Doom

Monarch is a name that has been used more than once.
1) Filthy, dirty sludge doom band from France, with a female vocalist. Also see Monarch! ------------------- 2)
Monarch, originally from Pittsburgh PA, signed to Northern Records of Orange County where they released "The Grandeur That Was Rome" in 2003 and "Lowly" in 2007, featuring collaborations with members of the bands OneRepublic, Pedro the Lion, and Starflyer 59. As their music has been dubbed as “melodic-driven indie pop,” Monarch has been compared to bands like Elbow, Sigur Ros, Keane, and Denali.

Coffins are a Japanese death-doom metal band, formed in 1996 by guitarist and vocalist Uchino. Having gone through several lineup changes in the past, they now consist of Uchino, Ryo (drums) and Koreeda (bass). Their sound is influenced by old school '80s and '90s doom metal, death metal and thrash metal. After several demos they released their 1st full-length album "Mortuary In Darkness" in 2005.

ULTRAPHALLUS : Phil Maggi : Vocals, Noise, Samples --- Julien Bockiau : Drums, Bass --- Xavier Dubois : Guitars, Bass --- Ivan Del Castillo : Bass --- Ultraphallus exists since 2002. Created in Liège, Belgium by Phil Maggi and Gabriel Marguerie, during sessions of dark-ambient combo EVE AND THE SICKNESS. “Band’s name ULTRAPHALLUS is a homage and the real name given to Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, who raped and educated his children hardly...Joe Jackson is the Ultimate Father...For All, he IS the Ultraphallus.”

"Possibly one of the most genuinely involving noise projects I've come across recently... Each piece sounds like they've laid their hands on the instruments for the very first time and are mightily pissed off about it... Blood Moon sound something like early King Crimson if they had been twenty years later and spent most of their time undergoing experiments with Electro Convulsive Shock Therapy... Sonic colour mixing through liquidisation."
Honest Music for Dishonest Times fanzine