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MC Villain

MC Villain, born Michael Brons in 1983, is a Dutch hardstyle MC from Utrecht who hosts Q-dance festival stages including Defqon.1 in the Netherlands, Australia, and Chile.

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.

Medusa Sunbeach Festival

Medusa Sunbeach Festival, also known as Medusa Festival, is a large electronic dance music festival held each August in Cullera, Valencia, Spain, drawing a record 185,000 attendees in 2026.

Meek Mill

Meek Mill (Robert Rihmeek Williams, born 1987) is a Philadelphia rapper, Maybach Music Group artist behind Dreams and Nightmares and Championships, and a criminal justice reform advocate who founded REFORM Alliance and was pardoned in 2023.

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.

Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion, born Megan Pete (1995), Houston rapper known for "Savage," "WAP," and "Hiss"; three-time Grammy winner; albums Good News, Traumazine, Megan; independent via Hot Girl Productions.

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.

Mella Dee

Mella Dee is the stage name of Ryan Aitchison, a Doncaster-born, London-based DJ and producer whose 2017 track "Techno Disco Tool" topped BBC Radio 1's Dance Chart.

Melle Mel

Melle Mel, born Melvin Glover, is an American rapper from the Bronx. He is best known as the lead lyricist for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

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.

Members Only (group)

Members Only was a hip hop collective formed in Broward County, Florida, by XXXTentacion and Ski Mask the Slump God, releasing four mixtapes from 2015 to 2019.

Memphis Bleek

Memphis Bleek (Malik Deshawn Cox, born 1978), Brooklyn rapper, first artist signed to Roc-A-Fella and Jay-Z's protégé; four albums 1999–2005 including The Understanding (804,000 sold); now podcast host and entrepreneur.

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

Mental, billed in lineups as MENTAL, is a DJ and producer from Tucson, Arizona, whose documented credit is a Quiet Quarters slot at Decadence Arizona 2023.

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.

Mental Theo

Mental Theo, stage name of Theo Nabuurs, is a Dutch DJ and producer, one half of the happy hardcore duo Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo.

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.

Merk & Kremont

Merk & Kremont are an Italian DJ and production duo from Milan, formed in 2011 by Federico Mercuri and Giordano Cremona, known for progressive and electro house.

Merlyn Wood

Merlyn Wood is a Ghanaian-born rapper and singer, raised in Texas, known for his high-energy delivery as a main vocalist and rapper in the hip-hop boy band Brockhampton.

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.

Mestiza (DJs)

Mëstiza is a Spanish electronic music duo formed in 2021 by DJs and producers Pitty Bernad and Belah, known for fusing flamenco with melodic techno, house, and Afro house.

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.

Method Man

Method Man (Clifford Smith Jr., born 1971), also known as Johnny Blaze, is a Staten Island rapper, Wu-Tang Clan founding member, and actor. First Wu solo breakout with Tical (1994), Grammy winner with Mary J. Blige, Method Man & Redman duo, star of How High, The Wire, and Power Book II: Ghost.

Methyl Ethel

Methyl Ethel is the art rock and indie pop project of Western Australian songwriter Jake Webb, founded in Perth in 2013 and known for the single 'Ubu'.

Metodi Hristov

Metodi Hristov, who records as METODI, is a Bulgarian techno DJ and producer who releases on Drumcode and Terminal M and owns the label Set About Music.

Metrik

Metrik is the stage name of Tom Mundell, an English drum and bass producer, vocalist, and DJ based in London who has recorded for Hospital Records since 2012.

MF Doom

MF DOOM was the masked persona of British-American rapper and producer Daniel Dumile (1971-2020), formerly Zev Love X of KMD; known for Operation: Doomsday, Madvillainy with Madlib, aliases King Geedorah and Viktor Vaughn, and all-caps name spelling.