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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Malpractice is a progressive metal band from Kouvola, Finland, formed in 2020. They craft intricate progressive metal compositions with technical ambition.
A brutal death metal and grindcore act from Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania's cultural capital, Malpraxis has been delivering punishing compositions since 2011. The band channels medical malpractice imagery into brutal extremity.
A one-man project by Élcio Junior, who also performs in Tocaia and the death metal duo All I Hate, Malsagrado channels the anguish and frustrations of modern life through a tormented blend of doom-laden riffs and post-black metal atmosphere. The 2023 debut EP 'Trauma Calma Karma' presents three Portuguese-language compositions that shift from raw, impure black metal passages into heavier, suffocating doom, with guest vocals from Helder Ribeiro on the track 'Calma.'
A black metal act from Bergen, Malsain has been crafting dark compositions since 2019. The band channels Bergen's legendary black metal lineage into their own expression of Norwegian extremity.
Malsaint is a French black metal project active since 2017, cultivating an air of mystery with an undisclosed location. The project delivers orthodox black metal with the cold intensity and misanthropic atmosphere that define the genre's French contingent.
Malsten is a doom metal act from Malmö, active since 2019. The band delivers crushing, glacially paced doom from Sweden's third-largest city.
Malstrom is a melodic death metal band from Böblingen, Germany, active since 2014. Their sound balances the harmonic sophistication of melodic death metal with aggressive instrumentation, rooted in the Swabian underground of Baden-Württemberg.
Malt is a two-piece brutal death metal and goregrind band from Talca, Chile, comprising Larval on guitars and vocals and Myiasis on bass, drums, and guitars. The duo recorded their debut full-length Rehearseled from Beyond at Myiasis's own Miasmatic Myiasis Studio and released the advance single Impaled Souls in late 2025.
Maltese Falcon is a heavy metal act from Copenhagen, formed in 2023. Named after the classic film noir, the band delivers hard-boiled, riff-driven traditional metal from the Danish capital.
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