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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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A black metal act from the Peloponnesian port city of Patras, Bohemian Grove emerged in 2014 with a name referencing the secretive elite gathering. The band channels conspiracy-tinged themes into atmospheric black metal.
Mysterious Eclipse is a death/black metal band from Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia, formed in 1998. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mysterium is a melodic death, gothic, and doom metal band from Friedrichsthal, Germany, formed in 2000, fascinated by myths, mysteries, and the unexplainable. Their releases Soulwards and The Glowering Facades Of Night shift between dreamy and aggressive extremes, blending bleak atmospheres with dramatic intensity.
Mystery of Death is a death metal act from the Ivanovo region, formed in 2023. The band channels mortality's enigma into aggressive, questioning death metal.
A progressive metal act from the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina, Brain Scorcher has been crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2015. The band channels the dramatic landscape of Epirus into complex, layered metal.
Mystic Charm is a death/doom metal band from Zwolle, the Netherlands, formed in 2023. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Mystical Death is a technical/progressive death metal act from Amsterdam, formed in 2024. The band pushes death metal into complex, ambitious territory from the Dutch capital.
MysticalGate is a progressive/doom metal (early); progressive/death metal (later) band from Voronezh, Russia, formed in 2018. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Mystification is a black and death metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2024. They channel dark extremity through the convergence of black and death metal.
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