida's underground circuit.
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