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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Dallas black metal act Myraak, formed in 2017, channels the cold and the sinister through a Texas lens, contributing to the Lone Star State's growing underground black metal presence with grimly focused compositions.
Myracle is a stoner and doom metal band from Germany, formed in 2013. They channel heavy, riff-centric doom and stoner metal through a haze of distortion and slow-burning grooves.
Myrah is a gothic metal band from Östersund, Sweden, formed in 2012. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
A black metal project from Copenhagen established in 2013, Myrd crafts cold, atmospheric compositions steeped in Nordic darkness. The act contributes to Denmark's expanding black metal underground, which has grown substantially over the past decade.
A black metal project from the Skåne region, Myrdinger formed in 2025. The project delivers cold, atmospheric black metal from southern Sweden.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Myrdød — whose name invokes death in a Nordic register — fuses black and death metal into a relentless, caustic hybrid that has pushed forward since 2020 with the kind of uncompromising darkness the name suggests.
Myrholt is a black metal project from Mosjøen in Nordland, formed in 2024. The project delivers atmospheric black metal from the remote Norwegian north, surrounded by fjords and mountains.
Oak Creek, Wisconsin's Myriad is a heavy metal act with roots stretching back to 1996, representing the long-haul dedication of the upper Midwest's underground scene with a traditional heavy metal approach honed over decades.
Myriads is a symphonic gothic/doom metal band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in 1999. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic doom layered with emotional depth.
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