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Miasme

Bolesławiec, PL · 2010–present · active
Miasme is a post-rock (early); post-metal (later) band from Bolesławiec, Poland, formed in 2010. They craft atmospheric, dynamic post-metal compositions.
Post-Metal

Migrator

Lawrence, KS, US · 1966–present · active
Lawrence, Kansas's Migrator work in the overlap between doom and post-metal, building slow-motion structures that expand and collapse over long stretches of time. Their sound is patient and atmospheric, the kind of music that feels shaped by the flat horizon and open sky of the Great Plains.
Doom MetalPost-Metal

Milestone One

Moscow, RU · 2013–present · active
Milestone One is a sludge/post-metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Minsk

IL, US · 2002–present · active
Formed in Peoria, Illinois in 2002, Minsk play a densely layered psychedelic metal drawing equally from sludge metal, doom, hardcore punk, ambient music, and noise. Their albums on Relapse Records — The Ritual Fires of Abandonment (2007), With Echoes in the Movement of Stone (2009), and The Crash and the Draw (2015) — are built on tribal drum patterns, thick synthesizer layers, and slowly escalating song structures that shift from meditative to crushing.
Post-MetalPsychedelic MetalSludge Metal

Mirny

Samara, RU · 2019–present · active
Mirny is a sludge/post-metal/hardcore band from Samara, Russia, formed in 2019. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Mistral

Tilburg, NL · 2020–present · active
Mistral is a progressive/post-metal band from Tilburg, the Netherlands, formed in 2020. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Post-MetalProgressive Metal

Moanaa

Bielsko-Biala, PL · 2010–present · active
Moanaa is a post-metal band from Bielsko-Biala, Poland, formed in 2010. They craft atmospheric, dynamic post-metal compositions.
Post-Metal

Mock the Mankind

Athens, GR · 2015–present · active
Mock the Mankind is a doom and post-metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They blend doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Doom MetalPost-Metal

Moguera

West Palm Beach, FL, US · 2016–present · active
West Palm Beach's Moguera channel the oppressive weight of sludge into long-form post-metal compositions, letting their doom-laden South Florida sound breathe and collapse under its own mass. Their approach since 2016 favors atmosphere and crush over any impulse toward accessibility.
Doom MetalPost-MetalSludge Metal

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