Magnolia is a progressive metal band from Salerno, Italy, formed in 2020. They craft intricate progressive metal from the Campania coast.

Magnum Opus is a progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive metal from northern Greece.

A doom metal act from the remote eastern Hungarian village of Görbeháza, Bearfood has been delivering crushing heaviness since 2000. The band proves that devastating doom can emerge from even the most rural corners of the Great Hungarian Plain.

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.

Majester is a progressive and thrash metal band from Modena, Italy, formed in 2017. They fuse progressive ambition with thrash metal's aggression.

Majestic Major is a progressive black metal band from Armentières, France, formed in 2025. They push black metal into progressive territory with ambitious, boundary-crossing compositions.

Majiera is a four-piece instrumental heavy rock and metal band from Erfurt, Germany, founded in 2022. Their 2025 debut EP "Odyssey" showcases seven tracks of vocal-free, guitar-driven compositions that channel their self-described identity as a "riff machine" through dynamic heavy rock arrangements.

Major Denial is a melodic-progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, founded in the summer of 2013. Their discography spans 'Minor Ways' EP (2015), 'Duchess Of Sufferings' (2017), and 'HOOD' (2025), the latter inspired by Clive Barker's 'The Thief Of Always' and featuring guest musicians including vocalist Tasos Lazaris and drummer Daniel Cardoso.

Malacite is a thrash and progressive metal band from Stafford, England, formed in 2012. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with progressive complexity.