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Cleveland's M.e.V. blends melodic death metal hooks with the city's gritty industrial undercurrent, weaving clean and harsh vocal dynamics over technically driven riffwork. They've been carving out their corner of the Ohio extreme metal scene since 2012.
M.H.X's Chronicles is a melodic death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, founded by guitarist and vocalist Murillo Henrique Xavier, whose initials give the band its name. The project expanded into a full quartet with Raphael Carvalho on drums, Michel Oliveira on guitars, and Wallace Ribeiro on bass, releasing the EP "The Preface" (2013) and the fifty-six-minute debut album "Infinite Ocean" in 2015, recorded at Sputnik Home Studio.
M:D:A is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Bünde/Bielefeld area of Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound merges the harmonic sophistication of melodic death metal with the aggressive urgency of thrash, emerging from the North Rhine-Westphalia underground.
Maahlas is a progressive melodic death/black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Madvice is a melodic death metal act from the Tuscan city of Pisa, active since 2018. The band brings Gothenburg-style harmonies to the tower-city's underground.
Maelstrom Aeterna is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from South England, formed in 2014. They blend melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic power and metalcore's dynamics.
Maersung is a melodic death metal project from Lörrach, Germany, released through Kernkraftritter Records. Their 2021 album "Der unscheinbare Ruf der Ewigkeit" and the nine-minute single "Nebelmeer" combine death metal heaviness with gothic atmospherics and poetic German-language lyrics.
Magnadur is a melodic death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2024. They carry forward the proud Finnish tradition of melodic death metal with sweeping harmonies.
A melodic death metal act from the Atlantic city of Nantes, Magnyfall emerged in 2022 with a sound blending Scandinavian melodeath harmonies with French musical sensibility. The band represents the continued growth of western France's metal underground.
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