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Proof (2024)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Malagüero is a death and thrash metal band from Huelva, Spain, active since 1999. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash, rooted in a quarter century of underground persistence.
Malakh is a black/death/thrash metal band from Norway, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Malanoctem is a band from Lanciano, Italy, formed in 2024, having evolved from thrash metal into death and black metal. Their name meaning "bad night" captures the darkness of their extreme metal evolution.
Malanova is a thrash and black metal band from Varese, Italy, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with black metal's cold fury from Lombardy.
Malaria is a thrash metal and crossover band from Merlo, Buenos Aires, operating in the tradition of aggressive street-level metal with lyrical themes spanning war, social commentary, and the mosh pit. The band has self-released multiple recordings on Bandcamp, including a three-track demo (2016), the eight-track "Future Decimation EP" (2017), and the two-track "Piss Tape" (2018).
St. Cloud, Minnesota's Malefic Witch split the difference between power metal's melodic ambition and thrash's unrelenting drive — a pairing that produces something both anthemic and ferocious. They've been pushing that hybrid forward since 2018 in Minnesota's resilient metal community.
Maleficio was a heavy/thrash metal band from San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina, with a self-titled demo tape among their documented releases and a confirmed album entry "Go to Hell" listed on the Metal Archives. The band centred their lyrical themes on social denouncement and has since split up.
Ferocious Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington.
Malefyr is a speed/thrash metal band from Liège, Belgium, delivering 'raw fast and evil metal.' Their 2026 demo 'Cryptic' features five tracks of high-energy aggression across sixteen minutes, with dark fantasy-themed compositions like 'Mind Flayer,' 'Heretic War,' and 'Enter the Crypt.'
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