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Morhelm is a progressive metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2025. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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.
Atlanta progressive metal outfit Morier have been crafting intricate, technically demanding music since 2014, reflecting Atlanta's emerging reputation for sophisticated extreme and progressive metal acts willing to push structural boundaries.
Moriquëndi was a power/progressive metal band from Mendoza founded in 1998 by Roly E. Testini (1975–2008), whose songwriting drew from J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology and his own original fantasy stories. The band's debut demo El Último Elfo Oscuro was recorded in January 2001 at Estudios ADN with Aníbal Rivero and Diego Rubio, and the lineup included drummers Marcelo Narváez, guitarists Javier Vildoza and Sebastián Narváez, bassist Gabriel Narváez, and keyboardist Nicolás Sánchez.
Toledo, Ohio's Morkast play progressive death metal with a sharp focus on structure and technical craft since 2019, part of a broader wave of Midwest bands injecting cerebral ambition into the extremity of death metal.
A progressive/melodic death metal act from the small western Slovak town of Nová Dubnica, Morna has been crafting ambitious compositions since 2013. The band channels the Váh valley's isolation into complex, emotionally rich melodeath.
Morning is a atmospheric progressive metal band from Susteren, the Netherlands, formed in 2014. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Morning Death is a atmospheric sludge/progressive metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Morost is a progressive death metal act from Ljubljana, active since 2014. The band delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Slovenian capital.
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