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Portland's Masonic Weird have inhabited the heavy, hazy space between doom metal and psychedelic rock since 2011, letting their riffs breathe at whatever tempo they demand. Their sound is built for volume and deliberate repetition.
Masque is a heavy metal band from Leicester, England, active since 1992. With over three decades of activity, they remain a veteran presence in the British heavy metal scene.
Masque Mortuaire is a black metal band from France, formed in 2025. Their French name meaning "Death Mask" sets the tone for their dark, ritualistic black metal.
Houston's Masqued weave orchestral grandeur into progressive metal architecture, a symphonic approach that carries the ambition of the city's outsized character. Since 2013 the band has pushed toward theatrical heaviness with genuine compositional craft.
Masquera di Ferro is a melodic heavy metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2014. Their Italian name meaning "iron mask" captures their dramatic approach to melodic heavy metal.
Masquerade is a death-thrash metal band from Chur, Switzerland, formed in 2013 that delivers high-energy riffing driven by the collision of death metal heaviness and thrash metal velocity. Their approach channels the intensity of classic European thrash with a modern death metal edge.
Masquerader is a heavy/power metal band from Münster, Germany, formed in 2019. Their sound combines the anthemic power of classic heavy metal with the soaring intensity of power metal, emerging from Westphalia's thriving metal scene.
Masroc is a one-man heavy/thrash metal project from Korbach, Germany, where the sole member writes, performs, records, and produces everything at their own studio. The 2017 album "Abysms Of Mankind" showcases ten tracks of self-produced heavy metal with thrash influences and dark, introspective themes.
Mass Burial is a death metal band from Burgos, Spain, with an extensive catalog spanning releases like Soul's Necrosis, Of Carrion And Pestilence, and tributes to Vomitory and Swedish death metal. Their prolific output and international splits establish them as a fixture of the Spanish death metal underground.
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