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A New York-based death/doom outfit active since 2014, this incarnation of Monarch traces the slow, cavernous edge where death metal's brutality bleeds into doom's suffocating weight.
Kenosha, Wisconsin's Monarch Dethroned combine the downtuned savagery of deathcore with the technical brutality of death metal, building a punishing sound since their 2016 formation.
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A death metal act from the Pomeranian town of Wałcz, Monastyr has roots reaching back to 1992, making them one of Poland's oldest death metal bands. The band delivers old-school extremity with the authority of three decades of underground persistence.
Mondhell is a doom and death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2013. They craft crushing doom-death from the Greek capital.
Monedula is a melodic death/groove metal act from Örebro, formed in 2023. Named after the jackdaw bird, the band delivers rhythmically charged melodeath from central Sweden.
Monegarn is a melodic death metal act from Strasbourg in Alsace, blending Scandinavian-influenced harmonies with French musical sensibility since 2013. The band operates at the cultural crossroads of France and Germany, and their sound reflects both traditions.
San Diego's Mongrel have been fusing the brutality of death metal with the confrontational directness of hardcore since 2010, playing aggressive, no-nonsense music that pulls no punches.
Monism is a technical death/thrash metal band from Kampen, the Netherlands, formed in 2019. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
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