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South Jersey's Mail Order Bride fuse heavy metal muscle with thrash velocity, arriving out of Paulsboro in 2020 with an approach that favors skull-crushing directness over polish. Loud, blunt, and locally proud.
Maim is a black and death metal band from Longeville-en-Barrois, France, active since 2008. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the ferocious intersection of black and death metal.
Maimed is a sludge and doom metal act from the seaside city of Brighton, layering crushing heaviness over crawling tempos since 2021. The band channels the murky underside of the English south coast into oppressive, slow-burning compositions.
Mainbrain is a brutal death metal band from Málaga, Spain, blending technical death metal and grindcore elements into a punishing sonic assault. Their discography includes 'The Plague' (2012) and the six-track 'Jawbreaker' (2022), both delivering complex, aggressive instrumentation.
Mainiac is a heavy metal band from Bützfleth, Germany, active since 2012. Their sound draws from the classic heavy metal tradition, forged in the industrial harbor town on the banks of the lower Elbe river.
MainPain is a heavy metal band from Novara, Italy, established in autumn 1996. Their discography includes 'Food For Thoughts' (2006) and 'The Empirical Shape of Pain' (2012), and they have opened for Blaze Bayley across European venues while sharing stages with Strana Officina and Domine.
Mainswitch is a deathcore act from Tallinn, delivering breakdown-heavy aggression seasoned with Baltic intensity. Active since 2015, the band operates within Estonia's small but dedicated extreme metal community.
Maintain is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2015. Their sound bridges the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with the breakdown-driven intensity of metalcore.
Mairu is a post-metal band from Liverpool, England, formed in 2019. They craft atmospheric, dynamic post-metal compositions.
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