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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Razor-sharp Black / Speed Metal out of Texas.
MCB is a project from Magdeburg, Germany, active since 2006, whose sound evolved from heavy/speed metal roots into industrial territory. This stylistic shift reflects an experimental spirit uncommon in the Saxony-Anhalt underground.
MC² is a speed/thrash metal act from Monza in Lombardy, active since 2011. The band's scientific name hints at precision-driven thrash, channeling explosive energy through rapid-fire compositions.
Meat Shop is a power/speed metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the high-velocity riffing and anthemic power that defines the intersection of power and speed metal in the Teutonic tradition.
Megalomaniac is a thrash/speed metal act from the coastal town of Östhammar, active since 2011. The band delivers the grandiose aggression their name demands.
Memorain is a Greek thrash/power metal project founded by guitarist Ilias Papadakis in Athens in 2000. Their 2012 album 'Evolution' features an all-star lineup including Gene Hoglan (Testament), Steve DiGiorgio (ex-Death), Ralph Santolla (Obituary), David Ellefson, and Tim 'Ripper' Owens, following the EMI-released 'Reduced To Ashes' (2006).
Philadelphia's Mercifix arrived in 2025 at the intersection of speed metal's locomotive aggression and thrash metal's riff-forward architecture, playing music that moves fast and hits harder than its simple genre description suggests. Speed/thrash as a hybrid has always been one of metal's most physically satisfying combinations, and Mercifix channel that energy with the directness of a band that chose their genre for its honesty, not its complexity. Philly's underground metal scene has consistently produced acts willing to keep it fast and mean, and Mercifix are a natural addition to that tradition.
Bursa Lamb is a brutal death metal act from Athens, delivering punishing extremity since 2014. The band contributes to the Greek capital's underground with guttural, blast-driven compositions.
Messerschmitt is a speed metal band from Remscheid, Germany, active since 2011 with a discography spanning from "Demo'lition" through 2020's "Consumed by Fire." Their high-velocity approach to classic speed and thrash metal channels the aggressive Teutonic tradition through dramatic, theatrical compositions.
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