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Mortal Torment is a death metal band from Berkshire, England, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, they remain a persistent force in the British death metal underground.
Mortal Vail is an Illinois raw black metal project launched in 2021, dealing in deliberately lo-fi, abrasive black metal that prioritizes atmosphere and hostility over polish.
Mortal Vessels is a death metal act from Berlin, formed in 2021. The band delivers crushing extremity from the German capital's thriving underground metal community.
Savage Technical Death Metal from Fort Worth.
Founded by Gustavo Camargo and Flávio Diniz, Mortal Ways weaves science fiction and extraterrestrial mythology into death metal rooted in the traditions of Morbid Angel, Hypocrisy, and Deicide. Their 2020 self-titled debut and the 2021 EP "Enslavement Pandemic" — a four-track concept piece drawing from biology and astronomy — showcase a band committed to thematic storytelling within a crushing sonic framework.
Mortal Whisper is a heavy metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2016 by vocalist/lead guitarist José Tapia alongside rhythm guitarist Cristóbal Moreno, bassist Matías Rodríguez, and drummer Francisco Cerda. Their 2016 self-titled EP, recorded and mixed by Cristian Lion at Lion's Roar Studio in Peñaflor, showcases a driving sound rooted in traditional heavy and speed metal.
Los Angeles death metal outfit Mortal Wound formed in 2018, bringing straight-ahead, no-frills death metal to the sprawling Southern California extreme metal scene.
A heavy/power metal act from Mitilini on Lesbos, Mortal's Fate has been delivering epic, melodic compositions since 2022. The band brings power metal grandeur to the Aegean from one of Greece's most easterly islands.
MortalDread emerged from the same orbit as the earlier Goiás underground project Selbstmord, carrying on a tradition of aggressive, uncompromising thrash metal from the center-west of the country. The band released material independently before splitting up, leaving behind a document of the city's underground metal activity.
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