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MindMirror is a melodic heavy metal band from Seinäjoki, Finland, formed in 2016. They craft polished melodic heavy metal with strong hooks and precise execution.
Mindpath is the solo project of Viña del Mar musician Iván Stevens, blending blackened death metal with progressive and acoustic elements. The project has released a series of albums including Psychosis, and the Silence that Prevails (2012), the EP Versos Nostálgicos de un Individuo Cualquiera (2013), From Where the Highest Mountain Came (2013), and A la tierna indiferencia del mundo (2015), all made available as free digital downloads under Creative Commons licensing.
B.H.P. is a death metal act from the Dalmatian city of Split, formed in 2022. The band delivers aggressive extremity from one of Croatia's most vibrant coastal cities.
Greenville, South Carolina's Mindphaser deliver a grinding blend of thrash and groove metal built on percussive mid-tempo riffs and a punishing low-register attack that has been a fixture of the Upstate metal scene since 2015.
MindPlague is a black and death metal band from Hachenburg, Germany, formed in 2010, blending death metal ferocity with hardcore and psychedelic elements. Their discography spans from 2010's A Walk with Broken Ankles to 2015's Abenddämmerung, recorded at Nekrowerk Nordhausen.
Operating from the central Finnish cities of Jyväskylä and Äänekoski, Mindration delivers thrash metal with the kind of tight, precise execution that reflects Finland's strong tradition in extreme music. Active since 2014, the band favors speed and aggression.
A Copenhagen-based power metal act founded in 2024, Mindreader channels the melodic, keyboard-laced approach of Scandinavian power metal. The band joins a small but enthusiastic Danish power metal contingent in a scene historically dominated by death and black metal.
Mindreaper is a melodic death and thrash metal band from the Wetzlar area of Germany, active since 2001 with releases dating from their 2009 EP Absolute Zero. Their catalog includes Mirror Construction and Human Edge, delivering technically accomplished melodic death-thrash with progressive sensibilities.
Mindrer is a black metal project from Oberhausen, Germany, rooted in the early 1990s underground scene of the Biefang region. Their 2008 album Lunar Obsessed channels raw atmospheric black metal with both German and English lyrics, paying homage to the so-called Biefangian Black Metal movement.
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