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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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San Francisco's Moosifer came together in 2024 playing heavy and thrash metal, bringing the Bay Area's storied thrash legacy into conversation with classic heavy metal directness and a healthy dose of self-aware attitude.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Moral Decay occupy the heavy/thrash overlap, delivering the driving riff-forward attack and punishing tempos of the classic thrash era with a modern heavy metal edge since 2013.
Moral Hazard is a progressive heavy metal band from Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2002. They combine the ambition of progressive metal with classic heavy metal muscle and technical precision.
Provo, Utah's Moray have been active since 2008, navigating a hybrid space between post-black metal's atmospheric sweep and thrash metal's aggressive momentum — an unusual pairing that suits the drama of Utah's landscapes.
A heavy metal band from Jaén in Andalusia, Morbia has been crafting classic-style metal since 2022. The band channels the scorching heat of southern Spain into driving, riff-heavy compositions rooted in the European heavy metal tradition.
Tampa, Florida three-piece born in 2017 where the city's storied death metal legacy bleeds into a harder-edged cocktail of black metal, heavy metal, and speed metal. They carry the torch of the Florida underground while leaning into the reckless energy of early speed and heavy metal.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota heavy metal band formed in 2022 that bridges hard rock sensibility with traditional heavy metal craft. A rarity in the South Dakota underground, they represent Sioux Falls pushing into a genre space more commonly associated with larger metropolitan scenes.
Morbid Visions is a heavy/thrash metal and hard rock act from Avesta in Dalarna, active since 2022. The band channels the dark hallucinations of their name into aggressive, riff-driven compositions.
A heavy metal band out of Columbus, Ohio, Morcarat formed in 2024 and represents one of the newer entries in the city's metal underground. Their focus on traditional heavy metal places them in a lineage that values riff craft and song structure over extremity.
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