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People Watching (2024)
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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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Mausōleion is an atmospheric sludge and post-metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2014. They craft expansive, textured compositions blending atmospheric sludge with post-metal dynamics.
Bridge to Solace is a metalcore and melodic death metal act from Budapest, active since 2021. The band crafts emotionally charged compositions that balance aggressive breakdowns with melodic, introspective passages.
Mauvaise Foi is a sludge/doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Maverick channel groove-heavy riffing through a thrash and metalcore lens, with socially charged lyrics that address dehumanization and internal conflict. The band built a steady catalog including "Quid Pro Quo" (2014), "Cold Star Dancer" (2018), "Ethereality" (2021), and "Silver Tongue" (2024), demonstrating consistent growth in both production and songwriting since their founding by vocalist/guitarist Gabriel Sernaglia and drummer Gustavo Polississo.
A raw black metal entity from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mavet operates deep in the underground with limited public documentation beyond their Bandcamp presence. The project adheres to the lo-fi, stripped-down aesthetic of the international raw black metal underground, releasing material with little promotional infrastructure.
Maveth is a blackened death metal project from Germany, formed in 2021. Their sound merges the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's visceral brutality, creating a dense, oppressive sonic assault.
Maw is a black and death metal band from London and Royal Leamington Spa, England, formed in 2012. They channel abyssal extremity through the convergence of black and death metal.
Mawashi Geri fuse progressive death metal with the atmosphere and mythology of traditional Japanese culture, drawing on legends of the underworld for their lyrical and sonic identity. Their 2022 debut album "Yomi Yokai" is a concept record built around creatures from the Japanese realm of the dead, pairing technical death metal structures with distinctly Eastern melodic textures across eight tracks.
Mawiza is a Mapuche metal band from Wallmapu, Chile, formed in 2021 as the successor to Nunca Seremos Dichosos—a project that won the Pulsar Award (Chilean Grammy) for Best Metal Artist in 2020 for the album Kollong (2019). Performing in Mapuzungun, their ancestral language, and integrating traditional Mapuche instruments and rhythms into groove metal and metalcore, Mawiza have drawn international attention from acts including Slipknot and Gojira, the latter's Joe Duplantier appearing on their debut album ÜL (2025) on Season of Mist. Their work is as much a statement of Indigenous cultural preservation as it is a metal record.
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