Maneihdag is a symphonic black and death metal band from Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy, formed in 2017. They layer symphonic orchestration over extreme metal from Puglia.

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Black Marsh is a black metal act based between Budapest and Zalaegerszeg, active since 2014. The band takes its name from the Elder Scrolls universe, blending fantasy themes with cold, atmospheric black metal.

A melodic death metal and metalcore act from Budapest, Black Sequoia delivers Scandinavian-influenced extremity with modern production since 2018. The band pairs soaring melodies with aggressive rhythms.

Mararah is a gothic, doom, symphonic metal, and depressive black metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend multiple dark metal traditions into brooding, emotionally devastating compositions.

Mark of the Creator is a one-man symphonic blackened death metal project from Basel, Switzerland, officially launched in 2018, blending black metal, death metal, and symphonic elements into a singular vision. With releases including the EP 'Judgement' and full-lengths 'Invokers of the Serpent' and 'Of Elysium and the Abyss,' the project layers orchestral grandeur over extreme metal intensity.

Marko Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal musician who served as bassist and male vocalist for Nightwish from 2001 through his departure in January 2021, appearing on the band's most commercially successful era including Dark Passion Play (2007) and Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015). He has simultaneously led the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot since the 1980s as vocalist and bassist. His solo career began with the Finnish-language Mustan Sydämen Rovio (2019) and its English counterpart Pyre of the Black Heart (2020), with a second solo album Roses from the Deep announced for February 2025.

An epic symphonic metal project formed in Brussels in 2014, Marrow of Kaladrius released the album To Elysium in March 2015 to favorable underground reviews that praised the band's layered arrangements and technical musicianship. The project later evolved and renamed itself Kosmos Logia, leaving To Elysium as the sole document of the Marrow of Kaladrius era.

Mars on Earth is an industrial symphonic black metal project from Germany, active since 2019. Their sound fuses the mechanized aggression of industrial metal with symphonic orchestration and black metal's atmospheric fury, creating a dense, layered sonic assault.