In their last official 2020 statement, doom metal masters Monolithe revealed that in 2021 they will focus mainly on studio work. They are planning to release their ninth album in 2022.

Statement from Sylvain Bégot: ''On behalf of Monolithe I would like to wish you all a happy new year. 2020 has been an inept year for the reasons you already know, but we tried to make the best of it by composing a new album and arranging a bunch of cover songs. All of them are now finished and waiting to be transposed on tape.

"2021 doesn't seem to show much hope gig-wise (even though we'll be ready if unexpected opportunities arise) so the band is going to spend this coming year recording the new material. In my opinion the next album is going to be phenomenal, but perhaps I'm not exactly objective about it?

"Anyway, after completing the "Great Clockmaker" and the "Tame Stars" sagas, this new record is going to open a new chapter in the artistic life of this band. We are really eager to share the 9th Monolithe full-length album (which is NOT going to be made of 9 minutes songs!) as well as our reading of the 6 chosen songs we're going to cover. But we still have to go through a lot of work for that. Let's expect a 2022 release!"

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