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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Magnalucius is one of Chile's longest-running power metal bands, formed in Concepción in 2000 and considered a pioneer of the genre in the country. They released their debut album The Quest... in 2002, opened for Stratovarius in Santiago in 2003, and remain active — most recently serving as the opening act for Sonata Arctica in Concepción in April 2025.
Magnetic TarTrap is a death'n'roll sludge metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2009. Their 2023 album 'Overstoned' compiles ten tracks recorded in 2013 at Destroy the Humanity studios, blending heavy sludge with psychedelic stoner rock, punk, and death metal through a decade of creative output.
Magnetorium is a progressive heavy metal band from Maintal/Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2013. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Bards of Dusk is a Hungarian black metal project formed in 2020, channeling nocturnal themes into atmospheric compositions. The project operates from an undisclosed location, maintaining the anonymity common to the genre.
Magnificat is a death metal act from the southeastern Polish town of Dębica, active since 1996. One of Poland's longer-running death metal acts, the band delivers old-school extremity with the authority of nearly three decades.
Magnitude is a thrash metal band from Lorsch, Germany, active since 2017. Their sound delivers the rapid-fire aggression and precision riffing that defines German thrash metal, rooted in the Hessian underground.
Ohio's Magnitude-9 sit at the demanding overlap of progressive and neoclassical metal, where sweep-picked arpeggios meet labyrinthine song structures. Since 2008 they've cultivated a technically exacting style that demands as much from the listener as from the player.
Magnitudo is a sludge and post-metal band from Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2016. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics from Lombardy.
Magnolia is a progressive metal band from Salerno, Italy, formed in 2020. They craft intricate progressive metal from the Campania coast.
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