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Mausoleum were a heavy/thrash metal band from Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria, active from 1993 until splitting up in the late 1990s. The band worked independently and had a full-length album planned for autumn 1997, though it was never completed. Their brief run placed them among a generation of rural Lower Austrian bands working within the European thrash and heavy metal tradition.
Maverick channel groove-heavy riffing through a thrash and metalcore lens, with socially charged lyrics that address dehumanization and internal conflict. The band built a steady catalog including "Quid Pro Quo" (2014), "Cold Star Dancer" (2018), "Ethereality" (2021), and "Silver Tongue" (2024), demonstrating consistent growth in both production and songwriting since their founding by vocalist/guitarist Gabriel Sernaglia and drummer Gustavo Polississo.
Mayak is a Bielefeld, Germany-based band self-described as playing "sludgy black metalpunkblabla," blending black metal, sludge, stoner rock, and punk into a volatile crossover. Their discography spans from the 2012 self-titled EP through 2018's "Trenches" LP, released on vinyl through Twisted Chords.
Louisville's Mayhem has been fusing death and thrash metal since 1987, a full decade into the genre's formative years, making them one of Kentucky's longer-running extreme metal acts. Their Bandcamp presence keeps a low profile, but the longevity is undeniable.
Portland's Mayhem launched the same year as their Louisville namesake — 1987 — and has spent nearly four decades channeling heavy and thrash metal through the Pacific Northwest's dense, damp energy. They're a genuine relic of the pre-internet regional underground.
Mayzel is a thrash/death metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2015. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Maze of Madness play straightforward heavy and thrash metal with a raw, stripped-back energy, releasing their debut album "Mass Hatred" in July 2022 shortly after forming. The eight-track record plants the band firmly in the tradition of classic thrash aggression without straying far from the genre's foundational template.
Mazemath is a thrash and death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2015. Their debut album The Illusion of Freedom, released in 2016 and recorded at AudioCustom Studios in Santiago, introduced the band's aggressive approach to politically and cosmically charged lyrical themes including environmental destruction and political corruption.
McDeath is an old-school thrash metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 1998 and self-described as "Pure True Thrash." Veterans of Wacken 2007 and sharing stages with Sodom and Kreator, their discography from "Dreadful Paradise" (2003) through "Lord Of The Thrash" (2015) represents the Ruhrpott's unwavering commitment to classic thrash.
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