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Maligner is a death/thrash metal band from Malmö, Sweden, formed in 2016. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Malignity is a death metal band from Ludwigshafen, Germany, active since 2014. Their sound delivers uncompromising death metal brutality from the industrial Rhine-Neckar region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Malignom were a death/thrash metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in March 1991 by Bobby Spieß. The band released their first demo 'Infecting Virulency,' played shows through summer 1991, briefly dissolved, and then reformed later that same year with a revised lineup including Hannes Lenhardt on drums and Georgie Pfitzner on bass. Their lyrical themes ran toward black humour, social criticism, and confrontational content.
Malivore is a groove, death, and thrash metal band from Pori, Finland. They blend groove metal's rhythmic punch with death and thrash metal's extreme aggression.
Mallediction is a death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 1993. With three decades of activity, they remain a veteran presence in the Greek death metal scene.
Malleficarum delivers thrash and death metal from the ancient city of Toledo, pairing the medieval atmosphere of their surroundings with violent, riff-driven extremity. Active since 2019, they carry the torch for Castilian thrash metal.
Mallephyr is a black/death metal four-piece from Czechia, self-described as "worshipping our inner demons since 2014." Their discography, from the 2014 demo through releases like "Assailing the Holy" and "Womb of Worms," channels aggressive black/death metal centered on themes of internal struggle and demonological darkness.
Taking their name from the infamous 15th-century witch-hunting manual, this Belo Horizonte outfit channels the sinister crossroads between black and death metal with a sound rooted in darkness, blasphemy, and extreme aggression. Operating from one of Brazil's most historically fertile metal cities, Malleus Maleficarum carry forward the traditions of the Minas Gerais extreme underground.
Malnourished is a death metal act from Stuttgart, active since 2017. The band delivers emaciated, stripped-down death metal from Baden-Württemberg's capital.
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