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Mercy is a heavy/doom metal act from the southern Swedish town of Sölvesborg, active since 2018. The band delivers crushing, mercy-free doom from the heart of Blekinge.
Mercy Killing is a thrash/death metal band from Vittoria (Ragusa), Italy, formed in 1995. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mercy Shot blend heavy and groove metal with hard rock influences into a muscular, hook-driven sound. Their 2022 album 'Brace for Impact!' showcases the band's range across ten tracks — from the churning 'Sink and Thrive' to the anthemic 'Massive Heart' — cementing their place in São Paulo's modern heavy rock scene.
Formed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann, Mercyful Fate were central figures in the first wave of black metal alongside Venom and Bathory. Their debut album Melissa (1983) and its follow-up Don't Break the Oath (1984) are landmark recordings that directly influenced the emerging thrash, death, and black metal genres with their occult themes and Diamond's extraordinary falsetto range. After Diamond departed for a solo career, the band reunited in 1992 and recorded five additional studio albums before disbanding again in 2000 and announcing another reunion in 2019.
A thrash metal and hardcore act from the Asturian city of Oviedo, Mercyless has been delivering merciless aggression since 2021. The band channels the gritty energy of northern Spain's industrial heartland.
Mercyless Death is a thrash/death metal band from Sassari, Italy, formed in 2006. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
A thrash metal act from Stockholm, Mercyless Hammer has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2022. The band channels the brutal imagery of their name into relentless, pounding thrash.
Merdam Boten is a black/death metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Portland's Merde have been delivering no-frills death metal since 2018, operating within a scene more often associated with crust and punk but carving out space for the genre's most direct and punishing instincts. Their name — French for filth — sets the tone: this is death metal stripped of pretense, leaning into ugliness as an aesthetic principle rather than an accident.
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