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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Medieval Demon is a melodic black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2018. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with medieval themes.
Meisk is a melodic black metal band from Sortland, Norway, formed in 2022. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Middenheim is a melodic black metal band from London and Peterborough, England, formed in 2020. Named after the Warhammer Fantasy city, they blend melodic black metal with fantasy themes.
Mightiest is a melodic black metal band from Freiburg, Germany, active since the early 1990s. Their extensive catalog spans demos, splits, and full-lengths including the atmospheric SinisTerra, rooted in the German black metal underground with ties to Ancient Spirit Records.
Cincinnati's Milkman arrived in 2024 playing melodic black metal under a name deliberately at odds with the darkness of the genre. The juxtaposition isn't purely ironic — the band balances the frigid tremolo-and-blast architecture of black metal with melodic hooks sharp enough to cut through the cold.
Minh is a atmospheric/melodic black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2026. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Mirzadeh is a melodic black and gothic metal band from Alajärvi, Finland, active since 2003. They blend melodic black metal with gothic atmospheres, creating dark, emotive compositions.
Misonoia is a melodic black and death metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend melodic black metal's atmospheric sweep with death metal's visceral aggression.
Misstroesta is a one-man melodic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2018, driven purely by musical expression. The project channels deeply personal emotion through the lens of atmospheric black metal.
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