US progressive sludge trio Behold! The Monolith shares new single »This Wailing Blade«; new full-length album out soon on Ripple Music
US progressive sludge trio Behold! The Monolith shares the third single »This Wailing Blade« taken from their upcoming full-length album, »From The Fathomless Deep«, which will drop on July 15th, 2022 via Ripple Music.
Tracklist:
01. Crown/The Immeasurable Void
02. Psychlopean Dread
03. Spirit Taker
04. The Wailing Blade
05. The Seams Of Pangaea
06. Stormbreaker Suite
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
Los Angeles progressive sludge trio Behold! The Monolith share their devastating new single »This Wailing Blade«, taken from their fourth album »From The Fathomless Deep« to be issued on July 15th via Ripple Music.
Behold! The Monolith has spent the last two years refining what made them one of Los Angeles’ greatest treasures over the last decade: lumbering iron riffs that kneel at the altar of Iommi, foam-mouthed roars, serpentine solos and Price’s innate love for southern licks and classic metal tics. »From The Fathomless Deep« is their darkest and most menacing record yet, an album that stares fearlessly into the shadows. With a sound that incorporates doom metal, black metal and fast-paced sludge with some epic progressive craftsmanship, this furious shape-shifting record should please fans of Mastodon, Inter Arma, Intronaut and Primitive Man.
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Behold! The Monolith is not the same band we knew all those years ago: they are now grizzlier, rougher-hewn and more technically visceral than ever before. A welcome reward for their decade-old following, and an ear-splitting surprise for those unbaptized. With stunning artwork by revered heavy metal and horror artist Dusty Peterson, »From The Fathomless Deep« will be released in various vinyl formats, CD and digital on July 15th through Ripple Music. => Check out their latest singles »Crown/The Immeasurable Void« and »Psychlopean Dread«!
New album »From The Fathomless Deep« out July 15th, 2022 on Ripple Music. US pre-order // European pre-order
In their fourteen years of existence, Los Angeles’ progressive sludge stalwarts Behold! The Monolith have experienced triumph, loss and all that is in between. Their 2012 release »Defender, Redeemist« was a breakthrough, described as a “musical reincarnation of the Wooly Mammoth” by Blabbermouth.net, but the passing of bassist and vocalist Kevin McDade in 2013 put their ascent to a halt. Guitarist Matt Price and drummer Chase Manhattan explored new lineups, unfamiliar musical territory and even other bands in the years that passed. 2015 saw the release of Behold! The Monolith’s last full-length »Architects Of The Void«, which touched upon black metal textures, and the album cycle culminated in a 2016 appearance at Roadburn Festival. The pair then toured the world as the rhythm section for Portland’s Lord Dying and performed on their last record »Mysterium Tremendum«.
In 2019, Price and Manhattan returned to their original power-trio format, welcoming veteran Menno Verbaten (Lowlife/Cryptic Slaughter, Expulsion, Lightning Swords Of Death) on bass and vocals. The three have spent the last two years refining what made Behold! The Monolith one of Los Angeles’ greatest treasures over the last decade: lumbering iron riffs that kneel at the altar of Iommi, foam-mouthed roars, serpentine solos and Price’s innate love for southern licks and classic metal tics. The fist-pumping bounce from »Defender, Redeemist«’s »We Are The Worm« is replaced with twisting and ghostly maneuvering on »Spirit Taker«, and Price’s solos clasp at heights unseen on »Psychlopean Dread« and the titanic typhoon that is »Stormbreaker Suite«. The mighty trio is now ready to unleash their wrath on the world with brand new album »From The Fathomless Deep«, to be released worldwide in the summer of 2022.
Behold! The Monolith is:
Menno Verbaten – Bass & Vocals
Matt Price – Guitar
Chase Manhattan – Drums
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