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A folk/black metal project from the Tuscan city of Pistoia, Melethor emerged in 2025 blending traditional folk elements with black metal aggression. The project channels the ancient traditions of central Italy into atmospheric, nature-inspired compositions.
Melets is a black metal project from Venice, active since 2013. The project crafts atmospheric black metal from the sinking city, channeling the aquatic decay and gothic architecture into cold, haunting compositions.
Meline is a heavy and thrash metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2017. They combine classic heavy metal's power with thrash metal's aggressive edge.
Melinoe is a black metal project from Oberhausen, Germany, formed in 2021. Named after the Greek chthonic nymph of ghosts and madness, their sound channels the atmospheric darkness and spectral intensity of black metal.
Meliorism is a progressive death metal band from Cambridge, England, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive death metal from the university city.
A heavy/power/speed metal act from Debrecen, Burning Sun has been delivering energetic, classic-style metal since 2022. The band channels the radiant intensity of their name into fast, melodic compositions rooted in the NWOBHM and speed metal traditions.
Brooklyn's Melissa emerged in 2021 dragging black metal through the borough's gutter — all corroded riffs, spat-out vocals, and punk scorn welded onto a raw, lo-fi chassis. The New York City underground has long been fertile ground for this kind of corrosive collision, and Melissa leans into it without apology, favoring atmosphere built from filth rather than grandeur. Their black metal/punk hybrid feels less like genre tourism and more like a natural product of a city that has never had time for pretense.
Founded in January 2021 by vocalist and guitarist Melissa Ângela — known for her work with Dirty Grave and Mães Morrendo — alongside guitarist Pedro Barros and a rhythm section spanning multiple cities, Melissa plays slow, heavy doom metal drenched in dark psychedelic tones. Their debut "Devil's Mask" (May 2021) drew obvious nods to Black Sabbath, Pentagram, and Saint Vitus while carving out a moodier, occult-tinged atmosphere, with "Lost in Space" arriving in 2024 to expand the band's catalog.
Melkor is a black metal band from Mainz, Germany, active since 2004. Named after Tolkien's primordial dark lord, their two decades of output mark them as a committed force in the Rhineland-Palatinate black metal underground.
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