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My Sovereign is a death metal act from Gradignan near Bordeaux, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the southwestern French underground, drawing from both old-school and modern extreme metal traditions.
My Wooden Pillow is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Manchester, England, formed in 2019. They blend melodic death metal with metalcore from the northwest of England.
Formed in Eugene, Oregon in 2022, Mycelium Shroud takes death metal into psychedelic territory, weaving disorienting, fungal-themed atmosphere into their riff work for a sound as unsettling as the organism they invoke.
A death metal act from East Anglia, Mycelium Tomb emerged in 2024 with a sound inspired by fungal decomposition and natural decay. The band's name evokes the underground networks of mycelium that break down dead matter, matching their cavernous, organic approach to death metal.
Portland's Myconid fuses the d-beat fury of crust punk with the grotesque heaviness of death metal, arriving in 2023 with a filthy, fast-and-brutal sound shaped by the city's long tradition of DIY extreme music crossover.
Hailing from Southern California, Myconith have been delivering uncompromising brutal death metal since 2015, characterized by punishing down-tuned guitars, blast-beat onslaughts, and guttural vocals that prioritize sheer brutality over melody.
Gainesville, Florida's Mycopath brings a death metal attack shaped by one of the American South's most storied extreme metal scenes, channeling the swampy aggression and technical edge that the Florida death metal tradition demands.
MyGrain is a melodic death and groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2020. They blend melodic death metal's harmonic sweep with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
The Seattle-based Myiasis has been carving out death metal territory since 2019, leaning into the genre's classic combination of speed, technical riffing, and relentless aggression in a Pacific Northwest scene known for its no-frills extremity.
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