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Mathrem is a Death Metal band from Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador. Their 2019 release "Profecias y Ruinas" established them as an independent act working within the Ecuadorian underground extreme metal scene. The band operates without label support, self-releasing their material on Bandcamp.
Mathrus is a experimental death/thrash/black metal band from Ryazan, Russia, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mathusalem is a band from Paris, France, formed in 2022, having evolved from stoner and doom metal into synthwave. Their stylistic transformation reflects an adventurous creative spirit unbound by genre conventions.
Named after Southeast Asian folklore's restless spirits, Chicago's Matianak channels that dread into cold, menacing black metal. Their work since 2016 carries the dense urban edge of the Midwest filtered through an icy, unrelenting aesthetic.
Matote is a stoner, doom, and post-metal band from Badalona, Spain, formed in 2018. They merge stoner metal's fuzzy heaviness with doom's crushing weight and post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Matraque is a sludge, death, and doom metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2013 that grinds through low-tuned, punishing heaviness. Their approach layers crushing sludge grooves with death-doom weight, carving out a suffocating sonic space within the Belarusian underground.
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Saint Paul's Matrekis delivers straightforward heavy metal with a blue-collar Minnesota sensibility — nothing flashy, just riffs built to last. Active since 2013, they keep the traditional metal flame burning in the Twin Cities underground.
Brainlust is a deathcore and death metal act from Budapest, active since 2009. The band delivers breakdown-heavy brutality from the Hungarian capital's diverse extreme metal scene.
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