Buried deep, deep down in the tomb of decaying drone, the bones of repetitive ghostly feedback are rattling together to manifest sounds that will have you bowing at the altar of infinte bleakness. On Febuary 28th, ethereal funeral dirge sorcerers MONARCH will be releasing their new album, Omens, via At A Loss Recordings. I have been living with this album for weeks now, and I can honestly say that with every listen I’m more amazed at how this band can transform simple audio textures into complex sonic catacombs. The way that MONARCH compose music allows you to ride the tones that they put forth into other dimensions of reality. These humans build desolate soundscapes were sounds fight to be heard as individuals before they become one enity that enchants your ear cavities. MONARCH’s music is some ultra heavy shit, but at the same time their songs float my nightmares above my eternal torment. When you hear “Blood Seeress,” it will be like looking into the eyes of black magic clothed in the unseen mysteries of the underworld. MONARCH takes an extra slow dirge baseline and molds it into a foundation of audio weirdness. What’s so cool about “Blood Seeress” is not what you will experience on the surface, but the spectacular things you will encounter below the sludge. I really dig the song “Black Becomes the Sun” (killer song title) – the surreal melody that is alive in this composition is trance-like and will put you in a meditative state. The beauty and the pain in the vocalist’s voice shines fucking bright on this song. On Omens, MONARCH proves that there are many different ways to reshape what we all know as heavy music. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel that this band went into the process of creating this album with an open mind – maybe that’s why I hear creative freedom with each listen. MONARCH’s music is dark without a doubt, but it will also cast a brilliant light on your dark soul!
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Jeremy
February 1, 2012 at 6:35 am
Can’t wait to hear this.