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Misophonia is a symphonic and melodic death metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2012. They layer symphonic arrangements over melodic death metal from the Scottish scene.
Manville, Rhode Island's Misotheist deal in ice-cold, antagonistic black metal shaped by a deeply anti-religious worldview, operating since 2012 within New England's characteristically bleak and self-contained underground with a sound that prizes hostility and atmosphere above all else.
Toronto-based Misothronos weave together melodic death metal's harmonic sophistication, black metal's atmospheric hostility, and thrash metal's kinetic energy into a dynamic, multi-layered extreme metal sound that defies clean genre categorization since forming in 2018.
Troy, Ohio's Miss May I emerged from small-town America to become fixtures of the Warped Tour metalcore circuit, with 'Apologies Are for the Weak' and 'Monument' delivering anthemic choruses wrapped in technical dual-guitar work. Levi Benton's commanding screams and the band's arena-ready songwriting earned them a loyal following during metalcore's commercial peak in the early 2010s.
Missas Negras operates in the Satanic and occult tradition of Brazilian black metal, building their sound around themes of sexual magic, anti-Christianity, and sadomasochistic ritual. Active since 2014 and entirely independent, the band represents the uncompromising underground black metal spirit of the Mato Grosso do Sul scene.
Missgriff is a black metal band from Erkrath, Germany, formed in 2019. They channel raw black metal hostility through a distinctly German underground aesthetic.
A heavy/thrash metal act from the Île-de-France region, Missing in Action formed in 2025. The band delivers aggressive, combat-themed metal from the Parisian periphery.
Missing Limb is a symphonic/progressive metal band from Assendelft, the Netherlands, formed in 2018. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
DeSoto County, Mississippi's Mississippi Burning forge a regionally charged sound that locks the Southern metal tradition's bluesy swagger into the ferocity of death and thrash metal, producing a distinctly American extreme metal voice since their 2022 formation.
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