Maimed is a sludge and doom metal act from the seaside city of Brighton, layering crushing heaviness over crawling tempos since 2021. The band channels the murky underside of the English south coast into oppressive, slow-burning compositions.

Maison Dieu is a doom metal and alternative rock band from Ancona, Italy, formed in 2019. They blend doom metal's weight with alternative rock's accessibility.

A stoner/doom metal act from Lublin in eastern Poland, Major Kong has been delivering heavy, fuzz-laden compositions since 2011. Named after the bomb-riding character from 'Dr. Strangelove,' the band channels darkly humorous themes into crushing doom.

Malacarne is a stoner, doom metal, and rock band from San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, formed in 2019. Their Italian name meaning "bad meat" captures the raw, visceral nature of their stoner doom.

Malasangre is a sludge, drone, and funeral doom metal band from Voghera, Italy, formed in 2019. Their Italian name meaning "bad blood" captures the suffocating heaviness of their drone-doom.

Malaverany is a death/doom metal band from Manresa, Spain, formed in 2005. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.

Maledicta Rituale is a melodic groove and doom metal band from the UK, formed in 2025. They blend groove metal's rhythmic drive with doom's oppressive weight.

Begotten Silence is a melodic death metal act from Budapest, active since 2013. The band delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with a distinctly Hungarian identity.

MallevM is a sludge/doom metal quartet from Slavonice, Czech Republic, whose 2023 "rehearsal dungeon demo" captures five extended compositions of crushing, atmospheric heaviness. Their sound emphasizes slow-burning instrumental passages and throat-shredding vocals in the tradition of the genre's most oppressive practitioners.