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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Maze of Heaven is a symphonic power metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2011. They combine orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring energy.
A symphonic/melodic death metal act from the northern Swedish town of Örnsköldsvik, Meadows End has been delivering orchestral extremity since 2018. The band layers sweeping symphonic arrangements over aggressive melodeath foundations.
Mechanical Poet is a symphonic progressive metal (early); alternative rock (later) band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2003. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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Meden Agan is a gothic and symphonic metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2014. Their Greek name meaning "nothing in excess" captures their balanced approach to dark, symphonic metal.
Medieval Art is a symphonic gothic and folk metal band from Riihimäki, Finland, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of activity, they weave medieval-inspired folk elements into symphonic gothic metal compositions.
Meditatio is a symphonic black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They layer symphonic grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Medusian is a symphonic death metal act from Gothenburg, formed in 2025. The band channels the petrifying mythology of Medusa into grandiose, orchestral death metal from Sweden's metal capital.
Melatonin is a symphonic gothic/progressive metal band from Chur, Switzerland, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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