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A heavy and stoner metal act from the central Greek city of Larissa, Burndrops delivers fuzz-drenched grooves since 2022. The band channels the Thessalian plain's heat into thick, sun-baked riffs.
Mezexis is a Chilean black metal band that plays raw, stripped-down black metal characterized by simple riffs, basic drums, and rough reverb-drenched vocals. The band released their debut Demo I in 2022 as a self-released cassette, a two-track recording clocking in at just over seven minutes.
Mezzerschmitt is an industrial black metal act from Oslo, active since 2011. The band fuses the cold aggression of black metal with industrial textures, creating a mechanistic, hostile soundscape.
A thrash metal act from Nyköping with roots stretching back to 1990, Mezzrow is one of Sweden's veteran thrash bands. The band has delivered decades of aggressive, technically proficient thrash metal.
Denver, Colorado outfit MF Ruckus began in 1997 as a three-chord punk band before evolving into a hard rock and heavy metal act with Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden among their touchstones. Albums including The Dirty Half-Dozen (2013) and Thieves of Thunder (2016) earned the band a loyal regional following and European touring opportunities. Their fourth album The Front Lines of Good Times Vol. I was released in 2023 via Glory or Death Records after the band weathered extensive personal losses and industry setbacks during the pandemic era.
MFX is a heavy metal act from Marion, Ohio that formed in 2020, blending the hard-driving riffs of classic heavy metal with the rawer energy of hard rock. The band sits squarely in the tradition of no-frills American metal — loud, direct, and built for the road.
MG66 is a thrash 'n' roll act from the Trentino mountain town of Cavalese, active since 2017. The band delivers loose, groove-infused thrash from the Dolomites.
Mgła is one of Poland's most internationally acclaimed and influential black metal acts, formed in Kraków in 2000. The project, whose name means 'fog,' delivers relentlessly driving, hypnotic black metal characterized by Mikołaj Żentara's distinctive vocal style and M.'s trance-like guitar work, with albums like 'Exercises in Futility' and 'Age of Excuse' earning near-universal critical praise.
MH OV is an atmospheric black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. They craft expansive atmospheric black metal from the Greek capital.
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