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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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A one-man or small-unit project from West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Myke Owns has been blending the thrashing velocity of thrash metal with death metal's low-tuned malice since 2014, operating deep in the Pennsylvania underground.
A death metal act from Stockholm, Mykorrhiza takes its name from the symbiotic fungal networks that connect tree roots. Active since 2023, the band channels organic, interconnected themes into crushing death metal.
MYMX is a death and groove metal band from the UK, formed in 2022. They blend death metal brutality with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Las Vegas melodic death metal outfit Mynas has been active since 2010, blending the hook-laden guitar work of the Swedish melodeath tradition with the heat and isolation of the Nevada desert, crafting music with both melody and menace.
Mynjun is a melodic death metal act from Stockholm, active since 2007. The band delivers harmonized aggression from the Swedish capital.
A Viennese black/death metal trio formed in 2013 and conceived as a deliberate trilogy of full-length albums, Mynskh released Chapter I: Obliterating Perfection to considerable underground attention after the original recordings were shelved, re-recorded, and remastered years later. The project is anchored by S.A.'s vision, enriched by cello, ambient synths, and dramatic shifts in pacing that set it apart from straightforward extreme metal.
Washington State's Myopic defies easy categorization by drawing equally from sludge, black, death, and doom metal, blending these traditions into a dense, multi-layered extremity that has evolved steadily since the band's formation in 2011.
Baltimore's Myopic brings progressive sensibilities to death metal, combining the genre's aggression with shifting song structures and compositional depth, reflecting the mid-Atlantic city's eclectic and technically ambitious underground metal scene.
Waukegan, Illinois death metal band Myopic Void has been in the trenches since 2016, delivering straight-ahead death metal shaped by the Great Lakes region's underrated extreme metal underground.
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