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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Memories in Torment is a groove metal and metalcore band from Guildford, England, formed in 2013. They blend groove metal's rhythmic power with metalcore's aggressive dynamics.
Hard-hitting Metalcore from Weatherford.
Denton metalcore with anthemic hooks and aggressive breakdowns. One of the biggest metalcore bands to come out of Texas.
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.
Formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1990, Merauder are a pioneering metalcore act that fused hardcore punk with heavy metal influences drawn from the Cro-Mags and Leeway. Their debut album Master Killer (1995) on Century Media Records became a cornerstone of the genre, followed by Five Deadly Venoms (1999) and Bluetality (2003). The band has remained intermittently active, releasing God Is I in 2009 via Regain Records.
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.
Mesmerized by Misery is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Heppenheim, Germany, whose 2012 EP "Nurturing the Vultures" blends black and death metal intensity with melodic sophistication across five philosophically-charged tracks. Their lyrics explore institutional oppression, existential despair, and the fragility of human delusion.
Messiah Nöstrum is a technical death metal and metalcore band from Alicante, Spain, formed in 2022. They blend technical death metal's precision with metalcore's structural aggression.
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