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Mad Dog is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, led by guitarist Martín Knye — a veteran of Argentine metal who previously fronted LZ2 (1986–1989) and recorded the country's first neoclassical metal album, El fuego sagrado (1989), before stints in Kamikaze, Magiar, and KZ4. The band features vocalist Javier "Oso" Muñiz, drummer Adrián Micheli, and bassist Diego Magnacca, and released a three-track EP in 2016 ("Dios Del Asfalto," "Huestes," "Mad Dog") followed by the ten-song debut full-length Hell Raising Breed in April 2020. Knye has cited Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Black Label Society as primary influences, describing the band's sound as "pure, hard, and brutal rock."
Mad Evil is a thrash metal band from Ludwigshafen, Germany, active since 2014. Their sound delivers the rapid-fire riffing and aggressive intensity that defines German thrash metal, drawing from the Rhineland-Palatinate's underground scene.
Mad Head Machine are a stoner/southern metal band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, drawing on heavy metal, stoner rock, and Southern rock influences. Their 2018 release Snakes is a four-track record produced by Calamar Sounds in Florianópolis, featuring tracks such as "Stoner Head" and "Snake's Lair".
A thrash metal act from Modena in Emilia-Romagna, Mad Maze has been delivering aggressive, labyrinthine compositions since 2016. The band brings ripping thrash to the heart of northern Italy's motor city.
Mad Muppets is a heavy and thrash metal band from Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, formed in 2025 that brings a fresh take on classic thrash and heavy metal aesthetics. As a newly formed act, they represent the latest wave of Swiss thrash revivalism.
Mad Ripper is a thrash metal act from Le Mans in the Pays de la Loire, ripping through aggressive compositions since 2009. The band channels the classic thrash metal spirit into the French underground with Bay Area-influenced precision.
Mad Road is a progressive heavy and thrash metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2014. They combine progressive metal's technical ambition with the raw energy of heavy and thrash metal.
Mad Roulette are a heavy metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2014, composed of Marcio Abud on guitar and vocals, Andre "Cheddar" on bass and vocals, and Marcos Soli on drums. The band released the full-length Turn the Wheel in February 2018 through MS Metal Records, delivering nine tracks of straightforward heavy metal with prominent riffs and forceful drumming.
Mad Silence is a metalcore act from Malyn in the Zhytomyr Oblast, formed in 2025. The band delivers the paradoxical fury of their oxymoronic name from the Ukrainian countryside.
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