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Masugn

Gothenburg, SE · 2015–present · active
Masugn is a death/thrash/black metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Black MetalDeath MetalThrash Metal

Mata Borrão

Belo Horizonte, BR · 2014–present · active
Mata Borrão emerged from Belo Horizonte's extreme metal underground as a side project of members from Death Dealer and later Putrifocinctor, delivering a chaotic blend of grindcore and death metal with lyrics targeting social inequality, religious fanaticism, and political alienation. Their 2014 album 'Assim Já Dizia Augusto dos Anjos' — recorded at Studio Attack in Belo Horizonte — stands as their defining statement, with the lineup of Igor Gabriel on vocals, Leandro Alves on guitars, Vitor Malta on bass, and Thiago Pena on drums.
Death MetalGrindcore

Matadero

Torrejón de Ardoz, ES · 2016–present · active
A thrash/death metal band from the Madrid suburb of Torrejón de Ardoz, Matadero — Spanish for 'slaughterhouse' — delivers exactly the kind of visceral aggression the name promises. Formed in 2016, they combine Bay Area thrash velocity with death metal heaviness.
Death MetalThrash Metal

Matanza

Columbia City, IN, US · 2012–present · active
Columbia City, Indiana's Matanza evolved from metalcore roots into a brutalizing blend of death metal and grindcore — all velocity, grit, and aggression with zero compromise. Their trajectory mirrors a band shedding its skin in pursuit of something far more savage.
Death MetalGrindcoreMetalcore

Mathrem

Ambato, EC · active
Mathrem is a Death Metal band from Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador. Their 2019 release "Profecias y Ruinas" established them as an independent act working within the Ecuadorian underground extreme metal scene. The band operates without label support, self-releasing their material on Bandcamp.
Death Metal

Mathrus

Ryazan, RU · 2021–present · active
Mathrus is a experimental death/thrash/black metal band from Ryazan, Russia, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Black MetalDeath MetalExperimentalThrash Metal

Matraque

Minsk, BY · 2013–present · active
Matraque is a sludge, death, and doom metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2013 that grinds through low-tuned, punishing heaviness. Their approach layers crushing sludge grooves with death-doom weight, carving out a suffocating sonic space within the Belarusian underground.
Death MetalDoom MetalSludge Metal

Matriphagy

Boston, MA, US · 2019–present · active
Boston's Matriphagy emerged in 2019 armed with the kind of brutal death metal that hits like a concrete wall — dense, pulverizing, and technically unforgiving. Their name alone signals an appetite for extremity that their music fully delivers.
Brutal Death MetalDeath Metal

Matt Harvey

CA, US · active
Matt Harvey is a California-based musician who founded the death metal and grindcore band Exhumed in 1990 at the age of fifteen, guiding the band through more than three decades and multiple stylistic evolutions rooted in the carnage-obsessed tradition of Carcass and Repulsion. Beyond Exhumed, Harvey co-founded Gruesome, a project explicitly designed to pay homage to Death's early albums Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy, along with additional projects including Pounder and Left to Die. His prolific involvement across multiple death metal acts has made him one of the central figures in West Coast American extreme metal.
Death MetalGrindcore

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