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Madenfraß is a death metal band from Sangerhausen, Germany, whose 2019 debut demo "Blood Bole" delivers groove-driven old-school death metal with a focus on crushing, riff-heavy compositions. Their name, meaning "maggot feed" in German, signals the band's commitment to visceral extremity.
Madest is a Russian grindcore/grindcrust band from Bryansk. Their 2019 album 'Glitch' packs sixteen tracks of short, punishing intensity — none exceeding three minutes — blending grindcore with crust and hardcore punk aggression.
Madhatter is a thrash metal band from Lehrte, Germany, active since 2012. Their sound channels the speed and aggression of classic thrash metal from the heart of Lower Saxony, a region steeped in German heavy metal tradition.
Madhouse is a thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2019. Their sound delivers the aggressive, high-speed riffing that defines Hamburg's contribution to the Teutonic thrash metal tradition.
Madhouse is a thrash metal band from Rancagua, in Chile's O'Higgins Region, formed in 2019. The band operates independently within the active Chilean thrash metal underground, drawing on the aggressive traditions of the genre.
Madina Lake formed in Chicago in 2005 and stood out in the post-hardcore and emo-adjacent rock world by building a conceptual mythology around their music. Fronted by twin brothers Nathan and Matthew Leone, the band used From Them, Through Us, to You to introduce both their sharp melodic style and the fictional town of Madina Lake, with songs like "House of Cards," "Here I Stand," and "One Last Kiss" balancing dramatic hooks with scene-rock urgency. Attics to Eden and World War III continued the narrative thread while widening the band's sound into darker alternative rock, electronic touches, and more polished choruses. Their history has also been marked by real-life trauma, including Matthew Leone's severe injuries after intervening in a domestic violence incident, which gave the band's later resilience a deeper context. Madina Lake fit the accepted post-hardcore and emo scope through their guitars, touring history, and theatrical emotional intensity. Their best songs work when the concept does not overshadow the melody, letting mystery, vulnerability, and big choruses reinforce each other.
A heavy/power metal act from Sottomarina near Venice, Madinside has been crafting melodic compositions since 2020. The band channels the lagoon city's atmospheric surroundings into epic metal.
Madkill is an old-school thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2014 and rooted in the aggressive speed and thrash traditions of the Brazilian scene. The band released their debut album "Mass Destruction" in 2014 and followed it with "Intense Violence" in 2019, a ten-track record described as old school thrash/speed metal with tracks such as "Thrash City" and "Saint Death". They have remained active into the mid-2020s, releasing the politically charged "Protesto" in 2024.
Kansas City's Madman plant their flag at the crossroads of heavy metal and hard rock, trading in stadium-sized hooks and thick, muscular guitar tones. Active since 2012, they bring a straightforward Midwestern take on classic heaviness.
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