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Los Angeles' Manipulated Mutilation have occupied the brutal end of the death metal spectrum since 2009, blending slam's bone-snapping groove with the surgical extremity of technical deathcore. The result is visceral, precise, and entirely uncompromising.
A death metal act from Rouen in Normandy, Manipulator has been crafting aggressive, riff-driven compositions since 2012. The band channels the industrial heritage of the Seine Valley into punishing death metal.
Mannaia is a death metal band from Rimini, Italy, formed in 2015. Their Italian name meaning "cleaver" captures the brutal precision of their death metal.
Mannepenis is a black/death metal band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Manoluc is a metal band from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, formed in 2011 by four self-described 'old metalheads.' Their discography includes the debut 'Carcosa' (2016) and 'Asa Nisi Masa' (2019), the latter recorded with producer Federico Marcon.
Manslaughter is a death metal act from Villeneuve-d'Ascq near Lille, active since 2021. The band delivers the lethal aggression their criminal name demands from the northern French metropolis.
Manstractor is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from the Mülheim an der Ruhr/Oberhausen area of Germany, active since 2013. Their sound combines the visceral extremity of brutal death metal with grindcore's relentless velocity, forged in the industrial heartland of the Ruhrgebiet.
Manta Birostris is a death/heavy metal act from Warsaw, named after the giant oceanic manta ray since 2012. The band channels the deep-sea grandeur of their namesake into heavy, sweeping compositions.
Manthra was a thrash/death metal band from Antofagasta, Chile, active from 2001 until their split in 2015. During their run they released two promo CD-Rs — El final (2003) and Inquisición (2004) — and later continued under the name Dark Manthra to distinguish themselves from an older Colombian band named Mantra.
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