MONOLITHE Paris, France
MONOLITHE’s first 4 records of epic & grandiose Cosmic Doom Metal, “Monolithe I” to “Monolithe IV”, released from 2003 to
2012, have established the band internationally as one of the household names within the Doom Metal community.
MONOLITHE then released “Epsilon Aurigae” (2015), “Zeta Reticuli” (2016), “Nebula Septem” (2018) and "Okta Khora" (2020), all met with praise.
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The Only Way To Reach The Surface
by NORD
This sick album is no less than a masterpiece. There's a great range of influences, from Post-Rock to Black Metal with just everything else you can think of in between.
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Probably the last testimony of one of the best French Gothic Metal bands. Great swansong.
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A furious rock album that shows a different side of MONOLITHE's guitarist Benoît's playing. Guest vocals by Vincent Cavanagh of Anathema on one song.
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supported by 21 fans who also own “Coil Shaped Volutions”
This was truly a revelation. I was getting started with funeral doom, working on something with my headphones on... Then came Déluge... my jaw actually dropped, I stopped what I was doing and, wide-eyed, just listened to the track, baffled and amazed. After the album was over (I never do this), I went to lay down with my headphones to enjoy it over again. I rarely heard (and felt) this much power and emotion in an album. Until I find something better, this is my landmark for peak funeral doom.
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supported by 20 fans who also own “Coil Shaped Volutions”
Gaerea's first release of "Unsettling Whispers" was in 2018, and since, they dared define a "black metal" niche of their own, they dared to walk a new path and stir shit up a bit in the realm of BM, this album is a masterpiece and a milestone proving that it can be done, provided the band can pull it off, and they did, oh they did! Gloomy, dark, post-BM sludgy whatever, it's Gaerea, and this one belongs in my BC collection, the end.
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More cathartic, atmospheric heaviness from the German doom metallers, balancing no-nonsense hooks with proggy flourishes.
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