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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Mudgazer is a death/sludge metal act from Einbeck in Lower Saxony, active since 2014. The band merges death metal aggression with the crushing weight of sludge.
Muerto en Vida is a hardcore/grindcore/crossover/thrash band from Jódar, Spain, formed by members of Cabeza de Caballo, Death Whisper my Name, and Infecto. Their self-titled release and 'El Pacto' deliver aggressive, genre-blending extremity from the Spanish underground.
Mufunta is a sludge, stoner, and groove metal act from Stoke-on-Trent, formed in 2025. The band brings heavy, riff-driven grooves to the Potteries with a sound that draws from the best of NOLA sludge and southern groove.
Mugaa is a sludge/stoner metal act from Kyiv, formed in 2025. The band delivers crushing, fuzz-heavy compositions from the Ukrainian capital.
Virginia Beach veterans Mugwart have been grinding out sludge and stoner metal since 2003, building a reputation on thick, fuzzed-out riffs and the kind of slow-burn heaviness that rewards patient listeners.
Portland, Maine's Mugwort is a sludge-doom project that trades in oppressive atmosphere and crawling tempos, reflecting the cold, isolated quality of the Northeast in every slow, crushing note.
Muilutus is a grindcore and sludge metal act from the Helsinki-Espoo metropolitan area, merging the speed of grindcore with the crushing weight of sludge since 2016. The band's Finnish name signals their commitment to local linguistic identity within extreme music.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Mule Thrower arrived in 2021 with a sludge-doom sound as stubborn and heavy as their name implies — slow, punishing, and built on the kind of oppressive riffing that demands physical submission.
Murder Hollow is a doom, death, and sludge metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2014. They channel crushing extremity through a devastating fusion of doom, death, and sludge.
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