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A heavy, speed, and thrash metal act from Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Murderaim delivers rapid-fire aggression with a classic metal backbone. Active since 2016, the band combines the velocity of speed metal with thrash's rhythmic precision.
Richmond, Virginia's Murdersome play speed and thrash metal with the raw, neck-snapping energy of a band that takes classic metal as both inspiration and benchmark. Founded in 2023, they join Richmond's rich tradition of heavy music with a sound rooted in the '80s metal underground.
Muro is one of Spain's foundational speed metal acts, forging ahead from Madrid since the early 1980s with classics like 'Telón de Acero' and 'Acero y Sangre.' Reunited in 2009 with their classic lineup after multiple hiatuses, they remain pillars of the Iberian metal underground and one of the few surviving bands from Spain's 1980s metal explosion.
Mysterion is a heavy/speed metal act from Prague, active since 2018. The band delivers classic-style metal from the Czech capital with the mysterious edge their name implies.
Mälheür is a speed metal act from Vitry-en-Artois in northern France, active since 2013. The band delivers razor-sharp speed metal with the kind of urgency and raw energy that defines the genre's European underground.
Mörbidez is a one-man black thrash project that recorded its entire debut, Sob o Signo de Belial, between April and May 2020 at the creator's own Casa da Bruxa studio in Vitória. The album channels the ragged energy of first-wave black metal and South American speed metal through nine Portuguese-language tracks steeped in satanic imagery, and was released in June 2020 alongside a bonus covers EP titled Limbo.
Mörghuul is a blackened thrash/speed metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, formed in 2022. Their releases "Possessed by Demo" and "Domination of the Beast" deliver the raw, aggressive fusion of black metal ferocity and thrash/speed metal velocity.
A black/death/thrash metal act from the northern Croatian town of Čakovec, Bezdan has been delivering multi-faceted extremity since 2014. The band draws from multiple extreme metal traditions to create a ferocious hybrid.
Mötim is a speed metal trio from Rio Grande do Norte comprising vocalist and guitarist Alexandre Almada, drummer Glenio, and bassist Gustavo. The band delivers fast, stripped-down heavy metal with an aggressive underground ethos, documented across a run of self-released recordings on Bandcamp including "Heavy Metal and Rotten Hearts" and "Genocida".
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