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Founded in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2001, Monkey3 are an instrumental band rooted in stoner rock, space rock, and psychedelic music, known for hypnotic, gradually escalating compositions delivered alongside immersive visual projections in live settings. Signed to Napalm Records, their catalog spans seven studio albums including The 5th Sun (2013), Astra Symmetry (2016), and Sphere (2019). They are a fixture of the European psychedelic rock circuit.
Monkeypriest is a sludge, doom, and death metal power trio from Seville, Spain, active since 2009. Their releases including Defending the Tree, The Psalm, and a split with Fistula deliver crushing sludge-doom with death metal undertones.
Monmuuth is a sludge/doom metal band from Dnipro, Ukraine, formed in 2015. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Monna is a sludge, doom, and post-metal band from the Pendle District of England, formed in 2014. They craft atmospheric, crushing compositions from the Lancashire countryside.
Mono Histeria is a Curitiba outfit blending progressive, doom, and stoner metal into a dense, riff-driven sound. The band released "Volume 1" in 2022 and has tracks such as "Instinto" and "Primata" available on streaming platforms, pointing toward a sound influenced by the heavier end of the psychedelic and doom rock spectrum.
Named after the Japanese aesthetic concept of transient beauty, this American post-metal act has been building immersive, emotionally expansive soundscapes since 2014, prioritizing texture and weight over conventional song structure.
A stoner and doom metal act from Strasbourg in the Grand Est region, Monoatomic God layers heavy, fuzz-laden riffs over hypnotic grooves since 2020. The band channels the contemplative weight of their name into sprawling, psychedelic doom compositions.
Monoblock is a gothic metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2018. They craft brooding, atmospheric gothic metal built on somber melodies and heavy, emotive textures.
New Jersey's Monocane emerged in 2019 playing black/doom metal with an emphasis on bleak atmosphere and grinding heaviness, merging the two genres' most desolate qualities into a deeply grim sound.
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