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Mental Disaster is a death/thrash metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 2013. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mental Disease is a progressive thrash metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, founded in 2007 and still active, self-described as "still enjoying the things we create." Their releases "Non Serviam" and "A Wake For Those Asleep" deliver progressive thrash from the Saxon underground.
Mentally Defiled is a thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, whose aggressive, confrontational output includes 'The Thrash Brigade,' 'Aptitude For Elimination,' and a split with Evil Army from the USA. The band's catalog channels classic thrash intensity through the Greek underground scene.
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.
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