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Mollitiam is a metal band from Barcelona, Spain, whose name derives from the Latin word for adaptability in adversity. Their 2019 debut 'MollitiaM I' fuses thrash metal riffs with melodic lines and progressive touches across four tracks of thematically resilient heavy music.
Mološ is a thrash/black metal band from Negotin, Serbia, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal's cold fury with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
Molten Chains are a blackened heavy/thrash metal band based in Vienna, Austria, formed in 2017 by Australian-born guitarist and vocalist Brenton Weir. The band has released three albums — 'In the Antechamber Below' (2019), 'Torment Enshrined' (2020), and 'Orisons of Vengeance' (2022) on Alone Records — and have been covered by Decibel Magazine for their work blurring the lines between heavy, black, and avant-garde metal. Despite the black metal imagery, their sound lands closer to blackened thrash than orthodox black metal.
Norfolk, Virginia's Moment of Violence charge forward with a groove and thrash hybrid that pairs headbang-worthy riff momentum with a raw, street-level aggression, active since 2024.
Los Angeles crossover act Momentum have been tearing through the city's underground since 2006, blending hardcore's rabid urgency with thrash metal's precision into a lean, relentless assault.
Buffalo, New York's Monarch play straight-ahead thrash and heavy metal rooted in the classic American tradition, carrying on the city's working-class metal legacy since their formation in 2014.
Hailing from Torrance in the South Bay of Los Angeles, this Monarch have been playing thrash metal since 2014, delivering the riff-forward intensity and aggression the genre demands.
Monastery Desecration is a raw old school black/thrash metal project from Komotini, Greece, started in 2008 as a solo project by Drangu Nekrodaimon. After a decade of prolific demo output, the project expanded to a duo in 2018 with vocalist Zion, culminating in the 2023 EP 'Τῷ Σατανᾷ Λατρεύουσιν.'
Monasthyr is a thrash and heavy metal band from Mieres, Spain, formed in 2016. They combine the aggression of thrash with heavy metal's anthemic power from the Asturias region.
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