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    MONOLITHIC NEW TV SERIES PREVIEW

    Earlier this month we delivered an extensive
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    THE ULTIMATE IRON MAN 3 SPOILER DISCUSSION

    IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IRON MAN
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    GUEST INVASION: CHRISTOPH GÜTL INTERVIEWS OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON US

    Interview: Our Survival Depends On Us Just
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    FRAUD OR FREUD?: JANE STILL LOVES (MAD) MEN

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    MASSIVE MAY MOVIE PREVIEW!

    What May Movies Are You Looking Forward
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    THE POST-CORONER: ISIS – OCEANIC

    ISIS’ Oceanic; under the knife The Post-Coroner
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    PLUMBING THE DEPTHS: ANTHROPOCENTRIC [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    The Ocean’s Anthropocentric; under the microscope On
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    THE THROWBACK: RUNNING WILD – PORT ROYAL [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    Running Wild’s piratical Port Royal, investigated as
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    THE OCEAN – PELAGIAL (VOCAL)

      As we’re by now all well
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    PLUMBING THE DEPTHS: HELIOCENTRIC [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    The Ocean’s Heliocentric; under the microscope On
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    THE MONOLITH INTERVIEWS: ROBIN STAPS OF THE OCEAN

    Robin Staps of The Ocean talks music
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    PLUMBING THE DEPTHS: PRECAMBRIAN [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    The Ocean’s Precambrian; under the microscope On
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    THE OCEAN – PELAGIAL (INSTRUMENTAL)

        Never let it be said
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    PLUMBING THE DEPTHS: AEOLIAN [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    The Ocean’s Aeolian; under the microscope On
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    SAIL THE SEAS WITH OUR OCEAN-SPANNING PLAYLIST [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    In celebration of The Ocean Week, plumb
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    PLUMBING THE DEPTHS: FLUXION [THE OCEAN WEEK]

    The Ocean’s Fluxion; under the microscope On
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    THE THROWBACK: SEPULTURA – ARISE

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    FRAUD OR FREUD?: JANE LOVES MEN…MAD MEN, THAT IS (PART 1)

      Dear Readers, As many of you
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    SOCKWEB UPDATE: ARTWORK, TRACKLIST & EXTRA NEWS FOR WEREWOLF!

    The Future Is Bright – The Future
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    THRACIAN’S GEARS IS OUT NOW ON MONOLITHIC RECORDS

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DO YOU HAVE A HEART OF GOLD? CELEBRATE THE LIFE & MUSIC OF WOODS OF YPRES!

Celebrate The Life Of David Gold With Heart Of Gold David Gold was the Canadian mastermind behind the magnificent doom/black metal hybrid Woods Of Ypres. Woods’ final album Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Light has been in heavy rotation for me since he tragically passed in December of 2011. Woods V is a masterpiece [...]

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INTEGRITY – SUICIDE BLACK SNAKE

Since 1988, Integrity have been at the forefront of hardcore-punk and metal, meshing the two sounds together in a fury of killer riffs, wailing solos, and the shouts and screams of lead vocalist and founding member Dwid Hellion – who also happens to be the only consistent member of the band throughout their twenty-five year [...]

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METALLICA: THROUGH THE NEVER FINALLY GETS A TRAILER!

Will You Go On A Quest With Metallica: Through The Never? All the way back in January of this year (wow, this year has gone stupidly fast!) I wrote a preview of the new concert masturbation event film that showcases Metallica‘s legendary status in the industry (and not much else) entitled Metallica: Through The Never. [...]

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OMNIUM GATHERUM UNLEASH A “FORMIDABLE” FORCE

Omnium Gatherum Release A New Music Video From Beyond This isn’t the first time at The Monolith that we’ve tried to convince you of Omnium Gatherum‘s greatness. First we had our review of their new album, Beyond, which is one of the highest scored albums we’ve ever reviewed. Then we wrote about their music video for [...]

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READ THE “ATLAS NOVUS” WITH SCALE THE SUMMIT

“Atlas Novus” – the new atlas – from Scale The Summit Texan instrumental prog outfit Scale The Summit‘s new record The Migration is creeping up on us quickly – it’s only three weeks away now – and so it’s no surprise that a new song has surfaced in anticipation. The first track “Odyssey“, which inexplicably [...]

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BABOON’S BALLS-BUSTIN’ BEATS, PT. TVå: ENTOMBED AND MISERATION

This post is in the exact same vein as my first edition of Balls-Busting Beats, but instead of two Polish groups, I’ll be exploring two Swedish groups. This post is basically dictated by the concept of highlighting some personal favourite tracks that get constant play from me and my pink buttocks on Youtube. What could [...]

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EF WANT YOU TO EMBRACE THEIR CEREMONIES

Ef unveil a new song from their upcoming album Every now and again we stumble across a little blast in our inbox at The Monolith. Today, an email caught my attention about a Swedish indie/post rock orchestra outfit called Ef, who we mentioned as part of our shelsmusic 10th Anniversary Feature a couple of months [...]

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ALTAR OF PLAGUES – TEETHED GLORY AND INJURY

  Irish black metal trio Altar of Plagues have been putting out quality music for seven years now, with three EPs, a split with Year of No Light, and now their third full length album. With 2011’s album Mammal, they solidified their claim as one of the best black metal groups of today, using droning, [...]

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GET BYKÜRIUS WITH SOME NEW BLACK METAL

Bykürius Deliver Some Amazing Black Metal Covers It’s somewhat amusing to me that just two days ago when my beloved co-Iron Council member Disinformasiya posed the question “What covers have made you interested in a band?” I didn’t actually have an answer at the time, and yet, just this morning, I seem to have stumbled [...]

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ORPHANED LAND ARE “OUR OWN MESSIAH”

Orphaned Land release a new song from their upcoming album Orphaned Land are a progressive metal band hailing from Israel, which is a pretty unique venture in itself. They first formed in 1991 under the moniker of Resurrection, before changing their name a year later. Musically and lyrically they combine both Jewish and Arabic influences, [...]

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