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| Monolith | |
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| Album info | |
| Release | October 8, 2012 |
| Recorded | Late 2011 - early 2012, Monnow Valley Studio, Wales |
| Genre | Thrash metal, death metal, progressive metal |
| Length | 1:12:35 |
| Label | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer | Romesh Dodangoda |
Monolith is the 3rd full length album released by British heavy metal band Sylosis. It was released on October 5, 2012, in Europe and October 9, 2012, in North America.
Album Information[]
On March 31, 2012 Sylosis released a teaser on youtube simply entitled Sylosis III which featured clips of the band performing in the studio, later it was revealed that Sylosis had indeed started work on their 3rd studio album just over a year after releasing their last album Edge of the Earth and that it would be released later in the year. Sylosis continued to tease the release of the new album by posting another video on youtube, it was revealed in the video that the band were recording the new album in Wales at Monnow Valley Studios the same place where world famous acts such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Rush had previously recorded.
Release and promotion[]
On 7 August 2012, Sylosis provided free download of 'A Dying Vine' via their website, and their song 'Born Anew' was first played on Dan Carters' rock show on Radio 1.
As of 2 October 2012, the album was streamed on MetalSucks in its entirety.[1]
Monolith was officially released on the 8th of October in Europe and the 9th of October in America.
As part of the promotion of the album and to celebrate its release, Sylosis played a hometown show in Reading, UK on the 7th of October where fans could purchase a copy of the album a day prior to its official release as well as perform a few of the songs from the new album live.
On December 3, the music video for "Fear The World" was released.[2]
Track listing[]
All songs written and composed by Sylosis.
| # | Track title | Length |
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| 1. | "Out From Below" | 6:58 |
| 2. | "Fear the World" | 5:20 |
| 3. | "What Dwells Within" | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Behind the Sun" | 5:01 |
| 5. | "The River" | 5:33 |
| 6. | "Monolith" | 5:02 |
| 7. | "Paradox" | 6:08 |
| 8. | "A Dying Vine" | 5:57 |
| 9. | "All is Not Well" | 4:29 |
| 10. | "Born Anew" | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Enshrined" (includes hidden track started at 14:56) | 19:16 |
Personnel[]
- Sylosis
- Josh Middleton - Vocals, Lead Guitar
- Carl Parnell - Bass
- Rob Callard - Drums
- Alex Bailey - Rhythm Guitar
- Production
- Jens Bogren - Mixing, Mastering
- Josh Middleton - Producer, Art direction
- Romesh Dodangoda - Producer, Engineering, Mixing
- Dan Goldsworthy - Artwork, Design
- Tom Barnes - Photography