Merihim is a death metal act from Bristol, active since 2012 and channeling the city's diverse musical heritage into aggressive extremity. The band takes its name from demonology, matching the dark themes with crushing compositions.

Merit is a gothic metal band from Aalen, Germany, active since 2012. Their sound draws from the atmospheric darkness and emotional depth of gothic metal, emerging from the eastern Baden-Württemberg underground.

A progressive power metal and hard rock act from the Silesian mountain town of Kamienna Góra, Merithum has been crafting ambitious compositions since 2016. The band channels the Sudeten mountain landscape into epic, melodic metal.

Merkfolk is a folk metal band from Lublin/Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland, formed in 2015. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.

Merkvid is a atmospheric black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2022. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.

Merlin is a hard rock and heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2012. Their sound draws from the dual traditions of hard rock groove and heavy metal power that have defined the Czech rock underground for decades.

Merlot is a gothic metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2017. They craft brooding gothic metal layered with dark romanticism and emotive heaviness.

A black metal project from Wetteren and later Herzele in East Flanders, Belgium, originally forming in 1996 as a one-man endeavor that circulated six songs on two private cassettes before going dormant. Revived in 2020, the band recorded 'Old Rites Revisited' (2022) at The Necrogarage in Merelbeke, revisiting early material with drummer LQW of Alkerdeel, and centering their lyrical themes around Belgian witch hunts, torture, and occult history.

Merowig is a black metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2013. They channel dark French black metal through a Merovingian-inspired historical lens.