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Mentally Ill is a melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2015. Their sound bridges the aggression of Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with thrash and metalcore elements from one of Germany's largest cities.
Menticide is a thrash/death metal act from Tampere, formed in 2025 and representing the latest generation of Finland's thrash metal resurgence. The band combines the speed and precision of thrash with the brutality of death metal.
Mentor is a thrash metal band from Tirschenreuth, Germany, active since 2016. Their sound channels the aggressive, high-speed riffing tradition of Teutonic thrash metal from the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria.
Menturas is a thrash and progressive metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2006. They blend thrash metal's aggression with progressive complexity.
Mepheth is a thrash/death metal band from Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2010. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mephobia are a thrash/death/groove metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2019 and operating under the self-described tagline 'very hard music from very soft people.' The band released their debut full-length 'Reign of the Degenerates' in April 2021, followed by 'Angry Elephant' (2023), 'Inner Sanctuary' (2023), and the 'Terror of the Malignant Tumour' EP in early 2024. They maintain an active presence on Bandcamp and Spotify as an independent act.
A thrash/heavy metal act from the medieval Transylvanian town of Sighișoara, birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, Mercaptan has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2021. The band channels the dramatic history of their surroundings into driving metal.
San Francisco's Mercenary carry the Bay Area thrash tradition into the 2020s, formed in 2021 with a clear-eyed understanding of what makes the genre work: precision riffing, forward momentum, and an unwillingness to compromise the foundational aggression that made Bay Area thrash one of the defining sounds in metal history. San Francisco's scene has produced some of the genre's most legendary acts, and Mercenary operate with that heritage as both foundation and obligation. They are a modern thrash band in a city that knows exactly what thrash metal should sound like.
From Coraopolis, Pennsylvania — a small steel-town borough outside Pittsburgh — Mercenary have been bringing thrash metal out of western Pennsylvania's industrial heartland since 2021. Pittsburgh's surrounding communities have long produced hard-edged, workingman's metal, and Coraopolis' Mercenary fit that tradition naturally, offering thrash built for a region that understands what it means to work hard and play loud. Their sound draws on the classic thrash template with a blue-collar conviction that feels native to the geography.
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