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Merciless Warfare is a black/death metal band from Galicia, Spain, dealing in unrelenting war metal. Active since at least 2009, they appeared on the 'Unholy Extermination Squad' four-way split alongside Ampütator, Demonomancy, and Warbutcher, released as a limited 200-copy cassette through Deathcult Genozide Productions.
Formed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann, Mercyful Fate were central figures in the first wave of black metal alongside Venom and Bathory. Their debut album Melissa (1983) and its follow-up Don't Break the Oath (1984) are landmark recordings that directly influenced the emerging thrash, death, and black metal genres with their occult themes and Diamond's extraordinary falsetto range. After Diamond departed for a solo career, the band reunited in 1992 and recorded five additional studio albums before disbanding again in 2000 and announcing another reunion in 2019.
Merdam Boten is a black/death metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
A black metal project from Kraków, Meresin has been crafting dark compositions since 2021. The project channels the name of a fallen angel into atmospheric, ritualistic black metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Merged in Abyss is a black/death metal band from Prešov, Slovakia, formed in 2018. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mergelland is a black metal act from the Limburg city of Sittard, named after the marl-rich landscape of southern Limburg since 2019. The band channels the unusual geology of the Netherlands' hilliest region into atmospheric black metal.
Merger Remnant is a atmospheric black/death metal band from Falun, Sweden, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Meriah is a progressive black metal act from the southern Swedish town of Karlshamn, formed in 2023. The band pushes black metal into progressive territory from the Blekinge coast.
Merkvid is a atmospheric black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2022. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
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