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Moanhand

Moscow, RU · 2016–present · active
Moanhand is a experimental sludge/doom metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2016. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Doom MetalExperimentalSludge Metal

Moaning Silence

Athens, GR · 2015–present · active
Moaning Silence is an atmospheric doom and melodic metal band from Athens, Greece. Their 2020 album 'A Waltz Into Darkness,' produced by Bob Katsionis and released on Symmetric Records, features dual male/female vocals, orchestral textures, and gothic atmospherics across eight tracks exploring darkness and philosophical introspection.
Doom MetalGothic Metal

Mobula

Baltimore, MD, US · 2016–present · active
Baltimore's Mobula have been navigating the psychedelic end of sludge and doom since 2016, layering heavy riffs with acid-washed, hallucinatory textures that set them apart from the rawer side of their genre. Their sound draws as much from cosmic rock as from the Chesapeake's notoriously thick heavy underground.
Doom MetalSludge Metal

Moby Dig

Leipzig, DE · 2018–present · active
Moby Dig is a psychedelic doom and stoner metal trio from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2018. Self-described as a three-headed stoner collective with the motto "stay high and slow," they deliver crushing, haze-drenched doom and stoner metal.
Doom MetalStoner Metal

Mock the Mankind

Athens, GR · 2015–present · active
Mock the Mankind is a doom and post-metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They blend doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Doom MetalPost-Metal

Modder

Ghent, BE · 2020–present · active
A five-piece sludge and doom metal band from Ghent, Belgium, signed to Consouling Sounds and Lay Bare Recordings. They debuted with the 21-minute EP 'Mudslinger' (2020), followed by their self-titled 12" (2021) and the full-length 'The Great Liberation Through Hearing' (2023), earning a reputation for massively heavy, riff-driven performances that reviewers described with the phrase 'there is heavy, and then there is Modder.'
Doom MetalSludge Metal

Modern Funeral Art

Toulouse, FR · 1998–present · active
Modern Funeral Art is a melodic gothic and doom metal band from the Toulouse-Montauban area of France, active since 1998. With nearly three decades of activity, they craft emotionally rich gothic doom layered with melodic sophistication.
Doom MetalGothic Metal

Moguera

West Palm Beach, FL, US · 2016–present · active
West Palm Beach's Moguera channel the oppressive weight of sludge into long-form post-metal compositions, letting their doom-laden South Florida sound breathe and collapse under its own mass. Their approach since 2016 favors atmosphere and crush over any impulse toward accessibility.
Doom MetalPost-MetalSludge Metal

Molasses Barge

Pittsburgh, PA, US · 2011–present · active
Pittsburgh's Molasses Barge live up to their name with heavyweight doom metal that moves with the deliberate, unstoppable momentum of something enormous and slow. Active since 2011, they've built their reputation within Pittsburgh's consistently strong heavy underground.
Doom Metal

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