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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Medicine Noose is a sludge/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, creating what they describe as "dystopic 90s-style sludge" across a series of demos and splits including collaborations with Disgusted Geist and SPEWN. Their heavy, dark aesthetic channels the crushing weight of 1990s sludge metal tradition.
Medico Peste is a black metal act from Kraków, one of Poland's most acclaimed underground bands. The plague doctor imagery and name channel the city's medieval history and its infamous pestilences into ferocious, intellectually charged black metal.
MedictuM is a heavy/thrash metal band from Seville, Spain, blending classic heavy metal lines with thrash rawness and death metal darkness. Their 2022 album 'Juego de Sombras' features eight tracks of socially conscious, psychologically tormented metal with guest vocals from Héctor Velasco of Mortal Maze.
Medieval Art is a symphonic gothic and folk metal band from Riihimäki, Finland, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of activity, they weave medieval-inspired folk elements into symphonic gothic metal compositions.
Medieval Demon is a melodic black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2018. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with medieval themes.
Medieval Sacrifice is a raw black metal band from Chernivtsi, Ukraine, formed in autumn 2012. Their 2013 demo delivers five tracks of uncompromising black metal 'from fanatics for fanatics,' including a cover of Archgoat's 'The Dawn Of The Antichrist' alongside original compositions.
Medievales is a black metal, noise, and dungeon synth project from Saint-Étienne, France, formed in 2022. They fuse raw black metal with noise experimentation and medieval dungeon synth atmospheres.
Meditatio is a symphonic black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They layer symphonic grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Mediterranean is a thrash/death metal band from Vyškov, Czech Republic, formed in 2013. Their sound combines the speed and precision of thrash metal with the brutality of death metal, delivering an aggressive hybrid from the Moravian underground.
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