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Formed in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in 1989, Mystifier are one of the foundational acts of the Brazilian black metal underground. Their debut full-length Wicca (1992) and its follow-up Göetia (1993) established a ferocious and malignant sound steeped in occultism and anti-Christian themes, earning them widespread recognition in the international underground. After an eighteen-year gap between studio albums, Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia (2019) on Season of Mist marked a powerful return.
Cleveland, Ohio's Mystik formed in 2018 and blend power and thrash metal into a high-energy combination — the melodic ambition and vocal hooks of power metal fused with the speed and aggression of thrash, giving their music a driving, hook-laden intensity.
A melodic death metal act from Sheffield, Myth of a Life has been blending Scandinavian-style harmonies with British metal grit since 2014. The band channels the Steel City's industrial legacy into emotionally charged melodic death metal.
Mythago is a death metal act from Hamilton in Scotland, active since 2020. Named after Robert Holdstock's mythago wood concept, the band merges literary fantasy themes with aggressive death metal.
Pittsburgh death/doom outfit Mythic deal in the slow, suffocating end of the spectrum, dragging crushing riffs through a fog of morbid atmosphere. Formed in 2015, the band pairs the deliberate heaviness of doom with death metal's guttural aggression.
A groove/melodic death metal act from Dordrecht in South Holland, Mythlorian has been delivering rhythmically charged compositions since 2020. The band blends the hooky aggression of groove metal with melodic death metal harmonies.
Los Angeles melodic death metal act Mythoclast launched in 2023, pursuing the melodically charged but brutally grounded sound that defines the genre's modern California practitioners. Their music blends hook-driven lead work with the punishing rhythmic weight of straight death metal.
Punishing Thrash / Melodic Death Metal from San Antonio.
Mythoria is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Glostrup, Denmark, formed in 2023. They combine melodic death metal's harmonic depth with metalcore's structural aggression.
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