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Malthusian is a black/death metal act from Dublin, formed in 2013 and featuring members of Altar of Plagues and Mourning Beloveth. The band delivers cavernous, suffocating extremity that has earned them widespread acclaim in the international underground, merging the density of death metal with the atmosphere of black metal.
A death metal act from Marseille, Malthüs has been delivering crushing extremity since 2022, taking its name from the economist whose population theories underpin themes of scarcity and struggle. The band adds to the growing extreme metal scene on France's southern coast.
Maltraxx are a metalcore band from Styria, Austria, formed in the 2010s and active on the Austrian core scene. Drawing comparisons to Parkway Drive, As I Lay Dying, Gojira, and Arch Enemy, the band released their album 'Our Name' in 2023 as an independent act. They have been featured by the core community as a representative voice of the Austrian metalcore underground.
Maltuka is a thrash metal act from Bergen, formed in 2025. The band represents the newest generation of Norwegian thrash, emerging from a city historically dominated by black metal.
Malum is a black metal act based in Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2014 with an extensive discography including "Night of the Luciferian Light" and "Crowned with the Serpent Sun." Their work channels occult-themed black metal with an emphasis on Luciferian and satanic imagery.
Malum in Se is a Polish black metal project active since 2013, with a Latin legal term name meaning 'wrong in itself.' The project channels moral absolutism into cold, uncompromising black metal.
A black metal act from the Adriatic city of Ancona, Malumbra has been crafting dark, atmospheric compositions since 2006. The band channels the name's association with shadow and ill omen into cold, menacing black metal.
Malus is a thrash metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the aggressive, high-speed riffing tradition that Nuremberg's metal scene has cultivated, delivering raw thrash energy from the Franconian underground.
Malvento is a band from Naples, Italy, active since 1999, having evolved from black and thrash metal into black and industrial metal. Their creative arc spans nearly three decades of dark Italian extreme metal.
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