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Philadelphia's sludge metal outfit Monolith have been delivering slow, crushing heaviness since 1993, drawing on the city's dense underground to produce music steeped in grit and abrasive, downtuned power.
Kingsport, Tennessee's Monolith have been playing death metal since 1993, representing the Appalachian region's quieter but persistent contribution to extreme metal's American underground.
A long-running post-metal and sludge outfit from Cortland, New York, Monolith have been building slow, crushing soundscapes since 1993, channeling the weight of upstate isolation into feedback-drenched, deliberate riffs.
Hailing from Lake County, Indiana, this progressive metal act has been active since 1993, pursuing complex arrangements and shifting time signatures with the patience and density the name implies.
Out of North Haledon, New Jersey, this doom and heavy metal band have been plying their trade since 1993, blending the plodding gravity of classic doom with the riff-forward directness of traditional heavy metal.
A Eugene, Oregon heavy metal outfit active since 1993, drawing on hard rock energy and classic metal structure to deliver straightforward, riff-driven material rooted in the Pacific Northwest underground.
From the small town of McConnelsville, Ohio, this trio of black, death, and thrash metal influences has been fusing extremity since 1993, generating a caustic blend of blast-driven aggression and riff-heavy menace.
A thrash metal band out of Winchester, Virginia, active since 1993, delivering the genre's traditional mix of speed, precision riffing, and aggressive delivery from the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.
Monolith Cult was an epic doom metal band from Bradford in West Yorkshire, active from 2012 to 2019, who channeled the crushing weight of Candlemass and Black Sabbath into atheistic, negative-themed doom. Their two albums, 'Run From the Light' and 'The Gospel of Despair,' earned them a devoted following in the UK doom underground.
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