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hi all!
Monolithic, the two headed metal monster duo Kenneth have with Stian Westerhus(Nils Petter Molvær,Puma, Jaga Jazzist, Bladet, Solo etc) is touring europe as we speek!
Check out one of their gigs and say hi to the guys!
http://www.myspace.com/monolithicmusic
Oct 23 – Germany – Weinheim – Cafe Central
Oct 25 – Austria – Linz – Kapu
Oct 26 – Switzerland – Zürich – Ziegel Oh Lac + The Shining
Oct 27 – Italy – Torino – United Club
Oct 28 – Italy – Roma – Sinister Noise
Oct 29 – Italy – Padova – Unwound
Oct 30 – Italy – Mezzago – Bloom
Oct 31 – Italy – Malloy Brescia – Latteria
Nov 2 – Germany – Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
Nov 5 – Netherlands – Leeuwarden – Podium Asteriks + The Ex
Nov 6 – Belgium – Beursschouwburg – Sound Bits
Nov 7 – Netherlands – Den Bosch W2
Nov 8 – United Kingdom – Bury St Edmunds – PABH
Nov 10 – United Kingdom – London UK Cafe Oto
First recording from the tour up on dime.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=328176&hit=1
Monolithic
October 23, 2010
Café Central
Weinheim, Germany
01 Sell Out
02 Into Dust
03 Contrilacta
04 Punk
05 Black Science
06 Payback
runtime: 47'11 mins
Mmm. Ok, it's Kenneth and everybody loves him. But. Last week I attended one of their concerts. I left right after 20 minutes of "bwaaaargh" and double bass pedal – wich were really unbearable to me. Maybe that's because I've never been a big metalhead, but hey, they suck.
seen them. liked it a lot and i'm no metalhead. besides speedy doublebass and gruntvocal there were lots of soundscapes and build ups. quite entertaining. there's no denying that i was quite open to it because of kenneth. but it WAS really fun, i can't help it. i also like these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDcG3zAEI
I've seen them the day before yesterday at Wiesbaden…as one of nine paying visitors. Despite the poor attendance, Kenneth and Stig really thrashed it out. I quite enjoyed their 50-minute-set…it reminded me of Carcass, the combination of grunts and screams. I couldn't figure out too much that resembled a tune or a melody, even the riffs were hard to grasp. But lots of energy, and some real spaced out guitar parts, thanks to a battery of fx pedals. Stig was in some kind of Hendrix/Page-mode, at times playing the guitar with a violin bow and rubbing it against the columns (or pillars) of the room…
and Kenneth would have made for a decent Death Metal shouter!
well – I'd go and see them another time!
I saw Stian with drummer Dag Erik Knedal Andersen at The Loft in Cologne last year. We were only 3 in the audience. After they played a 50-minutes-set we drank a beer and had a very nice and interesting conversation. Then they played a second set (1 hour) for us three…
Great music and very nice and interesting guys.
And "Black Science" by Monolithic is one of my favourite albums of last year.
Oh man i am going to see them tonight. I just hope my expectations aren't too high..probably not. ?I can't wait anyway. Hope they have some vinyl. I'll let you know how it was.
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