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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]

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    PLUMBING THE DEPTHS: FLUXION [THE OCEAN WEEK]

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    THE THROWBACK: SEPULTURA – ARISE

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

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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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IRON PLAYLISTS: SONGS TO BE HAPPY TO

Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity. Gustav Holst would be proud. We all have those days. Those days where, for no real reason, you just feel less than perfect and a little down, everything sucks, and you hate everyone around you. But never fear, for I, Orsaeth, am here to give you a musical pick-me-up! I have [...]

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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 [...]

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SOME CLASSIC PROG TO GET YOU THROUGH YOUR DAY: YES – CLOSE TO THE EDGE

They’re no Mondays, but being the ever-feared “hump days,” Wednesdays certainly aren’t always easy to get through. I hear your cries and I’m here to answer them. To ease your pain, I’ve conjured up some tunes of yesteryear that always soothe me when I listen to them so hopefully they do the same for you. [...]

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THE HEAVY METAL HISTORIAN RETURNS: SNAGON’S TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2012

Welcome to the end of the world and thus no reason for this list… Oh wait that never happened and another arbitrary date is TBA but those religious nuts will surely find another for the masses to cower about. So since the world is still very much here, you might want to see what my [...]

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CONFORMING TO THE NEW REAL: ORSAETH’S TOP RELEASES OF 2012

2012 was an excellent year for music. There were so many album to listen to, and I didn’t come even close to listening to everything I wanted to, as there is only so much time in one day – but I did get through quite a bit, and I managed to eke out this top [...]

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THE THROWBACK: CORONER – MENTAL VORTEX

Thrash metal is one of the longest running obsessions of my metal music listening and its power knows no bounds more than 5 years after I hit the ground running with it. Thrash metal had really begun to hit it’s stride in the mid ’80s and by the end of the decade some of the [...]

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THE MONOLITH INTERVIEWS: JOSH MIDDLETON OF SYLOSIS

British thrashers Sylosis have certainly been making a big name for themselves in the past year and half with two critically acclaimed full length album releases in 2011′s Edge Of The Earth and this October’s Monolith. They’ve established a sound that could very well enable them to be the torch-bearers of metal for this generation. With all that [...]

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INFERNAL RUMINATIONS: IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR RECOMMENDS THE ACQUISITION AND CONSUMPTION OF ODYSSEY’S THE CONSCIOUS DEVICE

Greetings and salutations, acolytes. Those of you familiar with my particular musical tastes will undoubtedly recognize the name and logo of the band above, but for those of you who do not, allow me to introduce you to Odyssey, a progressive metal trio from Spokane, WA. I have been a vocal supporter of the band [...]

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HIDDEN GEMS: ALDEBARAN, WHEN WOODS MAKE GRAVES, AND THRESHOLD

Orsaeth takes us through some underappreciated great albums from the sphere of black metal, progressive metal and funeral doom

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WARRIOR ON THE EDGE OF TIME – ORSAETH

You must be wondering “Who is this extremely knowledgeable fellow? How does he know so much, and why is he so alluring? And how do I pronounce his name?” Rest assured, anonymous reader, that all your questions will be answered. I am your friendly neighbourhood Orsaeth: a charming writer from the desolate frozen wastes of Vancouver, Canada. Make all [...]

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