Kowloon Walled City
https://kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com/

Modern take on noise rock inspired sludge metal, but not exactly on the "fun" side like Karp or Melvins, at least not sonically. It's very dense and oppressive and there's also some post-metal influence. I recommend Gambling on the Richter Scale, heavy, raw, crush.


Monkey Plot
https://monkeyplot.bandcamp.com/

A stellar example of the journal title. Monkey Plot have done some post-rock colored free improv and really show the versatility of acoustic instruments.


F.E. Denning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Uak6d4Bp0

Hazy drone and ambient music from fuzz aficionados over at Posh Isolation, but with a touch of post-modern classical.


Giant Squid
https://giantsquid.bandcamp.com/

I consider Giant Squid a pretty significant force with respect to modern progressive music. Their music is aquatic and mysterious, always harrowing and beautiful, and they definitely made some stuff unlike anything before. Progressive doom metal isn't as rampant in the universe as it ought to be, listening to GS makes me wonder why. Plus the plethora of disparate yet highly subtle elements they draw from elsewhere, it all comes together for something of a melancholic and weirdly sludgy elegy of funeral doom rock. Metridium Fields is their best album.

Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO