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DREAM THEATER KEYBOARDIST SPEAKS ABOUT NEW ALBUM
Jordan Rudess says new Dream Theater record will be “intense” Dream Theater are pretty widely considered to be one of the pioneers of progressive metal. They are also my favourite band of all time. Yeah, they have their detractors and flaws, but they do know how to write amazing and immersive songs and albums. Consequently, when [...]
Read more →THE MONOLITH INTERVIEWS: DAN BRIGGS OF BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
Dan Briggs of Between The Buried And Me talks their tour with Coheed and Cambria, album shows and negative reviews This past weekend in Chicago, my buddy, Durf Diggler, and I were fortunate enough to have caught an interview with Between The Buried And Me bassist, Dan Briggs. Considering this interview is fairly long, I [...]
Read more →INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WEEK: ORSAETH PICKS HIS 5 FAVORITE INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS
Hello loyal Acolytes and non-Acolytes. Seeing as it is Instrumental Music Week here at the Monolith, and a few of my fellow writers – Sigma and Durf – have done posts on their favourite instrumental tracks (as well as our week-long Basick Records takeover), I figured I’d get on the bandwagon and give you [...]
Read more →INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WEEK: BASICK PICKS PT.IV
On Monday we announced we’re running Instrumental Music Week this week, and will be celebrating all things instrumental for the next few days. Make sure to check out the previous days, but today we check in for day four from our intrepid instrumenteers! Day One Day Two Day Three Levi/Werstler – “Dura Mater” [Avalanche Of [...]
Read more →INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WEEK: BASICK PICKS PT.III
On Monday we announced we’re running Instrumental Music Week this week, and will be celebrating all things instrumental for the next few days. Make sure to check out the previous days, but today we check in for day three from our intrepid instrumenteers! Day One Day Two Dream Theater – “Erotomania” [Awake, 1994] John Petrucci, [...]
Read more →INSTRUMENTAL WEEK: SIGMA PICKS HIS FAVORITE INSTRUMENTAL TRACK
Since the higher ups in the Iron Council decided that this week would be Instrumental Music Week here at the Monolith, I refuse to not chime in on this most marvelous genre of music. Instrumental music, in general, is a variety of music that I’ve always taken a rather keen liking to. What’s always attracted me [...]
Read more →PERIPHERY ADDED TO DEFTONES U.S. TOUR; PREVIEW BRAND NEW MATERIAL
Maryland-based djent act Periphery can’t seem to not attached themselves to amazing tours. In 2012 alone they spent the first two months touring Europe with Dream Theater, then on their return to the states headed straight out in support of Protest The Hero with the Jeff Loomis and British tech-metal youngsters The Safety Fire. [...]
Read more →BECAUSE 10 IS A PSYCHOLOGICALLY SATISFYING NUMBER: SIGMA’S TOP 10 RELEASES OF 2012
I’m going to keep this blurb short so you all can enjoy the splendors of my list, however I will say that 2012 was an excellent year for metal. It was going to take some major doing to top 2011 in terms of the sheer volume of releases it had, but I think 2012 made [...]
Read more →THE OMEGA EXPERIMENT FINALLY SNAPPED UP – LISTENABLE RECORDS THE VICTORS
We were mightily pleased to see this piece of news drop into our inbox late yesterday evening. Those familiar with Michigan’s own prog duo The Omega Experiment – comprised of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Dan Wieten and keys-man Ryan Aldridge – will surely be gladdened to hear that the band have finally been signed. They released their blinding [...]
Read more →FRAUD OR FREUD: THAT OTHER F WORD
Dear Readers, Many thanks to those of you who are sticking with me for this wild ride known as Fraud or Freud. I’m incredibly grateful to all of you who check out what my little gender punk self has to say every week, and even more grateful to those of you who are sharing my [...]
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