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Molested Divinity is a brutal death metal band from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2017. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
New York's Molested Nun, formed in 2023, work in the brutal death/goregrind space where provocation and extremity are inseparable from the aesthetic — anti-religious imagery and punishing sonics go hand in hand. Despite being a young act, they slot directly into New York's long history of no-apologies extreme metal.
Molestia is a death metal act from Oeiras near Lisbon, formed in 2026. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Molestiah is a doom/death metal band from Bladel, the Netherlands, formed in 2020. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Molestor is a death/thrash metal band from Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, formed in 2023. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
McLean, Virginia's Molgah have been playing straightforward death metal since 2020, emerging from a suburb of Washington D.C. that might seem unlikely but quietly contributes to the DMV's surprisingly active underground. Their approach is unadorned and direct.
Molokh are a death metal band from Vienna, Austria, founded on Halloween 2004 by Martin Arzberger and Max Reif. The band recorded the album 'Feuertaufe' in 2006, but the release was shelved when the band split; it was finally made available as a free digital download in 2013. After reforming in 2012, they recorded and released the EP 'Praemonitus' and have maintained a sporadic presence in the Viennese extreme metal underground since.
Out of the small rural town of McNabb, Illinois, Molten Varicose have been crafting death metal since 2022, channeling the isolation of the midwest into punishing, no-frills brutality.
Moltencore is a melodic death metal act from the small Slavonian town of Kutina, active since 2017. The band brings Gothenburg-style harmonies and aggressive rhythms to central Croatia.
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