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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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A power/death metal act from the northern Swedish town of Lycksele, Megin has been delivering epic compositions since 2015. The band brings melodic extremity to one of Sweden's most remote metal outposts.
Portland, Maine's Megog have been conjuring cold Atlantic black metal since 2017, pulling the elemental severity of their New England coastline into recordings that feel raw and ritualistically bleak. Their approach favors atmosphere and hostility over polish, embracing the genre's most uncompromising conventions.
A death metal act from Civita Castellana in Lazio, Megrim has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2011. The band channels the ancient Etruscan atmosphere of their surroundings into dark, heavy death metal.
Mehbm is a thrash metal act from Lyon, formed in 2023 and bringing aggressive, speed-driven compositions to France's second city. The band joins Lyon's established underground metal scene with a sound rooted in classic thrash traditions.
Mehdi S. is a progressive metal/rock band from Finland, formed in 2024. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
A blackened sludge/doom metal act from Budapest, Brygmus has been layering crushing heaviness with blackened atmosphere since 2020. The band merges the suffocating weight of sludge and doom with the cold fury of black metal.
Mehen is an avant-garde death metal band from Nancy, France, formed in 2019. They push death metal into experimental, avant-garde territory with unconventional approaches.
New Orleans black metal act Mehenet carry the distinctive atmosphere of their city — its rot, its heat, its occult undercurrent — into a sound that's been developing since 2018. Unlike the city's dominant doom and sludge tradition, Mehenet channels that darkness through the tremolo-drenched, ceremonial intensity of pure black metal.
Mehida was formed in Finland in 2006 by ex-Sonata Arctica keyboardist Mikko Harkin, featuring Thomas Vikström—also known for his work with Therion and Candlemass—on vocals. Their debut Blood & Water (2007) entered the Finnish top 40 charts at number 23, demonstrating a commercial accessibility unusual for progressive melodic metal, and was followed by The Eminent Storm in 2009. The band became inactive shortly after, leaving a brief but notable catalog that reflected the high musicianship standards of the Finnish progressive metal scene.
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