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Miami's Maedusa conjure melodic black/death metal with the heat and tension of South Florida baked in — serpentine riffs coiling around bleak, atmospheric stretches. Since 2016 they've carved a menacing identity that feels distinctly rooted in the subtropics.
Mael is a death/black metal band from Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Maelstrom Aeterna is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from South England, formed in 2014. They blend melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic power and metalcore's dynamics.
Maersung is a melodic death metal project from Lörrach, Germany, released through Kernkraftritter Records. Their 2021 album "Der unscheinbare Ruf der Ewigkeit" and the nine-minute single "Nebelmeer" combine death metal heaviness with gothic atmospherics and poetic German-language lyrics.
Maestitia is a melodic black and death metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France, formed in 2016. They craft emotionally charged extreme metal blending melodic black and death metal traditions.
Crushing Slam / Brutal Death Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.
Magenta Harvest is a death metal band from Pietarsaari, Finland, formed in 2014. Their releases And Then Came The Dust and Volatile Waters showcase their approach to death metal from the Finnish west coast.
Maggod is an old-school death metal trio from Prague, Czech Republic, featuring Jurgg on guitar and vocals, Miguel de Baño on bass, and Cubegod on drums. Their 2025 debut "Salvation Denied" delivers six tracks of dark, crushing death metal steeped in themes of mortality and despair.
Florence, Kentucky's Maggot Casket arrived in 2019 swinging death metal as a blunt instrument — dense, suffocating, and uninterested in subtlety. They represent the heartland's appetite for the ugliest end of extreme metal.
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