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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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A heavy/thrash metal act from the industrial corridor between Kamp-Lintfort and Duisburg, Morte Sicuro fuses aggressive thrash tempos with traditional heavy metal structure. Formed in 2013, they bring a bilingual edge to the Ruhr area underground.
Morte Silmoris is a thrash metal act from the small western Hungarian town of Répcelak, active since 2019. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the rural tranquility of the Kisalföld region.
Eugene, Oregon's Morte Sinata have been active in the black metal underground since 2011, bringing a Pacific Northwest sensibility to classic black metal forms with a consistently underground orientation.
Morteferum is a death/thrash metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2017. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mortefleur is an atmospheric black metal band from France, formed in 2026. Their French name meaning "death flower" captures their blend of dark beauty and atmospheric black metal.
Mortem Agmen is a black metal band from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2023. They channel Bavarian darkness through raw, atmospheric black metal compositions.
Mortem Animalium is a black metal project from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2021 that crafts lengthy, atmospheric compositions built around raw tremolo riffing and cavernous production. Their self-titled 2021 release spans three extended tracks across thirty-one minutes, released as a strictly limited cassette edition of fifty-seven copies.
An unconventional doom trio built around two bass guitars and drums — with no traditional guitar — Mortem Crucis (Rex, Reverend Hell Insane, and Master Blaster) creates a thick, funeral-paced sound centered on death, consciousness, and dystopia. Their debut album "The Coffin Ride" arrived in March 2024 via Gate of Doom Records, following a two-track self-titled EP from 2021.
Brooklyn-based black metal outfit Mortem Cultum formed in 2018, adding to New York City's dense extreme metal underground with a sound rooted in the orthodox, ritualistic side of the genre.
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