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Monstermind is a heavy metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2013. They forge powerful heavy metal from the Andalusian capital.
Monsternaut is a stoner metal and rock band from Kerava, Finland, active since 2012. They channel heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Philadelphia's Monsters Eat People formed in 2018 and pursue a progressive/post-metal blend characterized by sprawling song structures, dynamic contrasts, and the atmospheric density that the Philly underground has cultivated for decades.
Monsters Flesh is a doom metal band from Lugo, Galicia, Spain, formed in 2022. They craft crushing doom metal steeped in dark, oppressive atmospheres.
A raw black metal project from the Västmanland town of Köping, Monstraat has been crafting primitive black metal since 2008. The project delivers uncompromising, lo-fi aggression from central Sweden.
Monstrath play old-school death metal with a heavy debt to Obituary and the brutal American 80s tradition, built on thick riffs and guttural delivery. The band signed to Swedish label Downfall Records and released the single "Child of God" in 2017, followed by the full-length The World Serves to Evil in 2018.
A death metal act out of Salt Lake City formed in 2022, Monstrology bring skull-grinding aggression to Utah's metal underground — low-tuned, punishing, and indifferent to regional expectations.
One of Tampa Bay's enduring death metal institutions, Monstrosity have been synonymous with technically precise, brutally executed Florida death metal since the late 1980s — a band whose alumni include early members of Cannibal Corpse.
Monstrous is a death metal act from the coastal Småland town of Gamleby, active since 2020. The band delivers the towering, monstrous heaviness their name demands.
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