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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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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.
Merdok is a death/thrash metal band from Perm, Russia, formed in 2022. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mere Mortal is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Leeds, England, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, they deliver punishing thrash-hardcore from West Yorkshire.
A thrash metal act from Padua, Merendine takes its name from the Italian word for packaged snacks, reflecting an irreverent attitude. Active since 2020, the band delivers energetic thrash with a tongue-in-cheek Venetian spirit.
A black metal project from Kraków, Meresin has been crafting dark compositions since 2021. The project channels the name of a fallen angel into atmospheric, ritualistic black metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Meretrix is a heavy metal and hard rock act from Florence, formed in 2024. Named after the Latin for 'courtesan,' the band delivers provocative, riff-driven metal from the Renaissance city.
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