Okay when I heard "history repeats itself" I was really hoping we were mostly talking about shit that happened way back when, not 4 fucking years ago. This is embarrassingly soon for another pandemic. Especially considering the first one never fucking ended.

Definitely check out The Virus if you like punk. One of my personal favorites.

Bloodywood and Fever 333 are metal, but if you like metal with leftist themes and band members of color, they're also very good.

For bands similar to Molchat Doma, I'd recommend She Past Away and Sisters of Mercy.

I'd also check out Tom Morello's most recent projects. He was with RATM, as you probably know, but he's a fantastic musician on his own as well.