By: Richard Maw
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 17/11/2017
Label: Transcending Records
Monolith Cult have turned
in seven tracks of downbeat and downtrodden delight.
“Gospel
of Despair” CD//DD track listing:
1). Disconnection Syndrome
2). The Gospel of Despair
3). Kings of All That’s Lost
4). Chothia in Memorium
5). Sympathy for the Living
6). Complicit in Your Own Abuse
7). Death Means Nothing
The Review:
Very
heavy doom from Bradford, West Yorkshire, Northern England. Well, I guess you
are not going to be too cheery if you live there, so why not translate that
despair into some top of the range doom metal? Monolith Cult have done just
that, turning in seven tracks (well six and an interlude) of downbeat and
downtrodden delight.
The
opener, “Disconnection Syndrome”,
swings a fair bit more than might be expected, but the material is still as
heavy as lead. The title track goes down the same path- very heavy,
surprisingly groovy and thick with, as the band say, “The Gospel of Despair”. There is no small amount of Paradise Lost
to be heard at certain points of the album- “Kings Of All That's Lost” being a good example of tar thick
depressive doom favoured by men of metal from Yorkshire. The band don't put a
foot wrong over the latter half of the record either- “Sympathy For The Living” has a nice line in time changes and riffs,
whilst the vocal performance of Bry Outlaw ("it's my real fucking name") is a great example
of doom melodrama.
The
final two tracks are the heaviest- “Complicit
In Your Own Abuse” is a fantastic eight minutes. “Death
Means Nothing” is as downcast as you would expect. If failure is not an
option, but all you've ever known: this album is for you. We're all doomed and Monolith Cult
are providing the ultimate soundtrack.
“Gospel of
Despair”
is available here
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