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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 [...]
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 →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. [...]
Read more →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 [...]
Read more →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 [...]
Read more →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 [...]
Read more →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 [...]
Read more →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 [...]
Read more →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
Read more →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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