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Medicine Noose is a sludge/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, creating what they describe as "dystopic 90s-style sludge" across a series of demos and splits including collaborations with Disgusted Geist and SPEWN. Their heavy, dark aesthetic channels the crushing weight of 1990s sludge metal tradition.
Megalith Levitation is a stoner/doom metal act from the Ural city of Chelyabinsk, active since 2019. The band channels the ancient, monolithic energy of their name into heavy, psychedelic doom from the gateway to Siberia.
Megaloceros is a doom metal band from the Midlands, England, formed in 2017. Named after the extinct giant deer, they deliver crushing doom of prehistoric proportions.
Megatherium is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal act from Verona, named after the prehistoric giant ground sloth since 2015. The band delivers appropriately massive, slow-moving compositions drenched in psychedelic haze.
Megazostrodon is a death/doom metal band from Cologne, Germany, named after one of Earth's earliest mammalian ancestors. Their 2020 self-titled EP delivers two tracks of dense, crushing doom-death with massive, hovering riffs that draw from cosmic and atmospheric doom traditions.
Megelnyk is an old-school death metal band from Písek, Czech Republic, whose 2022 debut "Proklaté příběhy z Píseckých hor" weaves dark folklore and local mythology into five tracks of crushing metal. Their Czech-language lyrics draw from the supernatural legends and tragic history of the Písek mountain region.
Meifu is a psychedelic doom metal act from Florence, formed in 2022 and named after the Japanese underworld. The band layers Eastern mysticism over crushing doom foundations, creating a transcultural sonic ritual.
Melangia is a doom and death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2019. They channel crushing doom-death through oppressive heaviness and atmospheric desolation.
Melem is a death and doom metal band from Bourg-en-Bresse, France, formed in 2018. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
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