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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Olympia, Washington's Moldy Castle have been playing traditional heavy metal since 2011 with the kind of unpretentious dedication that the city's underground scene tends to reward. They favor the classic forms of the genre without chasing trends, keeping their sound rooted in the essentials.
Mole is a heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2019. They forge classic heavy metal rooted in powerful riffs and driving rhythms.
Molten Chains are a blackened heavy/thrash metal band based in Vienna, Austria, formed in 2017 by Australian-born guitarist and vocalist Brenton Weir. The band has released three albums — 'In the Antechamber Below' (2019), 'Torment Enshrined' (2020), and 'Orisons of Vengeance' (2022) on Alone Records — and have been covered by Decibel Magazine for their work blurring the lines between heavy, black, and avant-garde metal. Despite the black metal imagery, their sound lands closer to blackened thrash than orthodox black metal.
Molten Slag is a heavy and stoner metal band from London, England, formed in 2025. They channel heavy, riff-driven stoner metal from the UK capital.
Buffalo, New York's Monarch play straight-ahead thrash and heavy metal rooted in the classic American tradition, carrying on the city's working-class metal legacy since their formation in 2014.
Monasthyr is a thrash and heavy metal band from Mieres, Spain, formed in 2016. They combine the aggression of thrash with heavy metal's anthemic power from the Asturias region.
MonaStream is a folk/heavy metal act from rural Tula Oblast, formed in 2026. The band channels the folk traditions of central Russia into melodic metal.
A thrash/heavy metal and punk act from Oslo, Mongo Ninja has been delivering irreverent, high-energy compositions since 2010. The band channels the chaotic spirit of their name into aggressive, tongue-in-cheek metal.
A southern metal act from the western Hungarian border town of Mosonmagyaróvár, Mongooze channels the swampy grooves typically associated with American southern metal. Active since 2013, the band brings an unlikely Louisiana flavor to the Danube region.
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