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Ventura, California's Monotremata have been crafting experimental industrial metal since 2006, incorporating dissonant textures and mechanical rhythms into music that sits at the uncomfortable edge between aggression and abstraction.
Monox is a groove and death metal band from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 2015. They blend groove metal's rhythmic power with death metal's ferocity from the Croatian coast.
A pagan black metal act from Zagreb, Begrimmed has roots stretching back to 1998, making them one of Croatia's longest-running black metal projects. The band channels pre-Christian Slavic themes into atmospheric, nature-inspired black metal.
Boulder, Colorado's Mons Absconditus — Latin for 'the hidden mountain' — have been crafting atmospheric and progressive black metal since 2015, weaving cerebral song structures through the kind of high-altitude grandeur that defines their home terrain.
A traditional heavy metal band from Kansas City, Missouri, Monster have been playing with energy and directness since 2010, keeping alive the no-frills heavy metal spirit in a Midwestern scene that tends to reward persistence.
Atlanta's Monster formed in 2010 and operate at the crossroads of heavy metal and thrash, delivering tight, aggressive material with the hard-edged directness that has long characterized Georgia's underground metal community.
Monster Beast is a Finnish power metal act formed in 2023, channeling the epic, keyboard-driven style that Finland has become famous for globally. The band adds to a national power metal tradition that includes Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, and countless others.
Snoqualmie, Washington's Monster Blood are a hyperactive collision of crossover thrash, grindcore, power metal, and powerviolence — a chaotic, tongue-in-cheek band that refuses to settle into any single lane since forming in 2015.
A hard rock and heavy metal act from the Norfolk city of Norwich, Monster City has been delivering energetic, riff-driven music since 2015. The band channels the spirit of classic hard rock and metal from East Anglia.
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