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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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San Francisco's MindZone launched in 2020 drawing on three distinct Bay Area traditions — the groove-heavy stomp of groove metal, the soaring hooks of power metal, and the relentless drive of thrash — weaving them into a dense, dynamic attack.
Based out of Thurmont, Maryland, Miriah blend traditional heavy metal grit with the sweeping, choir-ready melodies of power metal, a one-woman project that since 2019 has offered earnest, hook-forward metal rooted in classic influences.
Brooklyn-based Misha Kushnir is a solo project combining the melodic grandeur of power metal with the compositional ambition of progressive metal, offering technically accomplished material shaped by the cosmopolitan influences of New York City's diverse metal community since 2018.
Mistrust is a power metal act from the Pomeranian port city of Elbląg, active since 2021. The band delivers epic, melodic compositions despite the skeptical implications of their name.
Mítica is a Progressive/Power Metal project from Quito, Ecuador, formed in 2022 by a collective of established Ecuadorian musicians alongside international guests. The band's stated mission is to preserve and promote Ecuadorian cultural identity by setting the country's principal legends to music in a style they call "Metal Opera Equinoccial." Their 2022 release "El Pacto de Cantuña" adapts the famous Quito colonial legend into a theatrical metal format.
Mob Rules is a melodic power metal band from Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, formed in 1994 and rooted in classic heavy metal, NWOBHM, and progressive metal. With over three decades of activity and a catalog spanning ten-plus albums including Beast Reborn and Tales From Beyond, they celebrated their 30th anniversary with the compilation Celebration Day.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Model Citizen have been welding power metal melody to thrash metal aggression since 2009, occupying the territory where soaring hooks meet riff-driven urgency. The band carries the Midwest's no-nonsense work ethic into a sound that values both shred and song structure equally.
Monster Beast is a Finnish power metal act formed in 2023, channeling the epic, keyboard-driven style that Finland has become famous for globally. The band adds to a national power metal tradition that includes Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, and countless others.
Snoqualmie, Washington's Monster Blood are a hyperactive collision of crossover thrash, grindcore, power metal, and powerviolence — a chaotic, tongue-in-cheek band that refuses to settle into any single lane since forming in 2015.
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