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MarAmon is a melodic black metal (early); melodic death metal (later) band from Lindesberg, Sweden, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
A raw black metal project from Seville, Maranasati draws its name from Buddhist meditation on death and channels that morbid contemplation into lo-fi, tremolo-driven compositions. Emerging in 2020, the project reflects Andalusia's growing extreme metal underground.
Mararah is a gothic, doom, symphonic metal, and depressive black metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend multiple dark metal traditions into brooding, emotionally devastating compositions.
A heavy metal act from the Ligurian port city of Genoa, Marasma has been delivering classic metal since 2019. The band's name, meaning 'decay' or 'stagnation' in Italian, belies the vitality of their traditional metal approach.
Marasme is an experimental sludge metal band from Mallorca, Spain, active since 2008, delivering darkness, rage, and hopelessness across seven releases. Their genre-defying sound is too blast-beat heavy for post-metal, too melodic for sludge, and too primitive for post-black, culminating in 2025's Fel dedicated to a fallen bandmate.
Marasmo is a stoner and doom metal band from the Community of Madrid, Spain, formed in 2011. They channel heavy, crushing doom through a stoner metal lens of distorted riffs and sluggish grooves.
Maraton is a Hungarian heavy metal act formed in 2019, delivering endurance-tested classic metal. The band's name reflects their commitment to the long-distance pursuit of traditional heavy metal.
Worcester's Marauder have been delivering no-frills, hard-hitting thrash metal since 2005 — part of a New England scene that's never shied away from aggression. Their sound channels the classic thrash playbook with genuine conviction.
Marauder is a heavy/thrash metal band from the Greven/Emsdetten area of Germany, active since 2005. Their two decades of output mark them as seasoned veterans of the Münsterland metal underground, delivering a potent blend of classic heavy metal power and thrash metal velocity.
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