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Muilaff is a death/black metal band from Littau, Switzerland, formed in 1998. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Muilutus is a grindcore and sludge metal act from the Helsinki-Espoo metropolitan area, merging the speed of grindcore with the crushing weight of sludge since 2016. The band's Finnish name signals their commitment to local linguistic identity within extreme music.
Muireterium builds atmospheric black metal that drifts between cosmic and natural imagery, weaving soaring synths and coiling guitar textures into vast, meditative soundscapes. The project released the nature-worshipping "Ode to the Nature" in 2017 and followed it with the space-themed "The Eternity Aura" in 2018, both issued through Depressive Illusions Records.
Muisto is a black metal band from Finland, formed in 2018. Their Finnish name meaning "memory" captures their introspective approach to atmospheric black metal.
Austin raw punk delivering frantic, politically charged hardcore sung exclusively in Spanish.
Muka is a black and death metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal from the Croatian capital.
Blackened death metal released through Redefining Darkness Records. Debut EP 'Misery of One' dropped in 2022.
Cleveland death metal band Mulciber emerged in 2022 with a straight-ahead brutality that fits the Rust Belt city's no-nonsense approach to extreme metal, emphasizing punishing riffs over ornamentation.
Muld is an experimental black metal project from Kristiansand in southern Norway, active since 2021. The project pushes black metal's boundaries into avant-garde territory from the Sørlandet coast.
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