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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
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Matutano is a grindcore band from Bilbao, Spain, self-described as purveyors of 'grindcore snacks' — short, punchy blasts of aggression laced with crude humor. Since their 2011 debut, they have unleashed a prolific run of releases including the 'PA PAM!' series and 'DEMOLITION' (2018).
Matvey is a traditional heavy metal band from Rosario, Argentina, featuring vocalist Pablo Podesta, guitarist Diego De Santiago, bassist Marcos Sartori, and drummer Mariano Gauna. The band released "Reinando entre colinas" independently in 2012, a Spanish-language epic metal album drawing on Nordic mythology, which was later reissued in 2014 by Electric Punishment Records of Rosario. They shifted toward 1980s US heavy and speed metal influences on their 2019 album "Evil Force and Wild Street", released through Thundersteel Records, and have performed live in both Argentina and Spain.
A thrash metal act from Trondheim, Matwrak has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2020. The band channels the city's extreme metal heritage into ripping thrash.
Maudit is a death/black metal band from France, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Maudite Decadence is an avant-garde black metal band from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, formed in 2016. They push black metal into experimental, avant-garde territory with unconventional compositions.
Mauf is a black metal and punk band from Xàtiva, Spain, formed in 2026. They fuse raw black metal aggression with punk's rebellious energy and DIY ethos.
A death metal act from Lille in northern France, Maufé emerged in 2023 with a sound that draws from the old-school death metal tradition. The band contributes to the growing extreme metal scene in France's northern industrial heartland.
Mauled is a death/thrash metal and crust punk act from Naples, formed in 2025. The band merges the aggression of extreme metal with the raw energy of crust punk from southern Italy's chaotic capital.
Maunah is a doom and post-metal band from Denmark, formed in 2025. They blend the crushing weight of doom with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness and dynamic range.
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