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A New York-based death/doom outfit active since 2014, this incarnation of Monarch traces the slow, cavernous edge where death metal's brutality bleeds into doom's suffocating weight.
Kenosha, Wisconsin's Monarch Dethroned combine the downtuned savagery of deathcore with the technical brutality of death metal, building a punishing sound since their 2016 formation.
Based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Monarchaic have been pursuing a neoclassical metal sound since 2014, marrying compositional rigor and orchestral grandeur with the power and drive of heavy metal.
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From Stilwell, Oklahoma, Mondlicht craft symphonic black metal that layers sweeping orchestral ambition over a raw black metal core, an unusual combination rooted in a small-town setting since 2020.
Brooklyn's Mongrel bring a raw, stripped-down black metal aesthetic to New York City since 2010, keeping the genre's primitive hostility intact amid the borough's dense and varied underground.
San Diego's Mongrel have been fusing the brutality of death metal with the confrontational directness of hardcore since 2010, playing aggressive, no-nonsense music that pulls no punches.
Portland, Oregon's Monke emerged in 2020 with a black/death hybrid sound that draws on the Pacific Northwest's prolific extreme metal underground, balancing atmospheric menace with visceral, full-throttle extremity.
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.
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