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Mamut is a Buenos Aires thrash and groove metal band featuring vocalist Theo Peltzer, guitarist Facundo Robles, and bassist Gerardo Cei, known for fusing classic and modern metal with Latin American folk rhythms. The band recorded their 2023 album 3 — an eight-track release — at Romaphonic Studios in Buenos Aires in December 2022.
Mantas is a band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2012, having evolved from heavy metal and AOR into industrial groove metal and hardcore. Their creative arc traces a dramatic shift from melodic metal to crushing industrial heaviness.
Gray Court, South Carolina's Manticore occupy the slow and heavy space between doom and groove metal, letting mammoth riffs dictate the pace rather than any desire for speed. Since 2019 the band has leaned into midtempo punishment as a core philosophy.
Mantura is a groove metal act from the Peloponnesian port city of Patras, formed in 2023. The band delivers rhythmically charged, mid-tempo heaviness from western Greece.
Formed as a supergroup drawing from well-known names in the national underground, Marabô features vocalist Felipe Chehuan (formerly of Confronto and Cabeçudos), guitarist Davi Baeta, bassist Paulinho Coruja, and drummer Henrique Pucci. The band channels heavy groove and metalcore through dense riffs and politically charged lyrics, as heard on the single "Estacas," which was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Baeta and Pucci themselves.
Marazm is a sludge/groove metal act from Olsztyn in Warmia-Masuria, active since 2019. The band channels the stagnation suggested by their name into crushing, slow-moving heaviness.
Mass Hypnosis is a band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2014, having evolved from metalcore and melodic death metal into industrial, groove, and nu-metal. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous creative journey across heavy music styles.
Massive Blast is a death/groove/thrash metal band from Guidonia near Rome, Italy. Their 2015 concept album 'One Good Reason To Kill,' inspired by events from Guidonia in 2007, spans eight tracks across forty-seven minutes, recorded at Overload Recording Studio in Rome.
Mastemey is a thrash/groove metal band from Kraków, Poland, formed in 2016. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
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