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Mandragora Titania is a seven-member epic folk metal ensemble from Thuringia, Germany, founded in 2008, blending heavy guitar riffs with bagpipes, accordion, and orchestral arrangements. Their discography spanning "Mandragora Erwacht" through "In Fabulis" alternates between intense metal passages and danceable folk compositions built around historical narratives and epic battles.
Mandrake is a melodic heavy metal band listed from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2016, with a gothic-inflected approach to atmospheric metal. Their 2016 album "The Balance Of Blue" and related releases feature introspective, emotionally rich compositions blending melodic hooks with dark, layered arrangements.
Mandrake — also known as Heráldica de Mandrake — is a stoner doom trio from La Serena, Chile who began releasing music in 2014 before adopting their extended name in 2017. Their 2019 EP Esto también pasará, released through Doomed and Stoned Records, draws on dissonant, heavily distorted doom paired with occult and anti-authoritarian lyrical themes, with artwork by guitarist and vocalist Francisco Rivera.
Mandroid of Krypton is a progressive thrash metal and punk band from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2012, whose sci-fi-themed music has been described as 'early Voivod meets Dead Kennedys meets Mayhem.' Featuring Gabriel Farine on vocals and guitar, Sylvain Charbonnaz on guitar, Tim Robert-Charrue on bass, and Romain Graf on drums, their 2024 album 'Cosmic Sarcophagus' blends dystopian science fiction themes with radical ecological viewpoints through raw, adventurous thrash punk.
A death metal band from the Tapanã neighborhood who announced themselves with a self-titled EP in 2020, Mandíbula deals in themes of horror, chaos, and human brutality with their sound landing firmly in the old-school tradition. Both 'Self Devourment' and 'Hecatombe Vitae,' released in quick succession in 2024, expanded on that foundation with a focus on psychological as well as physical violence.
Maneater is a black metal band from Halle (Saale), Germany, active since 2017. Their sound channels the cold, aggressive intensity of black metal from one of eastern Germany's most historically significant cities.
Heavy psych-doom from San Antonio.
Maneihdag is a symphonic black and death metal band from Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy, formed in 2017. They layer symphonic orchestration over extreme metal from Puglia.
A black metal act from Askim near Oslo, Manes has been crafting atmospheric compositions since 2016. The band draws from Norwegian black metal traditions while exploring expansive, atmospheric territory.
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