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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Márk Meszlényi is a technical and brutal death metal artist from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2021. He crafts technically demanding death metal with surgical precision.
Más Allá de la Carne is a grindcore band from Ciudad Real, Spain, formed in 2020. Their name meaning "beyond the flesh" sets the tone for their visceral, punishing grindcore assault.
Mástil is a heavy metal and hard rock act from Madrid, blending classic metal riffing with blues-inflected hard rock grooves. Active since 2017, the band occupies the intersection of traditional metal and rock that has long been a staple of the Spanish capital's live circuit.
Mârtraum is a black metal project from Erkelenz in North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2020. The project channels nightmare imagery into cold, atmospheric black metal.
Mães Morrendo is a doom metal project from São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2019 as a solo endeavour by multi-instrumentalist Melissa Ângela, who also performs with Dirty Grave and the psychedelic doom band Melissa. The project blends doom metal with sludge, grunge, and rap influences, building a catalogue that includes releases such as "Corrosivo", "Hemorragia Social", and "Água-viva". By 2024 the project had expanded into a full power-trio lineup with Neli on drums and Bárbara Guieiro on bass.
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.
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