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Formed in 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama — a city with deep roots in heavy music — Molten Valley deal in the slow and suffocating intersection of doom and sludge metal, dragging riffs through tar-thick tempos and oppressive atmosphere.
Out of the small rural town of McNabb, Illinois, Molten Varicose have been crafting death metal since 2022, channeling the isolation of the midwest into punishing, no-frills brutality.
Moltencore is a melodic death metal act from the small Slavonian town of Kutina, active since 2017. The band brings Gothenburg-style harmonies and aggressive rhythms to central Croatia.
Moluchtas is a black/death metal band from Belgium, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Columbia, South Carolina's Moment of Truth have been blending groove metal churn, metalcore aggression, and death 'n' roll swagger since 2010, carving out a sound that hits hard from multiple angles.
Rochester, New York's Moment of Truth play crossover thrash with a tight, pit-ready intensity, fusing the speed of thrash with the confrontational energy of hardcore since 2010.
Norfolk, Virginia's Moment of Violence charge forward with a groove and thrash hybrid that pairs headbang-worthy riff momentum with a raw, street-level aggression, active since 2024.
A US-based black/doom metal project active since 2017, Moment of Winter weaves the bleak atmosphere of cold-climate black metal together with the crushing, dirge-like pacing of doom for a sound that feels isolating and immense.
Los Angeles crossover act Momentum have been tearing through the city's underground since 2006, blending hardcore's rabid urgency with thrash metal's precision into a lean, relentless assault.
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