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Mercury Fountain hail from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a small steel-country town whose industrial heritage bleeds into the band's black/death metal sound since their formation in 2008. Their music carries the weight of that landscape — harsh, cold, and grinding — combining black metal's atmospheric malice with death metal's blunt physicality into something that feels genuinely corroded and regional.
A hard rock and heavy metal act from Knebworth in Hertfordshire, Mercury House has been crafting melodic, riff-driven music since 2012. The band delivers classic-style metal from a town best known for its legendary outdoor concerts.
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.
Led by multi-instrumentalist Phillippe Levidad with vocals by Daniel Corpse, Mercy craft progressive black metal shaped by Norwegian acts such as Antestor, Vaakevandring, and Vardøger. Their discography includes the debut full-length 'The Seven Signs' (2013) and the follow-up 'The Powers That Be,' both marked by lyrical themes spanning Christianity, nature, and Norse mythology.
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.
Formed in 1988 in Salvador, Mercy Killing are stalwarts of the Brazilian thrash underground with a sound hardened by Kreator, Dark Angel, and Ratos de Porão. After cassette demos including 'Toxic Death' (1993) and 'Living in My Madness' (1995), the band returned with the 'The Thrasher!' demo (2013) and their crowdfunded debut album 'Euthanasia' (2015), a sixteen-track barrage of violent, anti-fascist 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.
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