under 5000 monthly listeners
Captain Squeegee. A rare combination of ska and psychedelic rock. Their album To the Bardos! is particularly great, and ranks among my top 5 albums of all time.
The Brotherhood of Dae Han. Southern rock with a hint of black metal metalcore.
Black Bonzo. A modern-ish prog band that sounds straight from the 70s.
Bubblemath. Progressive jazz fusion. Their first album was light on the jazz and pretty low-budget, but their second album, Edit Peptide, is the best in the subgenre, IMO.
Lotus Child. Indie alterna-rock. They only had one album, but it’s creative and interesting.
Maybe I used the wrong descriptor. I’m not into screaming, so I tend to group all screaming/growling metal into the “black metal” label. 🤷♀️
Tyrant of Death coming in at just over 4000 listeners!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0v9Vjvjg6Swl0ZzJFEersr
He’s excellent. If you like industrial metal or the Doom soundtrack you’ll probably like ToD. There’s no vocals, so I imagine this will appeal to DnB and EDM fans as well.
I recommend Generation Bliss (link for bandcamp because it’s not on Spotify… wtf bro this your best album!)
https://tyrantofdeath1.bandcamp.com/album/generation-bliss
I must have listened to this 50 times
Monarch ! the slowest band on earth a French Drone metal band who is heavy as hell and plays so slowly that it’s edge between music and noise. Pretty great if you want to set-up a dark-ambience or want to chill out over slow music.
Also they’re great on stage and the musicians are accessible like you can talk with them after the concert
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Technically they’re just over the 5000 monthly listeners limit (6955), but Xanthochroid is still relatively unknown and my favorite band of all time, so I can’t not share them.
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