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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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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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Medicated is a melodic death and thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2010. They fuse melodic death metal's harmonic sweep with thrash metal's relentless velocity.
MedictuM is a heavy/thrash metal band from Seville, Spain, blending classic heavy metal lines with thrash rawness and death metal darkness. Their 2022 album 'Juego de Sombras' features eight tracks of socially conscious, psychologically tormented metal with guest vocals from Héctor Velasco of Mortal Maze.
Mediterranean is a thrash/death metal band from Vyškov, Czech Republic, formed in 2013. Their sound combines the speed and precision of thrash metal with the brutality of death metal, delivering an aggressive hybrid from the Moravian underground.
Medrowt is a black/thrash metal act from Milan, active since 2007 and drawing its name from Arthurian legend. The band delivers aggressive, riff-driven extremity with a medieval edge from Lombardy's capital.
Mega Coma is a thrash/heavy metal act from Catania in Sicily, formed in 2023. The band delivers aggressive, energetic compositions from the foot of Mount Etna.
Mega Mosh is a thrash metal/crossover band from Bamberg, Germany, active from 1988 to 1992 with a discography including the albums "Fight The Epidemic Prince," "Call To Account," and "A Different Kind Of Meat." Their complete recordings capture a snapshot of late-1980s German thrash and crossover at its most vital.
Megaera is a thrash/black metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2011. Their sound fuses the velocity and precision of thrash metal with black metal's atmospheric darkness, named after the Greek Fury of jealous rage.
Named after one of the three Erinyes of Greek mythology, Megaira released their debut "Power, Lies and Death" in 2017, a concept album drawing on stories from Greek myth including the Minotaur, Icarus, and the punishing goddesses who lend the band its name. The record pairs guttural death metal vocals from Paulo Schmidt against the clean, heavy metal delivery of Annia Bertoni, layering thrash aggression with melodic power metal hooks and black metal atmosphere.
Megalaw is a death/thrash metal band from Långås, Sweden, formed in 2016. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
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