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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Menticide is a thrash/death metal act from Tampere, formed in 2025 and representing the latest generation of Finland's thrash metal resurgence. The band combines the speed and precision of thrash with the brutality of death metal.
Mentor is a thrash metal band from Tirschenreuth, Germany, active since 2016. Their sound channels the aggressive, high-speed riffing tradition of Teutonic thrash metal from the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria.
Menturas is a thrash and progressive metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2006. They blend thrash metal's aggression with progressive complexity.
Mepheth is a thrash/death metal band from Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2010. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Mephobia are a thrash/death/groove metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2019 and operating under the self-described tagline 'very hard music from very soft people.' The band released their debut full-length 'Reign of the Degenerates' in April 2021, followed by 'Angry Elephant' (2023), 'Inner Sanctuary' (2023), and the 'Terror of the Malignant Tumour' EP in early 2024. They maintain an active presence on Bandcamp and Spotify as an independent act.
A thrash/heavy metal act from the medieval Transylvanian town of Sighișoara, birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, Mercaptan has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2021. The band channels the dramatic history of their surroundings into driving metal.
Mercenary is a thrash metal band from Nienburg, Germany, formed in 2021. Their sound delivers aggressive thrash metal from the Lower Saxon town on the Weser river.
A thrash metal act from Venice, Merciless Attack has been delivering razor-sharp riffing since 2014. The band channels the city's unlikely but persistent metal underground into classic thrash aggression.
Merciless Terror is a death/thrash metal act from Nottingham, delivering relentless aggression since 2009. The band channels the East Midlands underground's appetite for extreme music into a blistering crossover of death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
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