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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Myosotis is a death metal act from Utrecht, active since 2017. Named after the forget-me-not flower, the band pairs botanical delicacy with crushing death metal weight.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Myrdød — whose name invokes death in a Nordic register — fuses black and death metal into a relentless, caustic hybrid that has pushed forward since 2020 with the kind of uncompromising darkness the name suggests.
A death metal act from Bristol, Myrk- formed in 2024 with a name rooted in Old Norse for darkness. The band channels the city's rich musical heritage into aggressive, murky death metal.
Gulfport, Mississippi death metal band Myrkridia has been grinding since 2012, bringing Gulf Coast brutality to a genre rarely associated with the Deep South and building a steady underground presence in one of the country's more underrepresented metal regions.
Myrkskog is a black/death metal band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2017. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Myrkul is a blackened death metal band from Milton Keynes, England, formed in 2018. They fuse black metal's cold fury with death metal's crushing brutality.
Based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, this Myrmidon started as a thrash metal act before evolving toward death metal, tracing a trajectory from aggressive, riff-forward speed to heavier, more brutally refined territory since their 2023 formation.
Myrtal is a death, thrash metal, and hardcore band from Brighton and Hove, England, formed in 2024. They blend extreme metal styles with hardcore energy.
Carlsbad, California's Mysidia have been crafting melodic death metal since 2013, combining technically precise guitar work with melodic hooks and the kind of song-oriented songwriting that distinguishes the Gothenburg tradition from more brutalizing strains of the genre.
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