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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Misleading Ways is a symphonic gothic metal band from Schmölln, Germany, formed in 2023. They weave orchestral grandeur into gothic metal atmospheres with dramatic, cinematic compositions.
Misled Generation is a melodic death metal and metalcore act from Hyvinkää, active since 2020. The band channels generational disillusionment into emotionally charged, harmonized compositions.
Mismatched is a blackened death/groove metal band from Poznań, Poland, formed in 2018. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mismod is a black metal and punk band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2023. They fuse raw black metal hostility with punk's rebellious energy and DIY ethos.
A heavy/doom metal project from the Netherlands, Mismorium emerged in 2025 with a sound rooted in crushing heaviness. The project merges the weight of doom with traditional heavy metal hooks.
Misocainea is a heavy metal act from the Cornish town of Truro, active since 2018. Operating from one of England's most southwesterly points, the band delivers classic metal to a region with a small but passionate underground scene.
Misogynist is a grindcore/death metal act from Choťovice, Czech Republic, active since 2015. Their sound inhabits the brutal extremes of underground metal, combining grindcore's relentless velocity with death metal's guttural heaviness.
Seattle's Misogyny have been delivering technical death metal since 2011, bringing the Pacific Northwest's characteristically sharp musicianship to a style defined by complex, shifting guitar work and brutal execution rooted in the upper echelon of the American technical death scene.
Misonoia is a melodic black and death metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend melodic black metal's atmospheric sweep with death metal's visceral aggression.
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