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Melencolia I is a one-man project by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist João P. Amorim Xavier, weaving together atmospheric black metal, doom, shoegaze, and progressive metal into a dense philosophical framework that the artist describes as exploring the depths of human existence through poetic themes. The project released the EP "Introspective Violence" in early 2026, following the earlier full-length "Hermitage."
Meliorism is a progressive death metal band from Cambridge, England, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive death metal from the university city.
Melody Master is a progressive metal band from Monza, Italy, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition and creative depth.
Members of God is a progressive metal band from Salerno, Italy, formed in 2012. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition and creative depth.
Woodland, California's Memento Mori have spent over a decade — since 2012 — navigating the uncomfortable space where progressive ambition collides with death metal's most destructive impulses. They construct songs of genuine compositional depth without sanding away the aggression that makes death metal viscerally compelling, threading technical passages through punishing rhythmic slabs. It is a balance many bands attempt and few achieve with the kind of coherent vision Memento Mori have developed across their catalog.
Memento Waltz is a progressive metal band from Tempio Pausania (Gallura North-East Sardinia), Italy, formed in 2013. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition and creative depth.
Mementoria is a progressive metal/rock band from Bielsko-Biała, Poland, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Memfis is a progressive/melodic death metal act from Kristinehamn in Värmland, active since 2011. The band channels the ancient city's grandeur into technically ambitious, melodic compositions.
Memories of a Lost Soul is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Reggio di Calabria, Italy, formed in 2016. They deliver powerful melodic death metal with harmonic sweep and emotive songwriting.
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