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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Bukowski Family is a black/death metal project from Hungary, active since 2012 and named after the transgressive American writer. The project channels literary darkness into aggressive, boundary-pushing extreme metal.
Membrane is a band from Vesoul, France, active since 2001, having evolved from post-hardcore origins into sludge and post-metal. Their two-decade creative arc traces a trajectory from angular post-hardcore toward crushing atmospheric heaviness.
Menhyr is a doom/post-metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2014. They blend doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Menials is a sludge, post-metal, and hardcore band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2025. They fuse sludge metal's abrasive weight with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
Messah is a atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from Voronezh, Russia, formed in 2019. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Metide is a sludge/doom/post-metal band from Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2019. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Miasme is a post-rock (early); post-metal (later) band from Bolesławiec, Poland, formed in 2010. They craft atmospheric, dynamic post-metal compositions.
Milestone One is a sludge/post-metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Mirny is a sludge/post-metal/hardcore band from Samara, Russia, formed in 2019. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
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