Mgla are Poland’s underground black-metal heart and soul on a corpus where Behemoth represent the hard-earned crown of the genre's superstardom. Taking their name from the Polish word for “fog”, Mgla were born in Kraków in 2000 as the studio project of Mikolaj Zentara, who simply credits himself as “M” while handling vocals, guitars and bass on all of Mgla’s recordings. Striking a deft balance between roiling blast-beat extremity, serrated-edge tremolo riffs and keening minor-key melodies, Mgla started playing live—in black hoods—in 2012, after the success of breakout album With Hearts Toward None.