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  • DIGIPACK 2 CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE LIMITED "KOSMODROM" VERSION DOES NOT CONTAIN "KASSIOPEA". ONLY THE CD VERSION DOES.

    KOSMODROM + KASSIOPEA

    KOSMODROM, MONOLITHE's 9th full-length album, tells the tale of intrepid pioneers, explorers, discoverers and the dangers and sacrifices inherent to their leap into the unknown, through the metaphor of real historical events related to the space conquest on the Soviet side.
    Some famous figures such as Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov or the dog Laïka can be encountered at the turn of a song or a text line.

    KOSMODROM is musically a compendium of the know-how accumulated by the band over its more than two decades of existence, through a racy and futuristic Doom Metal, crossed with progressive touches and sprinkled with new influences.

    1 – Sputnik-1 (10’00)
    2 – Voskhod (10’30)
    3 - Kudryavka (10’30)
    4 – Soyuz (10’00)
    5 – Kosmonavt (26’00)

    Music & lyrics written by Sylvain Bégot (Koh Tao, Thailand - March to June 2020)
    Except 7’54 to 12’25 on “Kosmonavt” written by Thibault Faucher.

    Female vocals on « Sputnik-1 » written and performed by London Lawhon
    Ending guitar solo on « Kudryavka » performed by Jari Lindholm
    English voice-over performed by Alex Smith
    Russian voice-overs translated by Timur Iskandarov and performed by Timur Iskandarov, Denis Grigoryev & Daria Barkova

    Kosmodrom was recorded in winter & spring 2020/2021
    Drums & vocals recorded by Andrew Guillotin @Hybreed Studio
    Guitars & keyboards recorded by Sylvain Bégot @Red Reed Studio
    Bass recorded by Olivier Defives

    Mixed & mastered by Jari Lindholm @Jari Lindholm Music & Audio, Sweden (May/June 2021)

    Produced by Sylvain Bégot

    Artwork by Guibz Zilla
    Band logo by Robert Høyem


    KASSIOPEA

    1 – Kold (4’40)
    2 – Orion’s Misery (12’10)
    3 - Invasion AD (6’20)
    4 – Brave Murder Day (11’25)
    5 – The Killing Moon (7’25)
    6 – Spatial Cases (6’00)

    MONOLITHE is:
    Rémi Brochard Vocals, Guitar
    Sylvain Bégot Guitar
    Benoît Blin Guitar
    Matthieu Marchand Keyboards
    Olivier Defives Bass
    Thibault Faucher Drums

    All songs re-arranged by Sylvain Bégot (Koh Tao, Thailand - March to June 2020)

    Vocals performed by:
    “Orion’s Misery” : Benjamin Belot
    “Kold” : Frédéric Gervais
    “Brave Murder Day”: Rémi Brochard (growls) & Melody Gruszka (clean)
    “The Killing Moon”: Florent Gerbault
    “Spatial Cases”: Manuel Munoz

    Kassiopea was recorded in winter & spring 2020/2021
    Drums & vocals recorded by Andrew Guillotin @Hybreed Studio
    Guitars & keyboards recorded by Sylvain Bégot @Red Reed Studio
    Bass recorded by Olivier Defives

    Mixed & mastered by Jari Lindholm @Jari Lindholm Music & Audio, Sweden (May/June 2021)

    Produced by Sylvain Bégot

    Artwork by Guibz Zilla
    Band logo by Robert Høyem

    Original songs:
    “Orion” & “My Friend of Misery” by Metallica
    “Cold” by The Cure
    “Brave”, “Murder” & “Days” by Katatonia
    “Invasion AD” by Carpenter Brut
    “The Killing Moon” by Echo & the Bunnymen
    “Special Cases” by Massive Attack

    Includes unlimited streaming of KOSMODROM - Limited Edition via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

KUDRYAVKA

Destiny loads passengers with no boarding card
Steers them to absurd terminal destinations

Innocuous souls exploited by ambition
No one ever agreed to the stoping station

Great, immoral, remarkable, despicable
Wrong, essential, criminal, phenomenal

Not a chance to reach awareness
Just being there, breathing, living
A beating, loving, trusting heart

The horizon is vertical
For the unfortunate brigade
Future craves for a sacrifice

Soft friendly hands, hard hostile hands
Device of an epic sad tale
That will never be forgotten

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from KOSMODROM - Limited Edition, released November 25, 2022

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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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