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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Mädäntyneen Jumalan Silmä is a black metal band from Finland, formed in 2016. Their provocative Finnish name meaning "Eye of the Rotting God" captures their blasphemous, confrontational approach to black metal.
Mädätys is a doom and death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2022. Their Finnish name meaning "rot" or "decay" captures the putrid heaviness of their doom-death compositions.
Portland's Mälevolent launched in 2024 as a black metal project steeped in dark atmosphere, operating out of the Pacific Northwest's fertile underground scene. The umlaut-inflected name hints at a European black metal sensibility transplanted to the rain-soaked Pacific Northwest.
New York melodic black metal project Mälghäst formed in 2026, blending the melodic sweep of Scandinavian black metal traditions with the project's own compositional voice. The name's double-umlaut styling suggests a deliberate aesthetic investment in the genre's visual and sonic heritage.
Mälheür is a speed metal act from Vitry-en-Artois in northern France, active since 2013. The band delivers razor-sharp speed metal with the kind of urgency and raw energy that defines the genre's European underground.
A black metal project from Berlin, Märchenland — meaning 'fairytale land' — has been crafting dark, fantasy-tinged compositions since 2019. The ironic name contrasts with the project's cold, aggressive black metal.
Märtyrer is a Bavarian black metal project from Landau an der Isar, formed in 2025 with a German-language approach to orthodox black metal. The name, meaning 'martyr' in German, reflects the project's thematic preoccupation with suffering and spiritual torment.
Mätäsielu is a black metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2023. Their Finnish name meaning "rotten soul" reflects the nihilistic darkness of their black metal vision.
Månegarm is a viking/black/folk metal band from Norrtälje, Sweden, formed in 2013. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.
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