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Matarte is a three-piece metal band from Punta Alta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed around 2013, consisting of vocalist Ulises Kaliléc, guitarist/bassist Jonathan Bazan, and drummer Agnatne Ajeivut. The band released their album "Sangra Maldad Eterna" on June 6, 2020, a ten-track record recorded, mixed, and mastered at Tumumu Untungu Home Studio in Punta Alta. Their sound blends melodic death and thrash metal with occult lyrical themes, as heard on tracks like "Dioses Muertos" and "Sacrificio Infernal".
Founded in Ghent in 2021 by two mid-40s metal enthusiasts and a younger drummer, Matavitatau write and perform all their black metal exclusively in Latin, drawing lyrical content from Roman poets such as Horace, Seneca, and Lucan as well as medieval authors Egbert of Liège and Bernard of Cluny. Their 2025 debut demo Numen Nescio, released on Italian label Canti Eretici Productions, drew comparisons to Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas for its raw atmosphere and dynamic precision.
Mate Cosido was a groove metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup featured vocalist Lito Pared, guitarists Alejandro Venneri and Román Montesi, bassist Gerardo Lucero, and drummer Javier Dorado, who had previously played with Argentine metal legends A.N.I.M.A.L. The band released their self-titled album through EMI in 1996, recorded in June and July of that year and produced alongside Augusto Milharcic. The 12-track record remains their only known release before the band split up.
A black/doom metal project from Istanbul, Matem has been channeling the Turkish word for 'mourning' into crushing compositions since 2024. The project merges the despair of black metal with doom's glacial weight.
Maten al Rey is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, composed of vocalist and guitarist Sergio Goddio, bassist Alejandro López, and drummer Leonardo Rodaro. The band — whose name translates as "Kill the King" — released the album "Mar Adentro" in October 2018, produced by Marcelo Vázquez. They operate as an independent act and are listed in Metal Archives under the Argentine power metal scene.
Mater Tenebra is a black metal project from Vicenza in the Veneto, active since 2020. The project channels the 'mother of darkness' imagery into atmospheric, ritualistic black metal.
Mater Tenebrarum is an atmospheric gothic and doom metal project from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2020, created by singer-songwriter Lady Morte of Trobar de Morte. The project features female lyrical voices over doom gothic metal compositions, channeling dark, cinematic atmospheres.
Mater Thallium is a doom metal and progressive rock act from Trondheim, active since 2013. The band blends the crushing weight of doom with the exploratory spirit of progressive rock from Norway's third-largest city.
Materia Muerta is a sludge and doom metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2025. Their Spanish name meaning "dead matter" captures the crushing weight of their sludge-doom.
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