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A black/death metal act from the Mediterranean port city of Toulon, Markarth delivers aggressive extremity inflected with both Nordic fury and southern intensity. Active since 2017, the band bridges the atmospherics of black metal with the brutality of death metal.
Markgraf is a heavy/black metal trio from Baden-Baden, Germany, featuring Elio "Ódio" Lucas Lima Walther on guitars and vocals, Hilko Ukena on drums, and Raul Starcz on bass. Their releases "Markgraf" and "Hohenbaden" blend heavy metal's classic power with black metal's aggressive edge.
Marlugubre is a progressive death, post-metal, and acoustic/ambient band from Taranto, Italy, formed in 2019. They blend progressive death metal with post-metal dynamics and ambient passages.
Marooned is a death-thrash metal band from Wollerau, Switzerland, formed in 2013 that fuses the technical aggression of thrash with the heaviness and guttural vocal approach of death metal. Their sound draws on the rich tradition of Swiss extreme metal while carving out their own space within the country's underground scene.
Marraskuun Lapset is a gothic and melodic death metal band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2021. Their Finnish-language name meaning "November's Children" captures their blend of gothic melancholy and melodic death metal aggression.
Marterzid is a death 'n' roll/crust punk band from Berlin, Germany, whose 2025 rehearsal-room demo introduces a four-piece delivering German-language vocals over a raw hybrid of death metal weight, hardcore intensity, and punk urgency. Their sound blends provocative, dystopian themes with aggressive crossover instrumentation.
Martin and the Vampires is a brutal death metal and grindcore act from Sundbyberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area, active since 2018. The band channels B-movie horror themes into visceral, blast-driven extremity.
Denver's Martriden draw from both death and black metal to create something tempestuous and technically ambitious, the high-altitude Mile High City providing an appropriate backdrop for their cold, expansive sound. Active since 2015, they've built a reputation in the Mountain West underground.
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