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MONOLITHE II Candlelight __________________________________________________ |
 The cheat sheet on this one states that it was a
‘strange coincidence’ that French doom-dudes Monolithe formed in
2001, because, dig this, they named themselves after the Monolith in the
movie, 2001. That’s neither strange nor a coincidence, it’s merely a bunch
of French dopers’ getting ‘deep’. But I digress. Monolithe released their
first album, the cleverly titled “Monolithe 1”, in 2003. In consisted of
one solitary 52 minute track full of lumbering epicus doomicus metallicus,
inspired, doubtlessly, by Sleep’s endless “Jerusalem”, the Patient Zero of
every hour-long mope metal track written afterwards. And there’s been
plenty. Fast forward (or, perhaps more accurately, inch forward at a
slug’s crawl) to 2005, and Monolithe emerge from their turtle shell for
another dip into the syrupy, extreme doom brine with “Monolithe II”, a
much more time-economical (they trimmed it down to 50:24 this time)
journey to the center of your attention span. Sure, grand vistas of
swirling dust metal and growl-y doomprog emerge whilst this one rolls on (and on
and…), but when you have to wait 27 minutes for the chorus to kick in,
well, let’s just say this one is for the hardcore depressive-metal fans
only. And for the unemployed. And the retired. Anyone with a lot of time
on their hands, really. __________________________________________________ |
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-Sleazegrinder |