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░ ██ ██ Artist: Dying of the Light ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Monolithium █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-06-01 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: self-released ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: EP ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ ItÆs not just doomà itÆs not just sludgeà itÆs not █
█ just AmRep-style noiseà itÆs not just Godflesh █
█ inspired post-industrialà rather, itÆs ALL of that █
█ and more. Much more. ItÆs Dying of the Light. █
█ Nobody does it quite like these New Zealand █
█ merchants of gloomy audio devastation. Their █
█ colossal sound is like an avalanche bearing down █
█ on you in slow motion. Heaviness is not an endgame █
█ for Dying of the Light, itÆs a starting point. █
█ ItÆs foundational to everything they do. It isnÆt █
█ a point of arrival or something achieved, itÆs █
█ archetypical to their very essence. My head was █
█ still banging twenty minutes after I was done █
█ listening to the final track. █
█ ôMonolithiumö is the bandÆs third release and █
█ features four songs that each clock in around the █
█ five minute mark. The opening track and title song █
█ has, perhaps, the most epic feel of the bunch but █
█ part of that may simply be the impact the songÆs █
█ video left on me. ItÆs a stellar production film █
█ that features the band on a bleak journey through █
█ post-apocalyptic wastelands in search of some █
█ strange energy that ultimately transports them to █
█ somewhere even more otherworldly than their █
█ present existence. ItÆs visually striking and █
█ blows the mind it is all a DIY effort shot on █
█ location on the central plateau of New Zealand, █
█ Lake Taupo, Turangi, the Rangipo subterranean █
█ Power Station and Lake Wainamu inland sand dune. █
█ You can catch it on youtube or vimeo. █
█ Each of the other three songs has its own unique █
█ identity with perhaps the closer ôFactoryö (a █
█ Shihad cover) being my favorite. ItÆs the most █
█ straightforward of the cuts, but somehow manages █
█ to do more with less. The songÆs main riffs are █
█ very engaging and memorable. IÆd almost say █
█ ôcatchyö except that seems somehow the wrong thing █
█ to say when describing music of this density. █
█ As first-rate as the production was on the bandÆs █
█ first EP (the only other release of theirs IÆve █
█ heard), this time around itÆs even more █
█ exceptional. Everything sounds compact and solid █
█ but there is still enough room for each instrument █
█ to breathe and be distinct. The industrial tinges █
█ are also how I prefer them; accoutrements adding █
█ depth and character to the music. They never █
█ taking center stage nor overpower the organic feel █
█ of the music. █
█ It is literally beyond my comprehension that █
█ nobody has signed this band yet. █
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░ 1. Monolithium 4:39 ░
░ 2. Tribulation 4:37 ░
░ 3. Privatise the Sun 5:32 ░
░ 4. Factory 4:21 ░
░ 19:09 ░
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