Maphorion is a black metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2018. They channel dark black metal from northern Greece.

Black Cult is a melodic black metal act from the port city of Rijeka, active since 2014. The band channels the atmospheric melancholy of melodic black metal from the Kvarner Bay.

A heavy metal act from Lublin in eastern Poland, Mara has been delivering classic-style compositions since 2015. Named after the nightmare demon of Slavic mythology, the band channels local folklore into traditional metal.

Marak is a blackened death metal/grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2012. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.

MarAmon is a melodic black metal (early); melodic death metal (later) band from Lindesberg, Sweden, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.

A raw black metal project from Seville, Maranasati draws its name from Buddhist meditation on death and channels that morbid contemplation into lo-fi, tremolo-driven compositions. Emerging in 2020, the project reflects Andalusia's growing extreme metal underground.

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.

A heavy metal act from the Ligurian port city of Genoa, Marasma has been delivering classic metal since 2019. The band's name, meaning 'decay' or 'stagnation' in Italian, belies the vitality of their traditional metal approach.

Marasme is an experimental sludge metal band from Mallorca, Spain, active since 2008, delivering darkness, rage, and hopelessness across seven releases. Their genre-defying sound is too blast-beat heavy for post-metal, too melodic for sludge, and too primitive for post-black, culminating in 2025's Fel dedicated to a fallen bandmate.