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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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A thrash metal and metalcore act from Moscow, MindJail has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2020. The band channels the claustrophobic imagery of mental imprisonment into intense, confrontational metal.
Mindlag Project is a thrash metal and metalcore band from Vitrolles, France, formed in 2025. They blend thrash metal's velocity with metalcore's structural aggression from the Marseille area.
A metalcore act from Tilburg, Mindscarred has been delivering emotionally charged compositions since 2006. One of the longer-running metalcore acts in the Brabant underground, the band blends heavy breakdowns with melodic introspection.
Mindthreat is a melodic death, thrash metal, and metalcore band from Athens, Greece. They blend melodic death metal with thrash and metalcore in a versatile extreme metal assault.
Minerva is a metalcore band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country, active since 2011. The band channels the region's fierce independent spirit into aggressive, emotionally charged compositions with melodic underpinnings.
Misbegotten were a thrash metal and metalcore band from Lamprechtshausen in the Salzburg region, formed in 1993 and self-described as playing 'Austrian powercore.' The band was active for nearly two decades, released music through Noisehead Records, and played their final concert on October 15th, 2011 before formally disbanding. Their run represents one of the longer careers in the Salzburg underground metal scene.
Miscreants is a thrash metal and metalcore act from Groningen in the northern Netherlands, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive, rule-breaking compositions from the country's northernmost major city.
Formed in 2022 in Chicago, Misfire deliver energetic, hard-hitting thrash metal that taps into the genre's classic crossover roots, carving out a spot in the city's active heavy metal underground with straightforward riff intensity and driving tempos.
Misled Generation is a melodic death metal and metalcore act from Hyvinkää, active since 2020. The band channels generational disillusionment into emotionally charged, harmonized compositions.
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