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ManiaCult (2021)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Mein Kopf ist ein brutaler Ort is a groove metal and metalcore act from Frankfurt am Main whose name translates to 'My Head Is a Brutal Place.' Active since 2013, the band channels psychological intensity into heavy, rhythmically charged compositions.
MeinKraft is an experimental deathcore/grindcore/goregrind act from Zlín, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. Their sound pushes into the chaotic extremes of heavy music, blending the breakdowns of deathcore with grindcore's velocity and goregrind's visceral shock value.
Meinsemd is a black and death metal band from the Kópavogur-Reykjavík area of Iceland, formed in 2024. They forge extreme metal from the Icelandic underground.
Meisk is a melodic black metal band from Sortland, Norway, formed in 2022. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Meister Leonhardt is a black metal band from Moscow, Russia. Their catalog includes the self-titled 'Meister Leonhardt' and 'Thanatopoeia,' channeling the genre's dark conventions through the Russian underground black metal scene.
Meister Scheisze is a provocatively-named death metal band from Hamburg, Germany, released through Kernkraftritter Records. Their 2018 album "Kot für die Welt" delivers eleven tracks of crude-humored extremity that blends shock value with genuine metal aggression.
Meisterkrieger Totenkopf is a solo industrial black metal project from Lower Saxony, Germany, where the sole member Meister handles all instruments, vocals, and drum programming. The 2026 debut "Ritualistic Self Sacrifice" fuses black metal ferocity with industrial and ambient electronic experimentation across four compact tracks.
Mekaora is a metalcore act from Rambouillet in the Île-de-France region, active since 2013. The band blends heavy breakdowns with melodic passages, contributing to the French metalcore scene from the forested outskirts of greater Paris.
Mekkwarrior is a blackened thrash metal band from Meanwood, England, formed in 2012. They fuse black metal intensity with thrash metal's relentless aggression.
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