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Maintain is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2015. Their sound bridges the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with the breakdown-driven intensity of metalcore.
A progressive/melodic death metal act from the university city of Linköping, Maitreya has been crafting ambitious compositions since 2011. Named after the future Buddha, the band channels Eastern philosophy into complex Swedish melodeath.
A progressive/melodic death metal act from the southeastern Polish town of Przeworsk, Malchus has been crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2010. The biblical name adds a spiritual dimension to their complex metal.
Malefistum is a melodic death/power metal band from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2018. Their sound merges the melodic aggression of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with the anthemic grandeur of power metal, emerging from the Ruhrgebiet's dense metal underground.
Behind Your Fears is a melodic death/black metal act from the southeastern Hungarian town of Szentes, drawing from the Scandinavian extreme metal tradition. The band operates in the fertile but underexplored metal territory of Hungary's southern Great Plain.
Malstrom is a melodic death metal band from Böblingen, Germany, active since 2014. Their sound balances the harmonic sophistication of melodic death metal with aggressive instrumentation, rooted in the Swabian underground of Baden-Württemberg.
Man Made Predator is a melodic death metal band from Dortmund, Germany, whose 2015 EP "Of Decay and Collapse" showcases six tracks of technically proficient, apocalyptically-themed death metal. Produced by Morten of Orphalis, their sound blends intricate guitar work from dual axemen Tobi and Thomas with aggressive vocal delivery.
Mandatory were a death/thrash metal band from Grünburg in Upper Austria, founded in 2002 by Manuel Rohrauer and Leo Wolfmayr initially as a cover band before evolving into original material. Over their run through 2016, they progressed from a death/thrash approach toward melodic death metal, releasing material through Emdis Music. They represent a generation of rural Upper Austrian bands that developed through the regional rehearsal-room-to-stage pipeline.
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