Maat is a death metal band from Bernau, Germany, formed in 2017. Named after the Egyptian goddess of truth and justice, their sound delivers uncompromising death metal rooted in the genre's classic traditions.

Mabus is a death metal act from Düsseldorf, Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound draws from the brutality and intensity of death metal, adding to Düsseldorf's growing presence in the German extreme metal underground.

Mabuse is a death metal act split between Oslo and Trondheim, active since 2012. The band delivers aggressive extremity from two of Norway's major metal hubs.

Macabre Decay is a death metal act from the northern Swedish town of Söderhamn, active since 2018. The band channels the decomposition imagery of their name into old-school, Swedish-style death metal.

Macabre Demise is a brutal death metal band from Landshut, Germany, with a prolific discography spanning from their 2009 debut "Dead Eyes" through 2023's "Grave(y)art Gallery." Their sustained output of over a dozen releases across deathgrind and brutal death metal territory marks them as one of Bavaria's most productive extreme metal acts.

Macabre Idolatry is a death metal act from Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, formed in 2022. The band delivers crushing extremity steeped in the macabre, idolatrous imagery their name evokes.

Macabre Manifesto is a funeral doom and death metal band from Spain, formed in 2025. They craft crushing, glacially paced funeral doom layered with death metal brutality.

Macaria is a folk and death metal band from Lecce, Italy, formed in 2016. They weave southern Italian folk elements into death metal from the Pugliese heel.

Maceration is a Danish death metal band from Esbjerg, originally active in the early 1990s as pioneers of the Danish death metal scene before reuniting 30 years later. Their 2025 album Serpent Devourment continues their legacy of old-school brutality alongside melody, featuring members of Invocator, Exmortem, and Corpus Mortale.