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Formed in Chania, Crete in 2006, Menace play a style rooted in 1980s thrash metal, drawing on influences such as Dark Angel, Possessed, and Agent Steel. Their debut album Cosmic Conspiracy (2014) established their aggressive, old-school approach, while the follow-up Open Fire blends thrash with progressive and technical death metal elements. The band addresses themes of corruption and societal decay across their discography.
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A thrash metal act from the Bavarian city of Regensburg, Menacer has been delivering threatening, riff-driven compositions since 2021. The band channels the menace of their name into aggressive Teutonic thrash.
Menacing Void is an alternative/doom band from Oldenburg, Germany, self-described as blending alternative rock's accessibility with doom metal's heavy, atmospheric weight. Their releases including "Waiting for the Dawn" and "The Transparent Citizen" explore dark thematic territory across an expansive discography.
A death metal act from Caserta near Naples, Menarca has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2007. One of the longer-running acts in the Campanian underground, the band channels southern Italian intensity into brutal death metal.
Mendacity is a heavy/thrash metal band from Dorsten, Germany, formed in 2017. Their sound delivers aggressive thrash and heavy metal from the northern edge of the Ruhrgebiet.
From Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mendacium have been forging blackened death metal since 2017 in one of the American Southwest's more isolated metal scenes, and that geographic remove is audible in the music — a rawness and arid hostility that mirrors the high desert terrain. Their death/black hybrid leans into the darkness native to both genres, blending the blasting intensity of death metal with black metal's corrosive, atmospheric venom. Few cities produce extreme metal quite like Albuquerque does, and Mendacium stand as one of the scene's sharper exports.
A death metal act from Poznań, Mendax has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2020. The Latin name, meaning 'liar,' channels deception into dark, confrontational death metal.
A black/folk metal project from Hungary, Bôrgash has been blending traditional folk elements with black metal aggression since 2019. The project channels the folk traditions of the Carpathian Basin into atmospheric, nature-inspired black metal.
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