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Boulder, Colorado's Mons Absconditus — Latin for 'the hidden mountain' — have been crafting atmospheric and progressive black metal since 2015, weaving cerebral song structures through the kind of high-altitude grandeur that defines their home terrain.
A raw black metal project from the Västmanland town of Köping, Monstraat has been crafting primitive black metal since 2008. The project delivers uncompromising, lo-fi aggression from central Sweden.
Monte Penumbra is a doom/avant-garde black metal band from Portugal, formed in 2013. They fuse black metal's cold fury with doom's crushing weight.
A black metal act from the Volga city of Tolyatti, Montségur takes its name from the Cathar fortress besieged during the Albigensian Crusade. Active since 2013, the band channels medieval heresy themes into atmospheric black metal.
Monuments is a black/doom metal act from the Utrecht province, active since 2010. The band merges the crushing weight of doom with the cold atmosphere of black metal.
Monumentum Incognita is an atmospheric/post-black metal project from Russia, formed in 2021. The project channels the unknown monuments of their name into expansive, immersive compositions.
Monvment is a black metal act from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, forged in 2010 and operating under the handle holymonvment. Their output leans into the cold, austere side of the genre with a devotional intensity that suits their remote Pacific Northwest setting.
Monēre is a black metal band from the Rusko-Turku area of Finland, formed in 2022. They channel dark, introspective black metal from southwestern Finland.
Mood is a black metal band from France, formed in 2023. They channel dark, atmospheric black metal from the French underground.
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