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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Medrowt is a black/thrash metal act from Milan, active since 2007 and drawing its name from Arthurian legend. The band delivers aggressive, riff-driven extremity with a medieval edge from Lombardy's capital.
Mega Coma is a thrash/heavy metal act from Catania in Sicily, formed in 2023. The band delivers aggressive, energetic compositions from the foot of Mount Etna.
Mega Mosh is a thrash metal/crossover band from Bamberg, Germany, active from 1988 to 1992 with a discography including the albums "Fight The Epidemic Prince," "Call To Account," and "A Different Kind Of Meat." Their complete recordings capture a snapshot of late-1980s German thrash and crossover at its most vital.
Megaera is a thrash/black metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2011. Their sound fuses the velocity and precision of thrash metal with black metal's atmospheric darkness, named after the Greek Fury of jealous rage.
Named after one of the three Erinyes of Greek mythology, Megaira released their debut "Power, Lies and Death" in 2017, a concept album drawing on stories from Greek myth including the Minotaur, Icarus, and the punishing goddesses who lend the band its name. The record pairs guttural death metal vocals from Paulo Schmidt against the clean, heavy metal delivery of Annia Bertoni, layering thrash aggression with melodic power metal hooks and black metal atmosphere.
Megalaw is a death/thrash metal band from Långås, Sweden, formed in 2016. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Megalith is a death/thrash metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound combines the brutality of death metal with thrash's aggressive precision, emerging from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital's underground.
Megalomania is a thrash/groove metal band from Skåne, Sweden, formed in 2016. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Megalomaniac is a thrash/speed metal act from the coastal town of Östhammar, active since 2011. The band delivers the grandiose aggression their name demands.
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