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Mass Hysteria (group)
Mass Hysteria is a French metal band from Paris formed in 1993, known for singing almost exclusively in French and mixing industrial rhythms with heavy metal guitar.
Masterplan (band)
Masterplan (band): German power metal band founded by ex-Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch (2001/2002); debut Masterplan (2003), albums through Metalmorphosis (2026), Frontiers Records.
Mastodon (band)
Mastodon, Atlanta metal band formed in 2000 by Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher, and Brent Hinds; sludge-to-progressive metal, Leviathan, Grammy-winning Sultan's Curse, ninth album Marrow Deep (2026).
Maximum the Hormone (マキシマムザホルモン)
Maximum the Hormone (マキシマムザホルモン, MTH) is a Japanese four-piece rock band formed in 1998 in Hachioji, Tokyo, mixing loud rock with pop melodies; Yoshu Fukushu (2013) topped Oricon for three weeks and total sales exceed 2.2 million.
Mayhem (band)
Mayhem: Norwegian black metal band formed at Langhus in 1984 by Euronymous, Necrobutcher, and Manheim; named after Venom's "Mayhem with Mercy"; debut De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994); seventh album Liturgy of Death (2026).
Me And That Man
Me And That Man is a dark folk, country, and gothic blues project led by Behemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski, which debuted in 2017 with Songs of Love and Death.
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by Dave Mustaine after his dismissal from Metallica, one of the "Big Four" of thrash.
Melissa (music)
Melissa is the 1983 debut album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released by Roadrunner Records, known for occult lyrics and its influence on black metal.
Melvins
Melvins (The Melvins), American sludge/doom rock band formed 1983 in Montesano, Washington; Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover constant since 1984; over 25 albums, Atlantic era 1993–96, Ipecac since, pioneers of sludge metal influencing grunge.
Memphis May Fire
Memphis May Fire (MMF) is an American metalcore band formed in Dallas, Texas, in 2006, formerly Oh Captain, My Captain. Led by vocalist Matty Mullins with Kellen McGregor the sole original member; signed to Trustkill then Rise Records; eight albums, with Unconditional (2014) peaking at number four on the Billboard 200.
Mental Cruelty
Mental Cruelty is a German symphonic blackened deathcore band from Karlsruhe, formed 2014, known for A Hill to Die Upon (2021) and Zwielicht (2023) on Century Media, not the legal term mental cruelty.
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate, Danish heavy metal band formed in Copenhagen in 1981 by King Diamond and Hank Shermann; first-wave black metal act known for Melissa (1983), Don't Break the Oath (1984), Satanic themes, and the PMRC Filthy Fifteen listing.
Meshuggah
Meshuggah: Swedish avant-garde metal band formed 1987 in Umeå, name from Yiddish for 'insane'. Nine albums 1991–2022; polymetric 4/4 riffing, eight-string guitars, credited with inspiring djent.
Metal Church
Metal Church is an American heavy metal band formed in San Francisco in 1980 by guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, later based in Aberdeen, Washington, and known for its 1984 self-titled debut.
Metal Injection
Metal Injection is an American heavy metal news and video media platform, launched online in 2004 by co-founders Frank Godla and Robert Pasbani and operated by Sony Music's The Orchard since 2022.
Metalite
Metalite is a Swedish modern power/melodic metal band formed in Stockholm in 2015 by Edwin Premberg, fronted by vocalist Erica Ohlsson since 2019, with albums Heroes in Time, Biomechanicals, A Virtual World, Expedition One, and Discovery.
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band that became a defining force in thrash metal. The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.
Mgła
Mgła, Polish for "fog", is a Polish black metal duo formed in Kraków in 2000, known for Exercises in Futility and ranked among Poland's most significant black metal acts.
Midnight (band)
Midnight (band): Cleveland, Ohio black/speed metal project formed 2003 by Athenar (Jamie Walters), a one-man studio act with a live band; debut album Satanic Royalty (2011), six full-lengths through Hellish Expectations (2024), signed to Metal Blade.
Ministry (band)
Ministry: American industrial metal band founded in Chicago in 1981 by Al Jourgensen, also known as Uncle Al. Evolved from synth-pop (With Sympathy) to industrial metal (Psalm 69); final album Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) and farewell tour announced.
Minushuman
Minushuman is a French heavy metal band founded in 2007 in Bergerac, France, whose second album Bloodthrone was released on Season of Mist in 2011.
Misery Index (band)
Misery Index is a Baltimore, Maryland death metal/grindcore band formed in 2001 by ex-Dying Fetus members Jason Netherton and Kevin Talley; named after the Assück album and Okun's economic indicator, with seven studio albums from Retaliate (2003) to Complete Control (2022).
Mnemic
Mnemic was a Danish metal band formed in 1998 in Aalborg, known for industrial-tinged metal influenced by Fear Factory and Meshuggah; it disbanded in 2013 and reunited in 2024.
Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet is a New Jersey stoner/space rock band formed in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf, John McBain and Tim Cronin; known for Spine Of God (1992) and the 1998 gold album Powertrip with the hit Space Lord.
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish epic heathen metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995 by cousins Henri and Ville Sorvali, known for long folk, pagan, and black metal songs in Finnish, charting albums like Kivenkantaja and Jumalten Aika.
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel, Tampa, Florida death metal band founded by Trey Azagthoth (1983 or 1984 by source), albums Altars of Madness, Blessed Are the Sick, Covenant, Illud Divinum Insanus, Kingdoms Disdained; Vincent and Tucker vocal eras, Earache to Silver Lining labels.
Morningrise
Morningrise is the second studio album by the Swedish band Opeth, released in 1996 on Candlelight Records, with five long tracks alternating death metal riffs and acoustic passages.
Mortification (band)
Mortification is an Australian Christian death metal band formed in Melbourne in 1990, led by Steve Rowe and known for the 1992 album Scrolls of the Megilloth.
Motionless in White
Motionless in White (MIW), American gothic metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania, formed 2004-2005 and led by Chris Motionless Cerulli; albums Creatures, Reincarnate (#9 Billboard 200), and Decades (2026).
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe, American glam metal band formed in Hollywood in 1981 by Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee with Mick Mars and Vince Neil; over 100 million albums sold, known for Shout at the Devil, Dr. Feelgood, The Dirt, and the 2026 Carnival of Sins tour.