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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Malicious Intent is a blackened thrash metal band from Ipswich, England, formed in 2018. They fuse black metal's cold fury with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
Maligner is a death/thrash metal band from Malmö, Sweden, formed in 2016. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Malignom were a death/thrash metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in March 1991 by Bobby Spieß. The band released their first demo 'Infecting Virulency,' played shows through summer 1991, briefly dissolved, and then reformed later that same year with a revised lineup including Hannes Lenhardt on drums and Georgie Pfitzner on bass. Their lyrical themes ran toward black humour, social criticism, and confrontational content.
Malinche is a thrash and hardcore crossover band from Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina, featuring vocalist José "El Ruso" Argento, guitarist Miguel Heltner, bassist Gabriel Blanco, and drummer Manuel Larrea. The band released their debut album Nuevo Orden Vol.1 in 2016, preceded by the single "El Demoledor" as an advance track, and have contributed material to the Paraná Bandas regional compilation platform.
Malinche is a thrash and hardcore crossover band from Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina, featuring vocalist José "El Ruso" Argento, guitarist Miguel Heltner, bassist Gabriel Blanco, and drummer Manuel Larrea. The band released their debut album Nuevo Orden Vol.1 in 2016, preceded by the single "El Demoledor" as an advance track, and have contributed material to the Paraná Bandas regional compilation platform.
Malivore is a groove, death, and thrash metal band from Pori, Finland. They blend groove metal's rhythmic punch with death and thrash metal's extreme aggression.
Malleficarum delivers thrash and death metal from the ancient city of Toledo, pairing the medieval atmosphere of their surroundings with violent, riff-driven extremity. Active since 2019, they carry the torch for Castilian thrash metal.
Maltuka is a thrash metal act from Bergen, formed in 2025. The band represents the newest generation of Norwegian thrash, emerging from a city historically dominated by black metal.
Malus is a thrash metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the aggressive, high-speed riffing tradition that Nuremberg's metal scene has cultivated, delivering raw thrash energy from the Franconian underground.
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