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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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A heavy/doom metal project from the Netherlands, Mismorium emerged in 2025 with a sound rooted in crushing heaviness. The project merges the weight of doom with traditional heavy metal hooks.
Misocainea is a heavy metal act from the Cornish town of Truro, active since 2018. Operating from one of England's most southwesterly points, the band delivers classic metal to a region with a small but passionate underground scene.
Misogynist is a grindcore/death metal act from Choťovice, Czech Republic, active since 2015. Their sound inhabits the brutal extremes of underground metal, combining grindcore's relentless velocity with death metal's guttural heaviness.
Misonoia is a melodic black and death metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend melodic black metal's atmospheric sweep with death metal's visceral aggression.
Misophonia is a symphonic and melodic death metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2012. They layer symphonic arrangements over melodic death metal from the Scottish scene.
Missgriff is a black metal band from Erkrath, Germany, formed in 2019. They channel raw black metal hostility through a distinctly German underground aesthetic.
A heavy/thrash metal act from the Île-de-France region, Missing in Action formed in 2025. The band delivers aggressive, combat-themed metal from the Parisian periphery.
Missing Limb is a symphonic/progressive metal band from Assendelft, the Netherlands, formed in 2018. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Missió is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock act from Budapest, active since 2022. The band delivers hook-driven compositions with a missionary zeal for classic Hungarian-language metal.
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