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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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Moonlight Haze is a symphonic/power metal band from Northern Italy, Italy, formed in 2019. They combine orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring energy.
A melodic power metal outfit from Vancouver, Washington, formed in 2025, delivering the soaring vocals and galloping rhythms that define the European power metal tradition filtered through an American lens.
Epic Symphonic Power Metal from San Benito.
Atlanta's Moonshield have been crafting melodic death metal since 2018, bringing the twin-guitar harmonics and aggressive forward momentum of the Scandinavian MDM tradition to the American South.
Moonstorm is a power metal and shred act from the Scottish town of Maybole in Ayrshire, active since 2019. The band channels the virtuosity of shred guitar into an epic power metal framework from an unlikely Scottish setting.
Oakland's Morgana work in the post-black metal space, tempering the genre's harshness with expansive, emotionally resonant passages that reflect the Bay Area's experimental underground ethos since 2020. Their music moves between abrasion and melancholy with a fluidity that suits their Arthurian name's associations with mystery and transformation.
Pelham, Massachusetts' Moriah operate at the intersection of progressive, power, and traditional heavy metal, bringing a sophisticated compositional approach to big melodic structures and soaring arrangements since 2016.
Morning Dwell is a power metal act from the tiny Värmland town of Munkfors, active since 2013. The band delivers epic, melodic power metal from one of Sweden's most unlikely metal locations.
Chicago power and speed metal outfit formed in 2014, Moros Nyx deliver fleet-fingered riffs and soaring vocal hooks in the tradition of classic European power metal filtered through an American sensibility. Their sound balances breakneck tempo with melodic accessibility, carving out a distinct niche on the Midwest heavy metal circuit.
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