M:D:A is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Bünde/Bielefeld area of Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound merges the harmonic sophistication of melodic death metal with the aggressive urgency of thrash, emerging from the North Rhine-Westphalia underground.

Maahlas is a progressive melodic death/black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.

Madvice is a melodic death metal act from the Tuscan city of Pisa, active since 2018. The band brings Gothenburg-style harmonies to the tower-city's underground.

Maelstrom Aeterna is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from South England, formed in 2014. They blend melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic power and metalcore's dynamics.

Maersung is a melodic death metal project from Lörrach, Germany, released through Kernkraftritter Records. Their 2021 album "Der unscheinbare Ruf der Ewigkeit" and the nine-minute single "Nebelmeer" combine death metal heaviness with gothic atmospherics and poetic German-language lyrics.

Magnadur is a melodic death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2024. They carry forward the proud Finnish tradition of melodic death metal with sweeping harmonies.

A melodic death metal act from the Atlantic city of Nantes, Magnyfall emerged in 2022 with a sound blending Scandinavian melodeath harmonies with French musical sensibility. The band represents the continued growth of western France's metal underground.

Maintain is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2015. Their sound bridges the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with the breakdown-driven intensity of metalcore.

A progressive/melodic death metal act from the university city of Linköping, Maitreya has been crafting ambitious compositions since 2011. Named after the future Buddha, the band channels Eastern philosophy into complex Swedish melodeath.