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Mantrum is a melodic death/thrash metal band from northern Germany, with releases spanning from their 2012 self-titled debut through 2018's "The Age of Vultures." Their sound fuses groove-oriented rhythms with progressive and thrash metal elements, driven by Hermann von Ohr's compositions and Wasili M.'s lyrics.
MarAmon is a melodic black metal (early); melodic death metal (later) band from Lindesberg, Sweden, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Marckwisen is a melodic death metal act from Bassano del Grappa in the Veneto, formed in 2026. The band represents the newest generation of Italian melodeath, bringing Scandinavian-influenced harmonies to the foothills of the Alps.
A melodic death metal act from Gothenburg, the birthplace of the genre, Marionette has been crafting harmonized aggression since 2009. The band channels the puppet imagery of their name into compositions that pull between beauty and brutality.
Marraskuun Lapset is a gothic and melodic death metal band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2021. Their Finnish-language name meaning "November's Children" captures their blend of gothic melancholy and melodic death metal aggression.
Blasphemous Black Metal out of Texas.
Martyrion is a melodic death metal band from Cologne, Germany, founded in 2006, whose music is set in a dystopian 2153 scenario of civilizational collapse. Their releases "Our Dystopia" and "Gaia Uprising" blend catchy melodies, powerful solos, and atmospheric storytelling into a conceptually ambitious take on melodic death metal.
Boline Ritual is a doom metal act from the lakeside city of Veszprém, formed in 2024. Named after the ritual knife used in Wiccan practice, the band channels occult themes into crushing, glacially paced doom.
Mask of Semblant is a deliberately anonymous progressive/melodic death metal outfit whose members have kept their identities hidden since the band's formation. Their debut EP Existence (2017) mapped the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse across six tracks, while the follow-up Dead Tales (2018) shifted the lyrical lens toward earthly decadence and civilizational rot, both recorded at Socoloski Recordings in Florianópolis.
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