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Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Moth Haven is a thrash/death/groove metal band from Roosendaal, the Netherlands, formed in 2015. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
A atmospheric sludge metal act from the northern Portuguese coastal city of Viana do Castelo, Mother Abyss has been crafting heavy, oceanic compositions since 2020. The band channels the Atlantic coastline's power into crushing, immersive sludge.
A black metal project from Parma, Mother Augusta has been crafting dark compositions since 2015. The project channels the ancient imperial title into atmospheric black metal.
Mother Corona is a stoner metal and rock act from the Oxfordshire town of Didcot, delivering fuzz-drenched grooves since 2012. The band channels the hazy energy of classic stoner rock through a distinctly British lens.
Mother Knife is a blackened sludge metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2025. They fuse blackened fury with crushing sludge metal.
Mother Maddox is a groove metal and metalcore band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2020. They fuse groove metal's rhythmic heaviness with metalcore's structural aggression.
Mother Mountain is a stoner and doom metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2014. Their releases From Dust To Ashes and From The Highest Peaks To The Deepest Chasms deliver crushing, riff-heavy doom and stoner metal.
Mother of All is a melodic death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021. They craft powerful melodic death metal drawing from the rich Scandinavian tradition.
Mother ov Light is a black metal project from Poznań, formed in 2022. The project channels the paradox of light-themed imagery into cold, atmospheric black metal.
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