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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Mortally Infected is a brutal death metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, formed in 2008. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Brooklyn's Mortals emerged from the sludge and hardcore underground in 2011 before moving toward a heavier, more blackened sound, carving out a distinct space where sludge's oppressive weight meets the cold fury of black metal.
Little Rock, Arkansas heavy and thrash metal act Mortalus formed in 2018, bringing classic metal grit to a Southern scene not always associated with the genre's harder-edged traditions.
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania's Mortanius have been developing their progressive power metal since 2014, combining soaring melodic ambition with the technical depth and shifting structures of progressive metal.
River City, Florida's Mortar play heavy metal with a punk-informed edge, a 2024 act whose raw, no-nonsense approach connects the aggression of punk with the riff-driven simplicity of traditional heavy metal.
San Diego stoner metal act Mortar formed in 2024, leaning into the fuzz-heavy, groove-laden side of heavy music that the Southern California desert rock and stoner metal scene has long cultivated.
This Ohio band operate in the dirty crossover territory between sludge metal and crust punk, piling on thick, down-tuned riffs with the filthy, grinding ethos of the crust underground.
Crystal Lake, Illinois thrash metal band Mortar deal in straight-faced, aggressive thrash rooted in the Midwest's workmanlike underground scene.
A melodic death metal act from the small town of Säkylä in southwestern Finland, Mortare brings sweeping harmonies and aggressive rhythms to the Scandinavian melodeath tradition. Active since 2013, the band channels rural Finnish solitude into emotionally resonant compositions.
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