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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.
Monomania is a black metal band from Bagsværd, Denmark, active since 2006. They channel obsessive intensity through black metal's most visceral and atmospheric traditions.
A black metal project from Salem, Massachusetts, Monomurmurs formed in 2019 in a city whose dark history seems to seep into their atmospheric, incantatory sound — dense, murky, and deeply atmospheric.
Monophobia is a depressive black metal band from Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, formed in 1992. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
A project embedded in the Brazilian depressive black metal underground, Monophobia released the single "Recomeço Sem Início" on PutreRecords and the full-length Gloom in early 2018 — the latter issued as a strictly limited digipak of fifteen copies via Silentium in Foresta Records. The music draws on raw, atmosphere-heavy DSBM traditions and has appeared on national scene compilations such as Coletânea de DSBM Nacional.
Monoptera is a blackened progressive thrash and death metal band from Bedfordshire, England, formed in 2024. They blend blackened aggression with progressive complexity across thrash and death metal.
Monos is a thrash metal and crossover act from the Catalan town of Roda de Ter, formed in 2025. The band brings the manic energy of crossover thrash to a small town setting, merging hardcore punk aggression with metal riffing.
Orlando's Monotheist have been blending progressive and death metal since 2012, channeling Florida's extreme metal pedigree through a technical, compositionally ambitious lens that rewards close listening.
Monotona is a depressive black metal band from Poland, formed in 2024. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
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