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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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M-Hunter is a progressive death/gothic metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020. They push death metal into progressive territory with technical ambition.
M.I.S.T. is a gothic metal band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2019. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Mab is a gothic metal and rock band from Carbonia, Sardinia, Italy, active since 2008. They craft dark gothic metal from the southern Sardinian coast.
Madness of Sorrow is a gothic metal/rock band from Pisa/Livorno, Italy, formed in 2018. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Maegandune is a symphonic/gothic metal project from Germany, formed in 2022. Their sound combines the orchestral grandeur of symphonic metal with the dark romanticism and atmospheric depth of gothic metal.
Visalia's Maggot Colony have been fusing death metal brutality with grindcore brevity since 2006, delivering short blasts of California-grown filth with relentless energy. Two decades in, their approach remains as single-minded and caustic as ever.
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Magilum is a gothic metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2008. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
A stoner rock and metal act from the university city of Szeged, Barbears has been delivering fuzz-heavy grooves since 2012. The band channels the languid heat of Hungary's southern plains into thick, bear-heavy riffing.
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