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Las Vegas black/death metal act with roots stretching back to 2007, Muggle Death Camp brings a caustic, no-frills extremity to the desert city's metal underground, blending raw black metal savagery with death metal's structural brutality.
Muggnagar is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Bodø, Norway, formed in 2016. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
A stalwart of the Goiânia metal scene, Mugo mixes death metal heaviness with thrash energy and pronounced groove, drawing comparisons to Obituary and At the Gates. Their discography spans multiple full-lengths including "Go to the Next Floor" (2009), "Race of Disorder" (2017), and "Tempest" (2019), each refining their brand of extreme metal with elaborate harmonies.
A thrash metal and crossover act from Barcelona, Mugre — meaning 'filth' in Spanish — has been delivering grimy, aggressive compositions since 2016. The band channels the Mediterranean city's punk-metal crossover energy.
Mugrind is a grind/punk band from Barcelona, Spain, operating under the motto 'Dirty Drunk & Grind.' Their releases 'Beautiful Hell Community' and 'Spoko Evillution Porko Dio' deliver a raw, aggressive collision of grindcore and punk from Barcelona's underground scene.
Mugshot is a groove metal band from Germany, formed in 2014. They channel heavy groove metal energy through crushing rhythms and aggressive vocal delivery.
Virginia Beach veterans Mugwart have been grinding out sludge and stoner metal since 2003, building a reputation on thick, fuzzed-out riffs and the kind of slow-burn heaviness that rewards patient listeners.
Portland, Maine's Mugwort is a sludge-doom project that trades in oppressive atmosphere and crawling tempos, reflecting the cold, isolated quality of the Northeast in every slow, crushing note.
Muhūrta is an oriental folk and progressive metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2024. They fuse Eastern folk traditions with progressive metal's technical complexity, creating a culturally rich sonic tapestry.
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