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Marjetice is a death/thrash metal band from Prekmurje, Slovenia, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mark Deutrom is an American musician and producer based in the United States, best known as the bassist for the Melvins from 1993 through 1998, appearing on Stoner Witch (1994), Stag (1996), and Honky (1997), having also produced the band's early records Gluey Porch Treatments and Ozma. After departing the Melvins, he pursued an idiosyncratic solo career spanning experimental rock, heavy music, and abstract composition, releasing albums including The Silent Treatment (2000), The Value of Decay (2011), and The Blue Bird (2019) via Season of Mist. His solo output resists easy categorization, reflecting an experimental sensibility that extends well beyond his metal associations.
A raw black metal project from Catania at the foot of Mount Etna, Mark of the Beast channels volcanic fury into primitive, lo-fi aggression since 2024. The project draws from the biblical imagery of its name.
Mark of the Creator is a one-man symphonic blackened death metal project from Basel, Switzerland, officially launched in 2018, blending black metal, death metal, and symphonic elements into a singular vision. With releases including the EP 'Judgement' and full-lengths 'Invokers of the Serpent' and 'Of Elysium and the Abyss,' the project layers orchestral grandeur over extreme metal intensity.
Mark Witchhammer is a heavy metal project from Kamianske, Ukraine, established in 2022. The discography includes 'Sacrifice,' 'The Abyss,' 'Black Cold Doom,' and a live rehearsal ritual, channeling dark, intense metal compositions through both studio and live recordings.
A black/death metal act from the Mediterranean port city of Toulon, Markarth delivers aggressive extremity inflected with both Nordic fury and southern intensity. Active since 2017, the band bridges the atmospherics of black metal with the brutality of death metal.
Markgraf is a heavy/black metal trio from Baden-Baden, Germany, featuring Elio "Ódio" Lucas Lima Walther on guitars and vocals, Hilko Ukena on drums, and Raul Starcz on bass. Their releases "Markgraf" and "Hohenbaden" blend heavy metal's classic power with black metal's aggressive edge.
Markiisi is a blackened crust and hardcore punk band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2010 as 'harbingers of Finnish black metal and hc punk.' Their 2023 self-titled debut album spans fourteen tracks fusing black metal, hardcore punk, and dark ambient with satirical commentary on religion and society.
Marko Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal musician who served as bassist and male vocalist for Nightwish from 2001 through his departure in January 2021, appearing on the band's most commercially successful era including Dark Passion Play (2007) and Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015). He has simultaneously led the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot since the 1980s as vocalist and bassist. His solo career began with the Finnish-language Mustan Sydämen Rovio (2019) and its English counterpart Pyre of the Black Heart (2020), with a second solo album Roses from the Deep announced for February 2025.
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