In Mourning - Monolith
Tracklist
01. For You To Know02. Debris
03. The Poet And The Painter Of Souls
04. The Smoke
05. A Shade Of Plague
06. With You Came Silence
07. Pale Eye Revelation
08. The Final Solution (Entering The Black Lodge)
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Thryce
(2010)
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Progressive Melodic Death metal Recorded: Black Lounge Studio, Sweden 2009 Label: Pulverised Records Total Running Time: 57:04 Here we have an album that will undoubtedly make it to a lot of end of year lists. And when I say a lot, I actually mean a lot. Mark my words. Lately I'm not too much into either prog or melodeath. But this may well be one of the best progressive melodic death metal albums I've heard in, oh I don't know, ever. The brutal truth is that In Mourning knocked the ball right out of the park with this one. Seriously, this album rocks so fucking hard I can't even begin to tell you. Read more ›› |
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Monolith is a huge freaking disappointment. Not that I was blown away by In Mourning's previous effort but because this is probably the number one album in terms of wasted potential. Seriously, friends, there are soooo many good, smart, catchy and even mind-blowing riffs and leads on this album, which are completely ruined by boring retreats to dragging, recurring, "sentimental" mid-paced melodies. Take track one: what initially sounds like something heavy and bombastic is later ruined by the higher-register-guitar-driven whiny chorus, and then later saved again by a great bridge, and then ruined again... So many times have I found myself banging my head to some great grooves in a particular song only to be pissed off at how the song develops later ("Pale Eye Revelation") or being initially bored and then taken by surprise ("With You Came Silence"). Inconsistency... Read more ›› |
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Thryce
Progressive Melodic Death metal
Apr 10, 2010
Monolith is easily among the most awesome releases I've heard all year. This addictive and hauntingly beautiful album is every reason why In Mourning are/should be top of the class.
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One of the most talented bands out there. Hope to see more good records from these guys in the future 
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Freakin' great album! I saw them live this summer at a local festival otherwise mostly filles with crap and actually wrote down their name to look them up but never did so. Then I saw this review and OMG! I just love it!
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Musicianship: 9 Vocal: 9 Atmosphere: 9 Melody: 8 Originality: 9 Production: 10 CD Covers: 10 Best Songs: 02. Debris 04. The Smoke 08. The Final Solution (Entering The Black Lodge) Interesting Comments: PoIsOn! Valaskjalf
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Best Songs: 02. Debris 04. The Smoke 08. The Final Solution (Entering The Black Lodge) Agreed
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I once saw the band Ghost Brigade as a pre programme to Amorphis. I was sold immedeately!! But that band has only two albums, so I needed new material... but I wanted THAT kind of music. I searched around and with the help of Last.fm I found this band. I downloaded In Mourning's albums immedeately and this album was EXACTLY what I was looking for! Pure awesomeness! I will buy it as soon as I can find it 
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This album is AMAZING Its the fine line between Iced Earth and Opeth, with a hint of Dark Tranquility. All 3 would be proud.
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This album has such great flow, did not feel the time go by
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Never listened to this one until now, and I sure as hell didn't expect this to have such a vast difference from the debut. Other than the final track, this album seems to be much less melancholic, with much heavier bass sound, and I also find the riffs more interesting on this aswel. I'm getting some Dark Tranquillity vibes as if DT had gone a wee bit progressive. This time I'm hearing alot less of an Opeth influences, the songstructures had become a wee less progressive, and on the longer songs the riffing is more drawn out, similar in some ways to Katatonia, so for me there seems to be a slight shift in style. The debut is good but this I slightly prefer if I'm honest, this has several stand out tracks being "The Smoke", "Debris" , whereas the debut had "The Black Lodge" as the only stand out for me.
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