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The Mist is a heavy metal band from Trier, Germany, formed in 2013. They play traditional heavy metal from Germany's oldest city.
Thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 1989 under the name Mayhem before adopting their current name. Their debut album Phantasmagoria (1989) featured Vladimir Korg, who had previously fronted Belo Horizonte's Chakal, while guitarist Jairo Guedz — an original member of Sepultura — joined after both founding guitarists departed, including the death of guitarist Reinaldo "Cavalão" Bedran. After three further albums — The Hangman Tree (1991), ...Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust... (1993), and Gottverlassen (1995) — the band dissolved in 1997 and reformed in 2018, returning with The Dark Side of the Soul (An Anatomy of the Soul) (2025) on Alma Mater Records, their first studio record in thirty years.
The Moaning formed in Luleå, Sweden in 1994, working at the intersection of melodic black metal and melodic death metal during the genre's formative Scandinavian years. The band released a demo in 1994 and their sole full-length, Blood from Stone, in 1997, a record that blended harsh extremity with melodic sensibility characteristic of the era. Though the original release had limited distribution, Century Media remastered and reissued the album on CD and vinyl in 2013, introducing it to a new generation of listeners.
The Modern Age Slavery is a death metal and deathcore band from Reggio Emilia, Italy, formed in 2008. They deliver punishing, politically charged extreme metal combining death metal brutality with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.
The Monument is a black metal project from the UK, active since 2015. Their music channels the cold aggression and atmospheric darkness of black metal through compositions that stand as bleak sonic monuments.
The Moor is a progressive metal band from Venice, Italy, formed in 2013. They create intricate, technically ambitious progressive metal from the historic lagoon city.
The More I See formed in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England in 2003 and built a reputation for precision-driven thrash metal informed by progressive touches and sharp modern production. The band's catalog on Earache Records includes the albums The Wolves Are Hungry, The Unholy Feast, Tread the Darker Path, and The Disappearing Humans, the last of which was mixed by producer Scott Atkins and mastered at Abbey Road. Notable for the contribution of guitarist Gizz Butt, the band were active until 2018 and represented a technical thread within the UK heavy metal underground.
The Morgrotuskthululustoccultobskullty Horrormance is a black 'n' roll band from Thüngen, Germany, formed in 2011. Their extraordinarily long name belies a sound that fuses black metal's darkness with rock 'n' roll swagger.
The Morning After is a band from Essex whose sound has evolved from power metal/metalcore in their earlier days to hard rock, active since 2016. This stylistic journey reflects a versatile approach to heavy music across multiple subgenres.
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