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Moshkinstein (2019)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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From the small town of McConnelsville, Ohio, this trio of black, death, and thrash metal influences has been fusing extremity since 1993, generating a caustic blend of blast-driven aggression and riff-heavy menace.
Formed in 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Monolith of Carnage bring a death/thrash hybrid rooted in relentless riff attack and visceral intensity, carrying on the Southeast's tradition of no-frills extreme metal.
Heavy Melodic Black / Death Metal from Laredo.
Monolithe is a funeral doom metal band from Paris, France, active since 2003, having evolved toward melodic death and doom metal. Their pioneering approach to expansive, monolithic doom compositions has made them one of France's most respected extreme doom acts.
An Oregon death metal outfit just getting started in 2026, Monolithic Terror deal in brutal, no-frills death metal aggression, carrying the Pacific Northwest underground's deep roots in extreme metal into the current decade.
Monoptera is a blackened progressive thrash and death metal band from Bedfordshire, England, formed in 2024. They blend blackened aggression with progressive complexity across thrash and death metal.
Orlando's Monotheist have been blending progressive and death metal since 2012, channeling Florida's extreme metal pedigree through a technical, compositionally ambitious lens that rewards close listening.
Monox is a groove and death metal band from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 2015. They blend groove metal's rhythmic power with death metal's ferocity from the Croatian coast.
A traditional heavy metal band from Kansas City, Missouri, Monster have been playing with energy and directness since 2010, keeping alive the no-frills heavy metal spirit in a Midwestern scene that tends to reward persistence.
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