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Metatron is a melodic death and thrash metal band from Ilford, England, formed in 2014. They blend melodic death metal's harmonic sweep with thrash's velocity.
Mezcla is a progressive and melodic death metal band from Auxerre, France, formed in 2017, incorporating flamenco elements into their extreme metal. Their unique fusion of Spanish guitar traditions with death metal creates a distinctive, culturally rich sound.
Miara is a melodic death metal act from Bologna, formed in 2023. The band brings Scandinavian-influenced melodeath to Emilia-Romagna's capital, adding to the city's established underground metal scene.
Midgard are a melodic death metal band from Gleisdorf in Styria, Austria, founded in 2001 by a quartet including guitarist Peter Fritz and bassist Jan Zelenka. The band's early sound pursued the Gothenburg melodic death metal aesthetic of In Flames and Soilwork, later incorporating grooves influenced by Bolt Thrower, Benediction, and Hellhammer. They released two studio albums and several demos over a career spanning more than fifteen years.
Midnight Realm is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2012. They blend melodic death metal with metalcore's structural dynamics.
A melodic death metal act from the eastern Croatian town of Beli Manastir, Midwinter Apathy channels the cold, bleak atmosphere of its name into Scandinavian-influenced compositions since 2020. The band operates near the Serbian and Hungarian borders.
A melodic death metal act from the tiny Marchean town of Offida, Mikoyan has been delivering harmonized aggression since 2020. Named after the Soviet aircraft designer, the band brings aeronautic velocity to Italian melodeath.
A goregrind, death, black, and thrash metal act from the Thracian city of Komotini, Buubhosh emerged in 2020 with a deliberately chaotic approach that mashes multiple extreme genres together. The band brings visceral underground extremity to northeastern Greece.
Originally formed in Ypres, Belgium in 2012 as The Curse of Millhaven, this melodic death metal band rebranded to Millhaven in 2023 and celebrated their tenth anniversary at Graspop Metal Meeting and Ieperfest in 2022. Their 2024 album 'Dualism' features eight tracks of fast, groove-laced melodic death metal, following the earlier full-length 'Thresholds', and the band continues to develop their sound toward a darker, more aggressive direction.
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