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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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MacAllister Project is a power and folk metal band from San Fernando, Spain, formed in 2025. They blend power metal's soaring energy with folk metal's traditional instrumentation and Celtic-inspired melodies.
Machinae Supremacy is a alternative rock/power metal with electronic influences band from Luleå, Sweden, active in the underground. They deliver soaring power metal driven by melodic hooks and anthemic performances.
Machine Messiah is a band from Florence, Italy, active since 2004, having evolved from heavy and power metal into hard rock. Their creative journey spans two decades of musical evolution.
Maciej Podsiadło is a heavy metal/hard rock (early); heavy/power metal (later) band from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2014. They deliver soaring power metal driven by melodic hooks and anthemic performances.
Mad Smile is a metal band from Moscow, Russia, blending hard riffs with melodic themes and unconventional vocals. Their 2015 album 'Unleash the Lightning' delivers ten tracks where each song has its own distinct character, exploring dark narratives from psychological horror to warfare.
A heavy/power metal act from Sottomarina near Venice, Madinside has been crafting melodic compositions since 2020. The band channels the lagoon city's atmospheric surroundings into epic metal.
Madog are a heavy/power metal band from Landskron, Carinthia, formed in 1991 and active into the present day on the Black Sunset label. Their sound is rooted in the melodic European heavy metal tradition, and they appeared on the 2003 underground compilation 'Heart of Dragonsteel: United We Are — 100% Underground Heavy Metal.' Now in their fourth decade, they remain one of Carinthia's most enduring metal acts.
Madwill is a power metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2018. They channel the Finnish tradition of epic power metal with melodic precision.
Maegi is a progressive power metal act from the Turkish capital Ankara, active since 2013. Named after the Zoroastrian priestly caste, the band channels Eastern mysticism into technically ambitious metal.
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