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Memoria Damnata is a melodic death metal act from the Lower Saxon city of Verden, formed in 2026. The band delivers harmonized extremity with a name meaning 'damned memory.'
Memoriam is a melodic death metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, active since 2016. Their sound merges the harmonic sensibility of Scandinavian melodic death metal with the intensity of the Mediterranean underground metal scene.
Memories of a Lost Soul is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Reggio di Calabria, Italy, formed in 2016. They deliver powerful melodic death metal with harmonic sweep and emotive songwriting.
A melodic death metal act from Paris, Memoryam formed in 2023 with a sound that marries Scandinavian-style harmonized guitars with the emotional weight of their memorial-themed name. The band adds to the capital's extensive and varied metal community.
A melodic death metal act from Oulu in northern Finland, Menial emerged in 2019 with a sound rooted in the Scandinavian melodeath tradition. The band brings the cold, wintry atmosphere of the Arctic Circle region into their harmonized guitar work.
Mensis is a melodic death metal/deathcore band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2017. Their sound blends the harmonic sophistication of melodic death metal with deathcore's crushing breakdowns from the Baden-Württemberg capital.
Mental Defect is a female-fronted melodic death metal/metalcore band from Leipzig, Germany, led by vocalist Clodi Korzin. Their evolution from dark-melancholic origins toward "low pitches, rough style and massively powerful" heaviness marks a deliberate reinvention of their sound.
Mentally Ill is a melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2015. Their sound bridges the aggression of Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with thrash and metalcore elements from one of Germany's largest cities.
Meraxes is a Buenos Aires melodic death metal and metalcore band formed in early 2015 around frontman Lucas "Luke" Borelli, with the current lineup also featuring guitarist Brian "Hardy" Gramajo, drummer Franco Capello, and bassist Diego Ibarra. The band released the EP "The Fallen Embrace the Hate" in February 2018 and followed it with "Goodbye" in January 2020.
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