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A death metal act out of Salt Lake City formed in 2022, Monstrology bring skull-grinding aggression to Utah's metal underground — low-tuned, punishing, and indifferent to regional expectations.
One of Tampa Bay's enduring death metal institutions, Monstrosity have been synonymous with technically precise, brutally executed Florida death metal since the late 1980s — a band whose alumni include early members of Cannibal Corpse.
Monstrous is a death metal act from the coastal Småland town of Gamleby, active since 2020. The band delivers the towering, monstrous heaviness their name demands.
Monstrum is a death metal outfit from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2024. Their catalog includes the albums 'Insidious Incantations' and 'Mental Demolition,' along with a cover of Black Sabbath tracks, channeling classic death metal ferocity from Schleswig-Holstein's underground scene.
A brutal death metal project from Pennsylvania just forming in 2026, Monstrumologist take their name from the Victorian monster-hunting tradition and channel it into unrelenting low-end brutality and blasting percussive attack.
Monstrvm is a progressive death metal act from Bielsko-Biała in southern Poland, formed in 2025. The band delivers technically ambitious death metal with the archaic spelling of their monstrous name.
A death metal project from Germany, Montauk has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2013. The project channels the conspiratorial associations of their name into dark, crushing death metal.
A death metal act from Newhall, California active since 2012, Montezuma operate in the Los Angeles underground with the punishing directness the genre requires — heavy, methodical, and uninterested in subtlety.
A Buffalo, New York heavy metal band formed in 2021, Monument began in the city's storied tradition of hard, guitar-driven music and have since evolved toward a harder rock sensibility while retaining their metal roots.
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