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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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Brooklyn's Mutoid Man fuse sludge and stoner metal into something swaggering and overpowering — thick, groove-laden riffs married to a rock sensibility that keeps their sound dynamic and weirdly infectious since 2014.
Formed in 2025 in Winchester, Virginia, Muttering Bog dwell in the murky overlap of doom, sludge, and stoner metal, conjuring the kind of slow, oppressive heaviness that matches the name's imagery of still, dark water.
Houston, Texas grindcore unit Mutual Hate launched in 2025 with the city's well-documented capacity for underground extremity behind them, delivering short bursts of chaotic, politically caustic grind.
Mutually Assured Destruction is a thrash metal and crossover act from the Brighton area, delivering aggressive, politically themed compositions since 2019. The Cold War-referencing name matches the band's confrontational approach to metal.
Mutulur is a black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2022. The project delivers cold, atmospheric black metal from the Belarusian capital.
Mutus Liber is a heavy metal band from Durango, Spain, formed in 2012. They forge powerful heavy metal from the Basque Country.
A black metal and ambient project from Sweden, Muvitium formed in 2024. The project creates atmospheric, drone-laden compositions.
Fierce Latina-fronted hardcore punk from Dallas.
MVP is a progressive/symphonic metal band from Cesena, Italy, formed in 2014. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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