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Mackage is a slam and brutal death metal band from Shropshire, England, formed in 2016. They unleash crushing slam death metal built on guttural brutality.
Macrohard are a death/thrash metal band from Wels in Upper Austria, operating in the underground of the Austrian extreme metal scene. The band released music through their Bandcamp page and draw on the aggressive, riff-driven traditions of early European death and thrash metal. They remain one of the lesser-documented but active acts in the regional scene.
Mad Brains is a death and groove metal band from Agrigento, Italy, formed in 2022, incorporating industrial elements. They blend death-groove metal with mechanical industrial textures from Sicily.
Madame Violence is a death/thrash metal band from Leiria, Portugal, formed in 2013. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
MadBrain is a death/thrash metal act from Wuppertal, Germany, formed in 2022. Their sound combines death metal's brutality with thrash's velocity, emerging from the industrial Bergisches Land region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Made of Hate was a German metal band active from 2003 to 2006, blending death metal, thrash, and hardcore into an aggressive sonic assault. Twenty-five original songs were released in 2024 for their 20th anniversary reunion, newly recorded and produced from the original 2003-2006 compositions.
Madenfraß is a death metal band from Sangerhausen, Germany, whose 2019 debut demo "Blood Bole" delivers groove-driven old-school death metal with a focus on crushing, riff-heavy compositions. Their name, meaning "maggot feed" in German, signals the band's commitment to visceral extremity.
Madvice is a melodic death metal act from the Tuscan city of Pisa, active since 2018. The band brings Gothenburg-style harmonies to the tower-city's underground.
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