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Majestat is a black metal project from the historic city of Toruń, formed in 2021. The project channels the 'majesty' of its name into cold, commanding black metal.
Majester is a progressive and thrash metal band from Modena, Italy, formed in 2017. They fuse progressive ambition with thrash metal's aggression.
Majestic Major is a progressive black metal band from Armentières, France, formed in 2025. They push black metal into progressive territory with ambitious, boundary-crossing compositions.
Majestic Mass is a metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, whose aggressive catalog includes 'Savage Empire of Death,' 'Destroys Minds & Rapes Souls,' and 'Onwards.' The band channels extreme intensity through their provocatively titled releases.
Majesty were a melodic heavy metal band from Vienna, Austria, active in the domestic metal scene before eventually disbanding. The band played within the European heavy metal tradition and were catalogued in the Encyclopaedia Metallum as a Vienna-based outfit distinct from the German Majesty (later Metalforce). They represented the city's underground heavy metal contingent during their active years.
Majiera is a four-piece instrumental heavy rock and metal band from Erfurt, Germany, founded in 2022. Their 2025 debut EP "Odyssey" showcases seven tracks of vocal-free, guitar-driven compositions that channel their self-described identity as a "riff machine" through dynamic heavy rock arrangements.
Major Arcana is a symphonic black metal band from Naples, Italy, formed in 2014. Named after the tarot's major cards, they layer orchestral mysticism over fierce black metal.
Major Denial is a melodic-progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, founded in the summer of 2013. Their discography spans 'Minor Ways' EP (2015), 'Duchess Of Sufferings' (2017), and 'HOOD' (2025), the latter inspired by Clive Barker's 'The Thief Of Always' and featuring guest musicians including vocalist Tasos Lazaris and drummer Daniel Cardoso.
A stoner/doom metal act from Lublin in eastern Poland, Major Kong has been delivering heavy, fuzz-laden compositions since 2011. Named after the bomb-riding character from 'Dr. Strangelove,' the band channels darkly humorous themes into crushing doom.
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