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Mollitiam is a metal band from Barcelona, Spain, whose name derives from the Latin word for adaptability in adversity. Their 2019 debut 'MollitiaM I' fuses thrash metal riffs with melodic lines and progressive touches across four tracks of thematically resilient heavy music.
Boston's Mollusk combine the crushing weight of sludge with the suffocating drag of doom metal, creating music that feels appropriately deep-sea and oppressive. Formed in 2020, they've found their place in Boston's storied heavy music underground with a sound that's slow, heavy, and deliberate.
Los Angeles' Molocchio, formed in 2024, take their name from the Italian evil eye and bring a similarly malevolent edge to their raw black metal, emerging from the L.A. underground with an aesthetic rooted in curse and occult dread. A genuinely new entry in the city's active black metal scene.
This US-based Moloch, active since 2007, traffics in raw, uncompromising black metal with the kind of underground anonymity — no state or city listed — that fits the genre's anti-spectacle philosophy. Their long tenure and sparse public presence suggest a project driven purely by the music itself.
Molokh are a death metal band from Vienna, Austria, founded on Halloween 2004 by Martin Arzberger and Max Reif. The band recorded the album 'Feuertaufe' in 2006, but the release was shelved when the band split; it was finally made available as a free digital download in 2013. After reforming in 2012, they recorded and released the EP 'Praemonitus' and have maintained a sporadic presence in the Viennese extreme metal underground since.
Mološ is a thrash/black metal band from Negotin, Serbia, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal's cold fury with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
Molten Chains are a blackened heavy/thrash metal band based in Vienna, Austria, formed in 2017 by Australian-born guitarist and vocalist Brenton Weir. The band has released three albums — 'In the Antechamber Below' (2019), 'Torment Enshrined' (2020), and 'Orisons of Vengeance' (2022) on Alone Records — and have been covered by Decibel Magazine for their work blurring the lines between heavy, black, and avant-garde metal. Despite the black metal imagery, their sound lands closer to blackened thrash than orthodox black metal.
Molten Skin is a stoner/doom metal band from Iași, Romania, established in 2020 during the pandemic. Their 2022 single 'Lone Rider' delivers searing guitars and head-spinning riffs in the vein of Sleep and Acid Bath, as they work toward their debut EP 'Corners of a Circle.'
Molten Slag is a heavy and stoner metal band from London, England, formed in 2025. They channel heavy, riff-driven stoner metal from the UK capital.
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