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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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Mistralth is a gothic/doom/death metal band from Finland, formed in 2017. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Formed in 2025, Mistreated carry the torch of traditional heavy metal and hard rock with a sound rooted in classic British influences, offering straightforward riff-driven metal that keeps faith with the genre's foundational spirit.
Mistreated channels the classic 80s heavy metal and hard rock sounds of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath through a modern lens, built around the chemistry between vocalist Henrique Radünz and guitarist Emanuel Murialdo. The band recorded their debut album Brand New Rust (2021) entirely independently at Load Studio Audio and Video in Pelotas, funding the sessions through cover show performances.
Cleveland, Ohio's Mistreater are a 2023-formed traditional heavy metal band channeling the raw, working-class aggression of early American and British metal, fitting naturally into Cleveland's long history as a city that has always embraced the harder and heavier end of rock.
Mistrust is a power metal act from the Pomeranian port city of Elbląg, active since 2021. The band delivers epic, melodic compositions despite the skeptical implications of their name.
A folk/Viking/black metal act from the Sognefjord area, Mistur draws deeply from the spectacular western Norwegian landscape. Active since 2016, the band channels the region's fjords, mountains, and medieval stave churches into atmospheric, nature-driven black metal.
Mistveil is a melodic doom and death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. They craft emotive doom-death layered with melodic sophistication.
Mistwander is a symphonic black metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2013. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal from northern Finland.
Mistwrath is a Satanic black metal act from Rio Grande do Sul operating in the raw underground tradition. The band formed in 2017 and is aligned with the Impure Lust Cult label network that supports Brasil's uncompromising black metal underground.
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