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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.
A Pennsylvania drone/doom act formed in 2017, Monolithic strip the genre down to its most elemental form — sustained tones, glacial tempos, and near-meditative repetition that collapses under its own weight.
Detroit's Monolithic Architecture arrived in 2024 with a sludge and doom sound befitting their industrial hometown — slow, corrosive riffs built like crumbling infrastructure, heavy with grime and deliberate intention.
Monoliths is a drone, sludge, and doom metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2016. They craft monolithic drone-sludge-doom from the East Midlands.
Monolord is one of Sweden's most celebrated contemporary doom metal acts, formed in Gothenburg in 2013. The trio delivers monolithic, fuzz-drenched doom that has earned them international acclaim and a reputation as one of the genre's heaviest modern practitioners, with albums on RidingEasy Records.
Oakland's Monster God have been churning out doom and sludge metal since 2017, harnessing the Bay Area's legacy of slow, heavy punishment — massive riffs dragged through distortion and misery in equal measure.
Monsters Flesh is a doom metal band from Lugo, Galicia, Spain, formed in 2022. They craft crushing doom metal steeped in dark, oppressive atmospheres.
Austin doom trio influenced by Neurosis, the Melvins, and Eyehategod.
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.
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