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Maw is a black and death metal band from London and Royal Leamington Spa, England, formed in 2012. They channel abyssal extremity through the convergence of black and death metal.
Maximize Bestiality is a brutal slamming death metal duo from Hamburg, Germany, featuring vocalist Drohbert and guitarist Dr. Faust. Their releases including "Omnihilation" and "Extraterrestrial Skolexomorphic Infestation" deliver the ultra-heavy, breakdown-laden extremity that defines the slam death metal underground.
Mayak is a Bielefeld, Germany-based band self-described as playing "sludgy black metalpunkblabla," blending black metal, sludge, stoner rock, and punk into a volatile crossover. Their discography spans from the 2012 self-titled EP through 2018's "Trenches" LP, released on vinyl through Twisted Chords.
A death/groove metal act from the small Hungarian town of Jászfényszaru, BridgeGod emerged in 2025 with a rhythmically charged sound. The band delivers heavy grooves from an improbably rural setting northeast of Budapest.
Mayesta is a death metal and hardcore band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2010. They blend death metal's brutality with hardcore's visceral intensity and confrontational energy.
Louisville's Mayhem has been fusing death and thrash metal since 1987, a full decade into the genre's formative years, making them one of Kentucky's longer-running extreme metal acts. Their Bandcamp presence keeps a low profile, but the longevity is undeniable.
This Belo Horizonte thrash/death metal band took their first stage alongside Chakal and Aamonhammer at the Black Death Festival in 1987, placing them among the earliest acts in the formative Brazilian extreme metal underground. The band later renamed themselves The Mist in 1988 and continued recording and performing under that name through the 1990s before eventually reviving.
Mayzel is a thrash/death metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2015. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
A deathcore act from Dresden, Maze of Lies has been delivering breakdown-heavy compositions since 2016. The band channels the labyrinthine deception of their name into crushing, aggressive deathcore.
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