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Massgrav is a black/death metal band from Malmö, Sweden, formed in 2005. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
A death metal act from Gelnhausen in Hesse, Massgrave has been delivering crushing extremity since 2008. The band channels the grave imagery of their name into heavy, old-school death metal.
Bornholm is a Hungarian black/pagan metal band from Szerencs, founded in 2000 and signed to Napalm Records. Named after the Scandinavian island linked to their Carpathian mythology, the band has released six studio albums over two decades, blending orchestral grandeur with raw black metal fury and themes of ancient warrior cultures.
A death metal and grindcore act from the Lorraine cities of Nancy and Épinal, Massive Charge has been delivering relentless extremity since 2007. The band pairs death metal's crushing weight with grindcore's brevity and velocity.
Columbus' Massive Gun arrived in 2023 with a death metal and deathcore sound that's as direct as their name suggests — blunt, heavy, and built around maximum impact. Ohio's metal scene has a long tradition of producing bands with no interest in subtlety.
Massive Killing is a melodic death metal band from Altenburg, Germany, active since 2006 with a hybrid sound that incorporates progressive elements and space rock textures. Their albums "SOMSOK" (2006) and the later "OKTAKEL" push melodic death metal into atmospheric and experimental territory.
Massive Retaliation is a death metal/grindcore band from Passau, Germany, active since 2015. Their sound combines death metal's crushing weight with grindcore's relentless velocity, forged in the southeastern Bavarian border town at the confluence of three rivers.
Massive Thunderfuck was a sludge/doom/death metal band from the Neuss/Düsseldorf area of Germany, active from 2013 until their demise. Their 2019 album "Serpent Worship" delivered walls of down-tuned guitars and demonic, weed-filled shouts of hell across a blend of sludge, doom, and black metal.
Mastabah is a brutal death/black metal band from Gdańsk, Poland, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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