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Massive Green

Minneapolis, MN, US · 2026–present · active
Minneapolis' Massive Green operate at the intersection of stoner metal and post-metal, a pairing that suits the Twin Cities' history of experimental heaviness. Brand new as of 2026, the band hints at psychedelic heft and atmospheric depth.
Post-MetalStoner Metal

Massive Therapy

Charleroi, BE · 2025–present · active
A post-metal and progressive metal band from Charleroi in Wallonia, Massive Therapy build dense, textured compositions that favor atmosphere and dynamic range over conventional song structures. The band have released recordings through Bandcamp, contributing to Belgium's thriving post-metal underground that has produced internationally recognized acts from the Walloon region.
Post-MetalProgressive Metal

Matote

Badalona, ES · 2018–present · active
Matote is a stoner, doom, and post-metal band from Badalona, Spain, formed in 2018. They merge stoner metal's fuzzy heaviness with doom's crushing weight and post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Doom MetalPost-MetalStoner Metal

Maunah

DK · 2025–present · active
Maunah is a doom and post-metal band from Denmark, formed in 2025. They blend the crushing weight of doom with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness and dynamic range.
Doom MetalPost-Metal

Maunra

Vienna, AT · 2022–present · active
Maunra are a blackened sludge and post-metal band from Vienna, Austria, who released their debut full-length 'Monarch' in September 2022 after five years of developing their sound. The album — recorded, mixed, and produced by Hannes Mottl, and mastered at Tonmeisterei Oldenburg — spans seven tracks that the band describes as 'a journey between the realms of decay and becoming.' Unlike many post-metal acts, Maunra anchor their sound firmly in riff worship rather than pure atmosphere.
Death MetalMelodic Death MetalPost-Metal

Mausōleion

Leeds, GB · 2014–present · active
Mausōleion is an atmospheric sludge and post-metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2014. They craft expansive, textured compositions blending atmospheric sludge with post-metal dynamics.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Mayon

Opava, CZ · 2018–present · active
Mayon is a sludge/post-metal band from Opava, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound inhabits the heavy, atmospheric territory where crushing sludge riffs meet the expansive dynamics and textural layering of post-metal.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

MCMLXXVIII

BE · 2025–present · active
A Belgian instrumental post-black metal project whose name is the Roman numeral for 1978, MCMLXXVIII describe their music as "wordless hymns to decay" and "raw, atmospheric aural sonic landscapes carved from shadows." Their albums The Sacred Rot and Wordless Hymns to Decay establish a bleak, minimalist aesthetic that forgoes vocals entirely in favor of texture and atmosphere.
Black MetalPost-Metal

Mehya

Eindhoven, NL · 2007–present · active
Bukowski Family is a black/death metal project from Hungary, active since 2012 and named after the transgressive American writer. The project channels literary darkness into aggressive, boundary-pushing extreme metal.
Post-Metal

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