LATEST BLOG POSTS

• 03 Apr 2013
• by Orsaeth
• Music

Check out Dread Sovereign as they get happy with the matches While making a few regular rounds on YouTube last night, I happened upon this one recently uploaded song from a band known as Dread Sovereign. What I heard was enough to make me investigate the band more. After doing a bit of research ...
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• 03 Apr 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Essence Release New Lyric Video Essence are a Danish thrash metal band that have recently released their new album, titled Last Night Of Solace. A few days ago they debuted a new lyric video for the track “Fractured Dimension“. As many of you know, lyric videos are an incredibly common and novel way for ...
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• 03 Apr 2013
• by Neotenic
• Music

    As someone who took their first baby steps into the world of heavy metal, as well as playing bass, around the turn of the nineties, the name and windmill-headbanging frame of Jason Newsted loomed large in my formative years. His well-publicised frustration at his minimal involvement in the Metallica writing process, and ...
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• 03 Apr 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Hacktivist Release New Song & Music Video Hacktivist are back, seemingly content on dropping the “the” that used to preface their name (is Hacktivist now a collective instead of a singular entity?), they’ve returned with a new song and accompanying music video titled “Elevate“. This is a band that have a rather divisive reputation ...
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• 03 Apr 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

Monuments debut new song “The Indulger” online Fresh from the departure of vocalist Matt Rose, Monuments have cracked right on with things and released an instrumental version of a new song – partly to show what they’re doing now, and partly by way of audition material for any prospective replacement. The tune is a ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Features

Decipher Game Of Thrones‘ Westeros and the origin points of its characters I’m an absolutely massive fan of George R.R. Martin‘s A Song Of Ice And Fire series of books. Although I broke my Westeros virginity with the first season of the TV adaptation Game Of Thrones, I plowed through the five current books ...
read more →

• 29 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

SHORT WEEK ON THE MONOLITH, BUT WE PACKED A LOT IN! It’s Easter Bank Holiday weekend in the UK today (and on Monday), so we’re taking a bit of time off to recharge our batteries and come out swinging next week. Here’s what we got up to over the past four days! Hope you ...
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• 28 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

This image is a lie: Dissipate did all the hard work As we keep battering on about, we like to think we offer something a bit different when it comes to content. Sure, we do a bit of news here and there. We combine music and film. We review stuff and expose stuff and ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Jane-Fraud
• Featured

Dear Readers, As I am sure most of you know, today and yesterday were some pretty big and exciting days for US politics, as the Supreme Court has been hearing arguments regarding Prop. 8 and DOMA, two of the most influential pieces of legislation regarding gay marriage. So, in the spirit of things (and ...
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• 28 Mar 2013
• by Snagon
• Featured

  I never know when I am going to find a new classic album, but I must thank my colleague at heavymetal.about.com, Dan Marsciano as well as metal friend/Zelda freak/former bassist of Cormorant, Arthur Von Nagel, for collaborating on a piece about Italian Epic Metal band Dark Quarterer found here. It was there that I was introduced ...
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• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Havok Unveil New Music Video Havok are a thrash metal band from Denver, Colorado that have been consistently building their profile. They’re part of the retrothrash movement which is a notoriously difficult genre to stand out in, as not only are you attempting to create new music, but to also ape the classics that ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Keep Of Kalessin Unveil New Single & Music Video Keep Of Kalessin are a melodic black metal band from Norway, known for their slower paced and atmospheric use of melody, rather than the more traditional fast paced, blastbeat infused black metal that is often found in other bands from the area. Kalessin have achieved ...
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• 29 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

SHORT WEEK ON THE MONOLITH, BUT WE PACKED A LOT IN! It’s Easter Bank Holiday weekend in the UK today (and on Monday), so we’re taking a bit of time off to recharge our batteries and come out swinging next week. Here’s what we got up to over the past four days! Hope you ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

This image is a lie: Dissipate did all the hard work As we keep battering on about, we like to think we offer something a bit different when it comes to content. Sure, we do a bit of news here and there. We combine music and film. We review stuff and expose stuff and ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Jane-Fraud
• Featured

Dear Readers, As I am sure most of you know, today and yesterday were some pretty big and exciting days for US politics, as the Supreme Court has been hearing arguments regarding Prop. 8 and DOMA, two of the most influential pieces of legislation regarding gay marriage. So, in the spirit of things (and ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Snagon
• Featured

  I never know when I am going to find a new classic album, but I must thank my colleague at heavymetal.about.com, Dan Marsciano as well as metal friend/Zelda freak/former bassist of Cormorant, Arthur Von Nagel, for collaborating on a piece about Italian Epic Metal band Dark Quarterer found here. It was there that I was introduced ...
read more →

• 27 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

  The Post-Coroner answers to no power and acts outside any jurisdiction. With a taste encompassing everything post- and -core, he moves with the grace of a rampaging badger through a field of corn; bludgeoning ears left and right and galloping straight at the next biggest threat, whether if be a bear or a motionless ...
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• 26 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Featured

Quigs sits down with up and coming cinematographer Ben Dundas So, I suppose we should start at the beginning: What prompted you to start making films and shooting videos? Well that’s kind of a long winded question. I’ve been shooting stuff since I was about 15 years old when I used to skateboard and ...
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• 22 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

Thracian’s Gears released on Monolithic Records Another big week for Monolithic Records, as we released Gears from New Yorkers Thracian. We’re particularly proud of these guys, and have been following them for some years. You can pick up both regular and deluxe editions of the release from our webstore, and as always there are discounts for ...
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• 21 Mar 2013
• by Leviathan
• Featured

EA CEO QUITS; COMPANY SCRAMBLES TO FIND NEW ANTICHRIST Like most cool people in the world, I play an inordinate amount of videogames. Much of my life is rather mundane and unfulfilling, you see, and as such it’s nice to escape into a world where my problems for the day include slaying epic beasts ...
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• 19 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Featured

Embrace The Riffs Of Carcass Through The Awesome Thracian! Last week we announced our fourth signing to the Monolithic Records family in the form of angry New York thrashers Thracian. Their fusion of aggressive melodic death metal, thrash and metalcore makes for a veritable riff sandwich. Channelling the pissed off spirit of Jeff Walker ...
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• 18 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Featured

The Northern Unleash An Excellent & Slick Video Upon Us All The Northern are a new progressive djethcore band from Toronto, Canada and earlier today they released their first ever song “Imperium“. That’s been circling for about five hours now and so far the reception has been extremely positive, garnering them new fans left ...
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• 15 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

We chat to shelsmusic founder Mehdi Safa to celebrate! It’s official: shelsmusic have been around for a decade. Ten years of wheeling and dealing, from the back streets of London town to the sunny climes of California, but never relinquishing the DIY ethic that has made them so popular with fans, bands and assorted ...
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• 11 Mar 2013
• by Angel
• Featured

Czech post-rockers Postcards From Arkham drop by for a chat Some bands sound intriguing right from the start. A post-rock band taking heavy influence from esteemed horror/fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft and including soundbites from his works in their songs quickly made our cultured ears prick up, so we took it upon ourselves to dig ...
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• 03 Apr 2013
• by Orsaeth
• Music

Check out Dread Sovereign as they get happy with the matches While making a few regular rounds on YouTube last night, I happened upon this one recently uploaded song from a band known as Dread Sovereign. What I heard was enough to make me investigate the band more. After doing a bit of research ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Essence Release New Lyric Video Essence are a Danish thrash metal band that have recently released their new album, titled Last Night Of Solace. A few days ago they debuted a new lyric video for the track “Fractured Dimension“. As many of you know, lyric videos are an incredibly common and novel way for ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Hacktivist Release New Song & Music Video Hacktivist are back, seemingly content on dropping the “the” that used to preface their name (is Hacktivist now a collective instead of a singular entity?), they’ve returned with a new song and accompanying music video titled “Elevate“. This is a band that have a rather divisive reputation ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

Monuments debut new song “The Indulger” online Fresh from the departure of vocalist Matt Rose, Monuments have cracked right on with things and released an instrumental version of a new song – partly to show what they’re doing now, and partly by way of audition material for any prospective replacement. The tune is a ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Havok Unveil New Music Video Havok are a thrash metal band from Denver, Colorado that have been consistently building their profile. They’re part of the retrothrash movement which is a notoriously difficult genre to stand out in, as not only are you attempting to create new music, but to also ape the classics that ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Keep Of Kalessin Unveil New Single & Music Video Keep Of Kalessin are a melodic black metal band from Norway, known for their slower paced and atmospheric use of melody, rather than the more traditional fast paced, blastbeat infused black metal that is often found in other bands from the area. Kalessin have achieved ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Dark Sermon Unveil Their New Music Video We previously wrote about Floridian melodic death metal band, Dark Sermon here; introducing their powerful music in anticipation for the release of their debut album In Tongues. That release is now creeping closer and to celebrate the band have released a new single in the form of ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

Musical crowdfunding surfaces again with Mandroid Echostar We’re forever grateful to Guelphite prog-rock dudes Mandroid Echostar. As well as being top-notch musicians (check out their debut EP if you haven’t already), they’re also top-notch dudes, and were incredibly generous in the run up to our launch last October, providing us with an EP/t-shirt package ...
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• 27 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Film

Two and a half minutes of full on *SNIKT* with The Wolverine Last week I made a little post on our Facebook page about Hugh Jackedman and co’s desire for The Wolverine to carry an R rating, and we’ve been promised that there will actually be some blood! The X-Men films thus far have ...
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• 27 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

Erstwhile Monuments frontman gives more detailed side of story Monuments were in the news earlier this week as part of a band-member-departure trifecta (along with The Contortionist and Baroness), with vocalist Matt Rose being the seceding member. Details were scarce, with a statement from the band themselves only confirming earlier rumours, and stating that ...
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• 27 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

shelsmusic’s latest signing Erlen Meyer have a new video Hopefully you will remember when we introduced you guys to Limoges sludge quintet Erlen Meyer not long ago when they were signed to one of our favourite shelsmusic (check out the big feature we did on them too!). Mightily impressed with their debut track “Nuit” were ...
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• 26 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

The return of Killswitch Engage is not an event to be understated, so I’ll do my best not to. They’ve not got many fans around here (I think), as evidenced by our lukewarm reception of the two tracks from their forthcoming album we’ve talked about so far, but it’s hard to deny their place ...
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• 03 Apr 2013
• by Orsaeth
• Music

Check out Dread Sovereign as they get happy with the matches While making a few regular rounds on YouTube last night, I happened upon this one recently uploaded song from a band known as Dread Sovereign. What I heard was enough to make me investigate the band more. After doing a bit of research ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Essence Release New Lyric Video Essence are a Danish thrash metal band that have recently released their new album, titled Last Night Of Solace. A few days ago they debuted a new lyric video for the track “Fractured Dimension“. As many of you know, lyric videos are an incredibly common and novel way for ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by Neotenic
• Music

    As someone who took their first baby steps into the world of heavy metal, as well as playing bass, around the turn of the nineties, the name and windmill-headbanging frame of Jason Newsted loomed large in my formative years. His well-publicised frustration at his minimal involvement in the Metallica writing process, and ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Hacktivist Release New Song & Music Video Hacktivist are back, seemingly content on dropping the “the” that used to preface their name (is Hacktivist now a collective instead of a singular entity?), they’ve returned with a new song and accompanying music video titled “Elevate“. This is a band that have a rather divisive reputation ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Music

Monuments debut new song “The Indulger” online Fresh from the departure of vocalist Matt Rose, Monuments have cracked right on with things and released an instrumental version of a new song – partly to show what they’re doing now, and partly by way of audition material for any prospective replacement. The tune is a ...
read more →

• 29 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

SHORT WEEK ON THE MONOLITH, BUT WE PACKED A LOT IN! It’s Easter Bank Holiday weekend in the UK today (and on Monday), so we’re taking a bit of time off to recharge our batteries and come out swinging next week. Here’s what we got up to over the past four days! Hope you ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

This image is a lie: Dissipate did all the hard work As we keep battering on about, we like to think we offer something a bit different when it comes to content. Sure, we do a bit of news here and there. We combine music and film. We review stuff and expose stuff and ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Snagon
• Featured

  I never know when I am going to find a new classic album, but I must thank my colleague at heavymetal.about.com, Dan Marsciano as well as metal friend/Zelda freak/former bassist of Cormorant, Arthur Von Nagel, for collaborating on a piece about Italian Epic Metal band Dark Quarterer found here. It was there that I was introduced ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Havok Unveil New Music Video Havok are a thrash metal band from Denver, Colorado that have been consistently building their profile. They’re part of the retrothrash movement which is a notoriously difficult genre to stand out in, as not only are you attempting to create new music, but to also ape the classics that ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Keep Of Kalessin Unveil New Single & Music Video Keep Of Kalessin are a melodic black metal band from Norway, known for their slower paced and atmospheric use of melody, rather than the more traditional fast paced, blastbeat infused black metal that is often found in other bands from the area. Kalessin have achieved ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Amnesian
• Music

    After a great many listens to Aetherial, debut full length release by Texans Oceans of Slumber, I found myself struggling to put into writing an assessment of the album and, after a bit of thought, settled on the reasons for this being twofold. Firstly, Aetherial is a complex and eclectic work, demonstrating impressive ...
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• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Music

Dark Sermon Unveil Their New Music Video We previously wrote about Floridian melodic death metal band, Dark Sermon here; introducing their powerful music in anticipation for the release of their debut album In Tongues. That release is now creeping closer and to celebrate the band have released a new single in the form of ...
read more →

• 03 Apr 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Features

Decipher Game Of Thrones‘ Westeros and the origin points of its characters I’m an absolutely massive fan of George R.R. Martin‘s A Song Of Ice And Fire series of books. Although I broke my Westeros virginity with the first season of the TV adaptation Game Of Thrones, I plowed through the five current books ...
read more →

• 29 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

SHORT WEEK ON THE MONOLITH, BUT WE PACKED A LOT IN! It’s Easter Bank Holiday weekend in the UK today (and on Monday), so we’re taking a bit of time off to recharge our batteries and come out swinging next week. Here’s what we got up to over the past four days! Hope you ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by Jane-Fraud
• Featured

Dear Readers, As I am sure most of you know, today and yesterday were some pretty big and exciting days for US politics, as the Supreme Court has been hearing arguments regarding Prop. 8 and DOMA, two of the most influential pieces of legislation regarding gay marriage. So, in the spirit of things (and ...
read more →

• 28 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Features

  Here at The Monolith we write about both music and film, so it’s always nice when we find a rare moment that we can write about and celebrate both in the same post. While surfing for new music I stumbled across the work of an electronic artist called Chipocrite, who delivers excellent chip ...
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• 27 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Film

Two and a half minutes of full on *SNIKT* with The Wolverine Last week I made a little post on our Facebook page about Hugh Jackedman and co’s desire for The Wolverine to carry an R rating, and we’ve been promised that there will actually be some blood! The X-Men films thus far have ...
read more →

• 26 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Featured

Quigs sits down with up and coming cinematographer Ben Dundas So, I suppose we should start at the beginning: What prompted you to start making films and shooting videos? Well that’s kind of a long winded question. I’ve been shooting stuff since I was about 15 years old when I used to skateboard and ...
read more →

• 26 Mar 2013
• by Kat-Blood
• Film

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – seven days later Directed by Don Scardino Written by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini & Jim Carrey When I write up a review of a movie, I often do it over two days. I start the moment I get home ...
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• 26 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Features

This is a really cool small thing that I stumbled across online. Animator BlackMeal pays excellent tribute to the legendary comic publishing house, Marvel by animating an idea for a Marvel logo that could easily appear before it’s move efforts. It’s a wonderful little piece that blends together many classic Marvel staples with the ...
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• 22 Mar 2013
• by Disinformasiya
• Featured

Thracian’s Gears released on Monolithic Records Another big week for Monolithic Records, as we released Gears from New Yorkers Thracian. We’re particularly proud of these guys, and have been following them for some years. You can pick up both regular and deluxe editions of the release from our webstore, and as always there are discounts for ...
read more →

• 22 Mar 2013
• by Kat-Blood
• Features

Film Favourite Friday : A brand new feature for The Monolith Every week I, along with four other members of The Monolith team, will be looking at a specific element of film. This element may be plot based, revolve around a certain theme or character, or even come from specific cast or crew member. ...
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• 21 Mar 2013
• by The Quigs
• Film

Or Is App A Terrible Idea Doomed To Fail? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out in this world that gimmicks sell. A great gimmick can be the difference between success and failure of anything. 3D, while it may irritate some people,  is here to stay and the technology continues to improve. The ...
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• 20 Mar 2013
• by Jane-Fraud
• Featured Film

Dear Readers, OCCASIONALLY It’s no secret that we at the Monolith love comics and their screen adaptations (I mean, how many wonderful articles has Quigs devoted to comic book movies and their successes/failures?!). In this spirit, today I’m throwing my cards down into our ongoing discussion of comic books as they appear in cinema/television ...
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