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Marrowrend is a stoner/doom metal act from Saint Petersburg, active since 2021. The band delivers bone-crushing, marrow-extracting doom from Russia's cultural capital.
Mars is a stoner and doom metal band from Mars, France, formed in 2024. They channel crushing stoner doom from their aptly named hometown.
Masacritika is a stoner metal and heavy rock band from Santiago, Chile, formed in May 2015. Drawing on influences including Black Sabbath, Sepultura, and Corrosion of Conformity, they released their debut EP Homónimo in 2017 and their first full-length Thesis Mortem in January 2020, followed by the EP Raza de Kain in 2022, released simultaneously in Chile, France, and Costa Rica.
Massacre of the Megafauna is a stoner, thrash metal, and metalcore band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2010. They deliver a chaotic blend of stoner metal, thrash, and metalcore from the Steel City.
Minneapolis' Massive Green operate at the intersection of stoner metal and post-metal, a pairing that suits the Twin Cities' history of experimental heaviness. Brand new as of 2026, the band hints at psychedelic heft and atmospheric depth.
Masteroid was a stoner doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2008, who switched their vocals from English to Finnish in 2011. Their catalog from 2009's demo through the 2013 MMXIII album channels crushing doom-sludge with stoner metal grooves.
Mathusalem is a band from Paris, France, formed in 2022, having evolved from stoner and doom metal into synthwave. Their stylistic transformation reflects an adventurous creative spirit unbound by genre conventions.
Matote is a stoner, doom, and post-metal band from Badalona, Spain, formed in 2018. They merge stoner metal's fuzzy heaviness with doom's crushing weight and post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Maya Mountains is a psychedelic rock band from Venice, Italy, formed in 2004. Their debut 'Hash and Pornography' (2008) was released through Go Down Records, followed by 'Era' (2015), produced by Alessandro Siniscalchi — both albums rooted in extended jams, heavy riffs, and psychedelic vision.
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