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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Mentality is a progressive metal band from Bucharest, Romania, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Mentally Defiled is a thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, whose aggressive, confrontational output includes 'The Thrash Brigade,' 'Aptitude For Elimination,' and a split with Evil Army from the USA. The band's catalog channels classic thrash intensity through the Greek underground scene.
Mentally Ill is a melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2015. Their sound bridges the aggression of Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with thrash and metalcore elements from one of Germany's largest cities.
Battlecrown is a melodic black/death metal act from the Slavonian town of Slatina, active since 2011. The band pairs the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian extreme metal with the fierce spirit of the Croatian underground.
A southern metal and crossover act from the Silesian city of Katowice, Menthrass has been channeling unexpected swampy grooves into the Polish industrial landscape since 2019. The band pairs American southern metal influence with Polish underground grit.
Menticide is a thrash/death metal act from Tampere, formed in 2025 and representing the latest generation of Finland's thrash metal resurgence. The band combines the speed and precision of thrash with the brutality of death metal.
Mentis Morbo is a black metal band from France, formed in 2015. Their Latin name meaning "disease of the mind" captures the psychologically intense nature of their black metal.
Mentor is a thrash metal band from Tirschenreuth, Germany, active since 2016. Their sound channels the aggressive, high-speed riffing tradition of Teutonic thrash metal from the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria.
Mentrugara is a death metal act from Silesia, active since 2018. The band delivers aggressive extremity from Poland's most densely populated and industrially concentrated region.
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