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A death metal band out of Gainesville, Florida — home to one of the country's most storied underground metal communities — Mysophilia have been trading in grisly, filth-obsessed brutality since 2012, with a sound rooted firmly in the gory end of the American death metal spectrum.
Niles, Michigan's Mysophilia take the blackened thrash approach: vicious riffing informed by the second wave's rawness combined with the velocity and aggression of old-school thrash, producing a scrappy, venomous sound since their 2012 formation.
Mysore is a melodic death and groove metal band from the Salo-Turku area of Finland, formed in 2018. They fuse melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic drive.
Mystagog is a black metal band from Hungary, formed in 2026. They channel ritualistic black metal darkness.
A black metal project from the Netherlands, Mystagogue has been crafting ritualistic compositions since 2019. The project channels the initiatory role of its name into atmospheric, ceremonial black metal.
Mystagos is a black metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2005. They channel occult black metal darkness through two decades of underground activity.
Ripping Melodic Black / Death Metal from Houston.
Mystere Man is a progressive metal band from Tours, France, formed in 2015. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Active since 1996 out of Whittier, California, Mysteria occupy the traditional end of heavy metal and hard rock, favoring classic song structures, melodic vocal lines, and the timeless guitar-driven approach of the genre's pre-extreme era.
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