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MegaMAG is a groove metal act from the small southern Hungarian town of Kalocsa, active since 2011. The band delivers rhythmically charged heaviness from the paprika capital of Hungary.
A thrash metal act from Helsinki, Megamutant has been delivering aggressive, mutation-themed compositions since 2018. The band channels radioactive imagery into rapid-fire Finnish thrash.
Megaptere is a progressive death metal band from Bordeaux, France, formed in 2012. They push death metal into progressive territory with ambitious, technically demanding compositions.
Megara is a melodic heavy metal act from the Galician city of Ourense, active since 2015. The band delivers soaring, hook-laden metal from northwestern Spain's thermal spring capital.
A stoner metal and rock act from Naples, Megaride takes its name from the ancient island that forms the foundation of Castel dell'Ovo. Active since 2018, the band channels the Mediterranean city's layered history into heavy, groove-laden compositions.
Denton, Texas's Megatherian operate in the fertile and strange territory of experimental progressive metal, formed in 2013 with an ear for structure-breaking and sonic sprawl. Drawing on the creative ferment of Denton's college-town underground, they push progressive metal into genuinely unpredictable shapes.
Originally active as Megatério from 1986 to 1990, the band reunited in 2006 when all original members crossed paths again at a Slayer concert in São Paulo. Their self-titled comeback album, released in 2008, was recorded at Papiris Studio using compositions written back in 1987, preserving the raw late-eighties thrash aggression that had defined the group's original run.
Megatherion is a thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Wiesbaden, Germany, active since 2017. Named after Aleister Crowley's self-proclaimed title meaning "The Great Beast," their sound fuses thrash metal's velocity with hardcore's confrontational intensity.
Megatherium is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal act from Verona, named after the prehistoric giant ground sloth since 2015. The band delivers appropriately massive, slow-moving compositions drenched in psychedelic haze.
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