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Motorjesus is a heavy/stoner metal and hard rock act from Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia. The band delivers motorized, high-octane metal with a name that channels Motörhead's irreverent spirit.
MotorManiak is a heavy metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, established in 2021. The band plays classic-leaning heavy metal and has released tracks including "Kill the Devil," "Old Times Rock N Roll," "Heavy Cross," and "Omega Riders" through their Bandcamp page. They remain unsigned and active in the Colombian heavy metal underground.
Motorwitch is a Swiss heavy/speed metal band whose 2023 "Crossfire" demo channels the raw, whiplash energy of 1980s speed metal across three tracks of relentless riffing. Their sound draws comparisons to classic acts like Living Death, emphasizing breakneck tempos and old-school metal ferocity.
Motra are a death metal band from Sorocaba whose lyrics dig into mental disorders, pain, and psychological collapse. Their 2025 album 'Óbice' — a ten-track statement of unrelenting brutality — earned the band international attention including coverage in Russian metal media.
A three-piece instrumental stoner doom band from the port city of Oudenburg in West Flanders, Belgium, active since 2012 on Polderrecords. Their self-titled debut EP (2014) established their instrumental 'polder rock' identity — a slow, crushing blend of stoner riffs, sludge, and old-school hard rock — and their concept album 'Oumuamua' extended that approach into heavier post-metal territory.
A black metal project from Kruibeke, East Flanders, Belgium, documented in the Encyclopaedia Metallum as an active independent band. They release music through Bandcamp in the raw and underground tradition of Belgian black metal.
A Hildesheim-based act that evolved from hardcore punk into thrash metal, Mottek has been active since the 1980s and remains one of northern Germany's enduring underground institutions. The band's crossover journey from punk to thrash mirrors the broader evolution of German extreme music.
Motto Perpetuo is a power metal band from the Barcelona area of Spain, active since 2009. They craft soaring power metal driven by melodic hooks and technical proficiency.
Motörhead is the legendary speed metal and heavy metal band from London, England. Founded by the iconic Lemmy Kilmister, they defined a raw, uncompromising sound at the intersection of metal and punk that influenced generations of extreme music.
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