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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
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Mindsplit is a progressive metal band from Hudiksvall, Sweden, formed in 2015. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Dynamic Progressive Metal from Dallas.
Mindsurfer is a thrash metal act from Oxfordshire, active since 2018. The band delivers precision thrash from the English heartland with a sound that balances aggressive riffing with progressive leanings.
Mindtaker is a thrash metal act from the Alentejo city of Évora, active since 2015. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the sun-baked plains of southern Portugal.
Mindthreat is a melodic death, thrash metal, and metalcore band from Athens, Greece. They blend melodic death metal with thrash and metalcore in a versatile extreme metal assault.
Mindust is a stoner metal and space rock band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2013. They fuse stoner metal's fuzzy heaviness with space rock's cosmic psychedelia.
Mindwork is a progressive death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2007, whose albums have twice been nominated for best hard and heavy record in the country. They have shared stages with Cynic, Suffocation, and Nocturnus, and their discography from "Into The Swirl" (2009) through "Deadly Narrow Line" (2024) showcases technically demanding, compositionally ambitious extreme metal.
Mindwrecked is a death metal and hardcore band from the Bamberg-Coburg region of Germany, formed in 2015. Their heavy hardcore approach spans multiple demos and EPs including Dysthymia and Blindfolded, driven by crushing riffs and visceral vocal intensity.
San Francisco's MindZone launched in 2020 drawing on three distinct Bay Area traditions — the groove-heavy stomp of groove metal, the soaring hooks of power metal, and the relentless drive of thrash — weaving them into a dense, dynamic attack.
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