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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Bukowski Family is a black/death metal project from Hungary, active since 2012 and named after the transgressive American writer. The project channels literary darkness into aggressive, boundary-pushing extreme metal.
Meifu is a psychedelic doom metal act from Florence, formed in 2022 and named after the Japanese underworld. The band layers Eastern mysticism over crushing doom foundations, creating a transcultural sonic ritual.
Meigha is a heavy and thrash metal band from Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain, formed in 2018. They forge powerful metal rooted in the traditions of both heavy and thrash metal from the Galician coast.
Mein Kopf ist ein brutaler Ort is a groove metal and metalcore act from Frankfurt am Main whose name translates to 'My Head Is a Brutal Place.' Active since 2013, the band channels psychological intensity into heavy, rhythmically charged compositions.
MeinKraft is an experimental deathcore/grindcore/goregrind act from Zlín, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. Their sound pushes into the chaotic extremes of heavy music, blending the breakdowns of deathcore with grindcore's velocity and goregrind's visceral shock value.
Meinsemd is a black and death metal band from the Kópavogur-Reykjavík area of Iceland, formed in 2024. They forge extreme metal from the Icelandic underground.
Meisk is a melodic black metal band from Sortland, Norway, formed in 2022. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Meister Leonhardt is a black metal band from Moscow, Russia. Their catalog includes the self-titled 'Meister Leonhardt' and 'Thanatopoeia,' channeling the genre's dark conventions through the Russian underground black metal scene.
Meister Scheisze is a provocatively-named death metal band from Hamburg, Germany, released through Kernkraftritter Records. Their 2018 album "Kot für die Welt" delivers eleven tracks of crude-humored extremity that blends shock value with genuine metal aggression.
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