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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Mayfire is a progressive metal band from Norway, formed in 2023. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
A progressive doom metal act from Ajaccio on the island of Corsica, Mazzeri draws from local mythology — the Mazzeri being Corsican dream-hunters who predict death. Active since 2020, the band channels the island's unique cultural traditions into haunting, crushing doom.
Maïeutiste is a band from Saint-Étienne, France, formed in 2015, having evolved from black and doom metal into progressive black metal. Their creative arc reflects a deepening exploration of black metal's atmospheric and compositional possibilities.
MDS is a progressive/heavy metal/rock band from Novara, Italy, formed in 2007. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition and creative depth.
A progressive metal band from Bruges, Belgium, active in the Belgian underground metal scene. Limited documentation survives online, reflecting their status as a local independent act operating outside the mainstream.
Meadows is a progressive/sludge metal band from Suffolk, England, formed in 2018. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Mechanical Man is a progressive metal/rock band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2015. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Mechanical Poet is a symphonic progressive metal (early); alternative rock (later) band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2003. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Megaptere is a progressive death metal band from Bordeaux, France, formed in 2012. They push death metal into progressive territory with ambitious, technically demanding compositions.
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