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A traditional heavy metal outfit from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Maligna operated within the classic mold of melodic riffing and anthemic song structures before disbanding. Their work reflected the enduring influence of 1980s heavy metal on the Brazilian underground circuit.
Malignament is a black metal band from Finland, formed in 2019. They forge dark, atmospheric black metal from the Finnish underground.
Malignance is a one-man atmospheric black metal project from Genoa, Italy, led by Arioch since 2000. Originally rooted in death/thrash, the project evolved into atmospheric black metal with old school riffing, exploring themes of darkness, war, and death across releases like 'Regina Umbrae Mortis' and 'Architects of Oblivion.'
Malignancy formed in Yonkers, New York in 1992 and have remained one of the most technically demanding acts in the New York death metal scene alongside Suffocation and Incantation. Their debut Intrauterine Cannibalism (1999) established their reputation for hyper-fast, surgically precise death metal, with subsequent records Inhuman Grotesqueries (2007), Eugenics (2012), and Discontinued (2024) on Willowtip Records maintaining that uncompromising technical standard over three decades. Their longevity and consistency within a style that demands exceptional musicianship makes them a notable if underground fixture in American death metal.
Members drawn from War Master, Oceans of Slumber, and Necrofier. 'Realms of Exquisite Morbidity' (2021) on Dark Descent Records is a crushing slab of cavernous, doom-inflected death metal.
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Malignant Eternal is a black metal (early); black metal/industrial (later) band from Bergen/Rosendal, Norway, formed in 1997. They deliver dark, uncompromising black metal from the Norway underground.
Malignant Excremental deliver gore-soaked death metal out of Cuiabá with clear debts to Autopsy and Necrony, reveling in slow-churning, putrid riff work alongside bursts of brutal speed. Their 2022 debut full-length "Descrição Explícita e Brutal da Face da Morte," released through Rotten Foetus Records, established them as one of the more authentically fetid death metal acts to emerge from the Midwest region of Brazil.
Malignant Intent is a death metal band from Dundee, Scotland, active since 1987. As one of the longest-running Scottish death metal acts, they have delivered nearly four decades of uncompromising brutality.
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