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A thrash/speed metal act from Dublin, Mass Extinction has been delivering aggressive, high-velocity metal since 2020. The band channels apocalyptic themes into ripping thrash compositions.
A death metal and grindcore band from Kyustendil, Bulgaria, operating in the extreme underground of the country's metal scene. Documented in the Encyclopaedia Metallum, they represent one of the few grindcore-oriented acts to emerge from the southwestern Bulgarian metal community.
Mass Hypnosis is a band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2014, having evolved from metalcore and melodic death metal into industrial, groove, and nu-metal. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous creative journey across heavy music styles.
Mass Hysteria is a thrash metal act from Holmestrand in Vestfold, active since 2020. The band delivers aggressive, crowd-inciting thrash from the Oslofjord region.
Mass Infection is a Greek extreme metal band from Livadia with a catalog including 'Atonement For Iniquity,' 'The Age Of Recreation,' 'For I Am Genocide,' and 'Shadows Became Flesh.' The band maintains an active presence across streaming platforms and their official website massinfection.net.
Mass Insanity is a melodic heavy metal band from Bremen, Germany, active since 2011. Their sound delivers the classic melodic heavy metal formula with an emphasis on strong hooks and powerful arrangements from northern Germany's thriving metal community.
Mass Madness is a thrash/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2011. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mass Mayhem blends metalcore aggression with power metal melodicism and epic tonal ambitions, tracing their roots to the duo project Primacy launched by cousins Lucas Sodré and Marcos Paulo in Parauapebas. The band signed with MS Metal Records and released material under the Mass Mayhem name, building a following in the far northern Pará state scene.
Cleveland's Mass Murder Phenomena have been grinding out death metal since 2011, carrying on the Rust Belt city's tradition of uncompromising extremity with blunt-force efficiency. No ornamentation, no apology — just relentless, focused brutality.
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