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Masterhead are a three-piece thrash metal outfit from the Fortaleza metropolitan area whose sound draws heavily from the Bay Area tradition, with Francisco "Mustaine" Alves handling both guitar and vocals alongside Denilson Andrade and John Nascimento. They built their catalog through the 2008 demo Enemy of Time and the 2017 EP Waiting Terror, later releasing the single Metal Warrior in 2021.
Masterless is a thrash and death metal band from Surrey, England, formed in 2017. They forge aggressive extreme metal from the London commuter belt.
Since 1990, New Jersey's Mastermind has been a fixture in American progressive metal, weaving complex song structures and virtuosic musicianship into long-form compositions. Their decades-long run out of Browns Mills stands as a testament to the resilience of prog metal outside major scenes.
Mastermind Unlimited are a heavy metal band from Nova Iguaçu who debuted with the EP Will There Be Peace? in 2021, stepping into the deep tradition of heavy metal coming out of the Rio de Janeiro satellite cities. The project sits firmly in classic heavy metal territory, prioritizing melody and traditional song structures over extremity.
Masteroid was a stoner doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2008, who switched their vocals from English to Finnish in 2011. Their catalog from 2009's demo through the 2013 MMXIII album channels crushing doom-sludge with stoner metal grooves.
Masterplan is a power metal band originally from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2012. Their sound delivers the soaring melodies, virtuoso instrumentation, and epic scope that define European power metal at its most ambitious.
Masters of Disguise is a power/speed metal band from the Riedstadt/Darmstadt area of Germany, active since 2013 with multiple releases including "Back with a Vengeance" and "The Savage and the Grace." Their sound channels the velocity and melodic precision of classic power/speed metal in the Teutonic tradition.
Masterstroke is a heavy metal band from Tampere, one of Finland's most prolific metal cities, delivering melodic yet powerful compositions since their formation. The band channels the melodic sensibilities of Finnish metal into a traditional heavy metal framework.
Masterwork is a power metal act from Hyvinkää north of Helsinki, active since 2015. The band delivers the kind of crafted, melodic power metal their name implies.
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