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A post-metal and progressive metal band from Charleroi in Wallonia, Massive Therapy build dense, textured compositions that favor atmosphere and dynamic range over conventional song structures. The band have released recordings through Bandcamp, contributing to Belgium's thriving post-metal underground that has produced internationally recognized acts from the Walloon region.
Massive Thunderfuck was a sludge/doom/death metal band from the Neuss/Düsseldorf area of Germany, active from 2013 until their demise. Their 2019 album "Serpent Worship" delivered walls of down-tuned guitars and demonic, weed-filled shouts of hell across a blend of sludge, doom, and black metal.
Massue is a sludge and doom metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2025. Their French name meaning "mace" captures the blunt, crushing force of their doom-sludge assault.
Mastabah is a brutal death/black metal band from Gdańsk, Poland, formed in 2015. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mastdarm is a DSBM (depressive suicidal black metal) duo from Saxony, Germany, formed in 2019 by vocalist Sykdom and guitarist Krankus. Their releases "Crown of Thorns" and "Burn Kill Destroy" channel the anguished, harrowing atmosphere that defines the depressive black metal subgenre.
A death metal act from the northeastern Polish city of Łomża, Mastectomia has been delivering brutal compositions since 2014. The band channels surgical imagery into precise, cutting death metal.
Mastectomy is a brutal death metal band from Poznań, Poland, formed in 2014. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Ferocious Speed / Thrash Metal from Houston.
Mastemey is a thrash/groove metal band from Kraków, Poland, formed in 2016. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
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