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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Morbusdown is a thrash metal and metalcore band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2016. They fuse thrash metal's velocity with metalcore's intensity, creating a hard-hitting modern extreme sound.
Mordant is a heavy/thrash metal act from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, one of the longer-running acts in the East Midlands metal underground since 2005. The band delivers aggressive, old-school metal with the tenacity that comes from two decades of persistence.
Mordax is a death and thrash metal band from Ribe, Denmark, formed in 2015. They forge an aggressive crossover of death and thrash metal rooted in relentless extremity.
Mordaza is a death metal band from Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico, formed in 2015. The band released their debut full-length, El orden del caos, in 2020 on Mexican Steel Prods, following a 2018 demo. A 2022 single, The Dispossessed, marks their most recent recorded output.
Tampa's Mordecai have been carrying the torch for aggressive thrash metal since 2016, drawing naturally from the city's legendary extreme metal history to craft music that hits hard and moves fast. Their home in the thrash genre feels apt given Tampa's role as one of America's most storied metal incubators.
Mordekai is a young thrash metal band from Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic, whose 2025 debut demo "Mass Graves" introduces a five-piece lineup delivering raw thrash/death metal aggression. Produced by Michael Macho, their four-track debut marks the emergence of fresh blood in the South Bohemian metal scene.
Mordethar is a thrash metal act from Stockholm, formed in 2025. The band represents the newest generation of Swedish thrash.
Mordhida is a thrash metal act from Alcorcón in the Madrid metropolitan area, ripping through aggressive, tempo-shifting compositions since 2019. The band represents the sustained thrash metal energy running through greater Madrid's underground.
San Francisco's Mordred are one of the most distinctive acts to emerge from the late-1980s Bay Area thrash scene, fusing tight thrash riffing with funk grooves and hip-hop sensibilities in a way that sounded unlike anything else at the time. Reactivated and recording since 2020, they continue to occupy a genre-crossing space that defies easy categorization.
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