There are two known bands by the name Mare, one was Oakville/Burlington-based and played sludge/doom etc, and one is from Norway, playing black metal.

Mare from Oakville/Burlington was a band orchestrated primarily by frontman Tyler Semrick-Palmateer, previously on vocal duty for tech-metal outfit The End. In a unique mixture of sludge, doom metal, avant-garde, and other textures that defy immediate genres or categorizations, Tyler brings a mix of desperate screams and haunting melodic singing in a style that seems to be a natural evolution from his performance on The End's album Transfer Trachea Reverberations from Point: False Omniscient.

Mare has a 5-song self-titled EP initially released on Translation Loss Records. The band was later signed by Hydra Head, who re-released the EP. A cover of the song Night Goat was also released on a tribute album to Melvins, compiled by Fractured Transmitter Records.

In February of 2007, Tyler posted an entry on the band's myspace stating that Mare was over due to a lack of motivation to write and record more material for the project. He did, however, indicate that he and Caleb intend to collaborate in the future.

Caleb Collins has joined Circle Takes the Square

Last lineup:
Tyler Semrick-Palmateer: vocals and guitar
Caleb Collins: drums
Scott: bass

Former members:
Rob Shortil: bass

Norways Mare is currently active and has the following lineup:
HBM Azazil - Vocals
Nosophoros - Guitar
Ghâsh - Bass (ex-Keep of Kalessin, Aptorian Demon]
*symbol* - Drums

Releases (up until 2007):
Rehearsal - Demo, 2005
Satanic Sabbat Rehearsal - Demo, 2005
Unholy Black Sorcery - Demo, 2006
Throne of the Thirteenth Witch - EP, 2007