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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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My Body Is a Cage is a three-piece grindcore and powerviolence band from Saxony, Germany, blending punk rawness with screamo intensity. Their 2021 split with Gritted Teeth was recorded at link-audio studio and showcases their commitment to the underground DIY ethos.
My Chemical Romance transformed emo and post-hardcore into a theatrical, operatic spectacle, with Gerard Way's vision reaching its apex on the rock opera 'The Black Parade,' one of the most ambitious and beloved rock albums of the 2000s. From the raw urgency of 'I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love' to the punk reinvention of 'Danger Days,' MCR became a cultural phenomenon that inspired an entire generation to embrace their darkness.
My Cold Depression is a depressive/post-black metal project from Russia, active since 2014. The project channels emotional desolation into sprawling, melancholic compositions.
My Cold Embrace is a melodic and progressive death metal band from Kassel, Germany, active since 1998, mixing fast melodic death metal with brutal thrash, crust, and hardcore attitude. Their extensive catalog spans from 2008's Hausgeist through 2025's Yōkai, evolving across nearly three decades of underground persistence.
My Dark Passenger is a melodic black and death metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2019. They fuse melodic black metal's atmospheric sweep with death metal's visceral power.
A melodic death metal act from the northern Russian city of Vologda, My Darkest Fury has been delivering harmonized aggression since 2010. The band channels the dark fury of their name into Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
A symphonic/melodic death metal and metalcore act from the Slavonian city of Osijek, BlackDivision has been delivering orchestral-tinged extremity since 2014. The band channels eastern Croatia's spirit into grandiose, multi-layered compositions.
My Dearest Wound is a solo depressive/post-black metal project from Santiago, created by Sergio González Catalán, who also runs the doom projects Rise to the Sky and Winds of Tragedy. The project debuted with The Burial, released in 2023 through US label Tragedy Productions, followed by The Weight of Life Was Greater in 2024. The music confronts themes of childhood trauma, suicide, and self-harm, drawing on González Catalán's stated aim to express melancholy and inner rage without abstraction.
My Deathability is a melodic blackened death metal band from Novosibirsk, Russia, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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