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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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A death metal act from Rome, Melme emerged in 2024 with a sound rooted in crushing heaviness. The band contributes to the Eternal City's deep and diverse extreme metal community.
A heavy metal act from Valadares near Porto, Melodrama has been delivering classic-style metal since 2013. The band channels the emotional intensity of their name into dramatic, hook-driven compositions.
A melodic death metal act from Linköping, Melodramatic lives up to its name with emotionally heightened, harmony-rich compositions since 2015. The band channels the Gothenburg melodeath tradition from nearby Östergötland.
Melody Master is a progressive metal band from Monza, Italy, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition and creative depth.
Active since 1997 in São Paulo's periphery, Melody Monster play a grinding crossover style that fuses hardcore punk, thrash, and traces of grindcore into short, blunt songs concerned with politics, social conditions, and personal struggle. Their discography spans a self-titled debut (1998), "Mundo Perfeito" (2000), and "Desordem" (2004), with the band eventually landing on the Kaskadura label.
Melofrenia was a short-lived melodic death metal project from Buenos Aires whose name fused the words for melody and schizophrenia. They released a self-titled EP and the full-length "Obra Insana" in October 2022 before splitting up.
Melomaniak is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Santiago, Chile whose lineup includes Claudio Melo, Guillermo Ananias, Fernando Forttes, and Nicolás Rosales. The band performs entirely in Spanish and has released two albums: Comprando Horror (2017) and El Adversario (2019).
Melona is a symphonic power metal band from Penza, Russia, formed in 2016. They combine orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring energy.
A stoner and doom metal act from London, Melonweed emerged in 2022 with a sound drenched in fuzzy distortion and languid grooves. The band adds to the capital's thriving stoner doom scene with a hazy, psychedelia-tinged approach.
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