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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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A folk/black metal act from Arnhem that has evolved toward pure black metal, Mondvolland has been active since 2012. The band's Dutch name, referencing a full moon, signals their connection to nature-inspired black metal.
Monestrel is a raw, atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, formed in 2025. They fuse raw black metal with ambient atmospheres.
Mongool is a raw black metal project from the Netherlands, active since 2019. The project delivers primitive, lo-fi black metal with the stripped-down aggression that defines the raw subgenre.
Brooklyn's Mongrel bring a raw, stripped-down black metal aesthetic to New York City since 2010, keeping the genre's primitive hostility intact amid the borough's dense and varied underground.
Mongreth is a black metal act from Brașov in the Carpathian mountains, formed in 2022. The band channels the Gothic atmosphere of Transylvania into cold, aggressive black metal.
Monhell is a melodic black metal band from Ciudad Real, Spain, formed in 2024. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with emotional depth and sweeping melodies.
Portland, Oregon's Monke emerged in 2020 with a black/death hybrid sound that draws on the Pacific Northwest's prolific extreme metal underground, balancing atmospheric menace with visceral, full-throttle extremity.
New Jersey's Monocane emerged in 2019 playing black/doom metal with an emphasis on bleak atmosphere and grinding heaviness, merging the two genres' most desolate qualities into a deeply grim sound.
From the small city of Hutchinson, Minnesota, Monogon blend classic heavy metal sensibility with the cold, atmospheric edge of black metal, forging a distinctive sound in an unlikely corner of the Midwest since 2018.
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