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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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Maegandune is a symphonic/gothic metal project from Germany, formed in 2022. Their sound combines the orchestral grandeur of symphonic metal with the dark romanticism and atmospheric depth of gothic metal.
Maegi is a progressive power metal act from the Turkish capital Ankara, active since 2013. Named after the Zoroastrian priestly caste, the band channels Eastern mysticism into technically ambitious metal.
Named for the treacherous elf of Tolkien's mythology, Grand Rapids-based Maeglin deal in pure, cold black metal — raw and unadorned. A project born in 2020, they channel the genre's second-wave austerity with genuine atmospheric weight.
Maegor is a black metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2024. They channel dark black metal from the Scottish underground.
Mael is a death/black metal band from Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mael Mórdha is a folk and doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2016. They weave Irish folk traditions into crushing doom metal compositions.
Pennsylvania's Maelstrom conjure black metal that lives up to their name — dissonant, churning, and relentlessly unforgiving. Since 2018 the project has pursued a dark, uncompromising approach rooted deep in the genre's extremes.
Shoreline's Maelstrom have been driving thrash metal with mechanical precision and Pacific Northwest aggression since 2018. Their sound favors speed and technicality over nostalgia, pushing the genre forward without abandoning its essential fury.
Maelstrom Aeterna is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from South England, formed in 2014. They blend melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic power and metalcore's dynamics.
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