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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Mala Fides is a death metal act from Wrocław, formed in 2024. The band delivers aggressive extremity with a name meaning 'bad faith' in Latin.
An experimental death metal act from Bydgoszcz, Mala Herba has been pushing the boundaries of death metal since 2017. The band's Latin name, meaning 'bad weed,' signals their invasive, unconventional approach.
Malagüero is a death and thrash metal band from Huelva, Spain, active since 1999. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash, rooted in a quarter century of underground persistence.
Malakh is a black/death/thrash metal band from Norway, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Malanoctem is a band from Lanciano, Italy, formed in 2024, having evolved from thrash metal into death and black metal. Their name meaning "bad night" captures the darkness of their extreme metal evolution.
Malaphar is a death metal band from Reinheim, Germany, formed in 2022. Their sound delivers the crushing heaviness and guttural intensity of death metal from the heart of Hessen's underground scene.
Malaverany is a death/doom metal band from Manresa, Spain, formed in 2005. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
A progressive/melodic death metal act from the southeastern Polish town of Przeworsk, Malchus has been crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2010. The biblical name adds a spiritual dimension to their complex metal.
Crushing Progressive Death Metal from Flower Mound/Austin.
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