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Cleveland's Methuselah bring a primal black metal vision to a city that has produced some of America's most uncompromising underground music. Formed in 2021 and operating under a name that evokes ancient, almost geological time, they traffic in the cold and misanthropic aesthetics at the core of the genre — raw production, tremolo-picked ferocity, and an atmosphere that suggests ritual rather than entertainment. They add a black metal edge to Cleveland's already dark and storied heavy music history.
Metide is a sludge/doom/post-metal band from Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2019. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
A progressive heavy/doom metal act from Milan, Meursault Omega takes its name from Camus' existentialist protagonist and channels that literary nihilism into heavy, contemplative compositions since 2020. The band merges intellectual depth with crushing weight.
Mezereon is a doom and sludge metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2023. They channel oppressive doom-sludge from the northern Finnish city.
Mictian play a heavy death/doom blend rooted in the dark, mournful tradition of Black Sabbath and carried forward by three brothers who formed the group after their previous cover band dissolved. They documented their early sound on the demo CDs Hallucination (2005) and Lost in My Sick Mind (2010), and appeared on the Brazilian compilation Doomed Serenades Volume 2 in 2015.
Crushing Atmospheric Doom / Sludge Metal from Houston.
Midnight Tears is a doom and groove metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2019. They blend doom's crushing weight with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Midnight Worship formed in California in 2019 at the intersection of gothic and doom metal, crafting music that moves slowly and mourns loudly. Their sound is steeped in atmosphere — minor-key melodies, dirge-paced rhythms, and a romantic darkness that nods to the gothic metal tradition without being imitative.
A doom metal act from Gallarate near Milan, Midryasi has been crafting crushing, slow-paced compositions since 2009. The band channels the weight of Lombardy's industrial landscape into oppressive doom.
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