Monolith
In Mourning · 2010
57 min · 8 tracks · progressive metal
Epic soundscapes intertwine with intricate melodies and heavy riffs, creating a hauntingly immersive listening experience.
Top tracks — play these first
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The Poet and the Painter of Souls — This track exemplifies the band's ability to blend melody with heaviness, featuring intricate guitar harmonies and dynamic shifts that showcase their technical prowess.
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A Shade of Plague — With its dark thematic content and haunting melodies, this song captures the essence of despair while maintaining a powerful musicality that resonates throughout the album.
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The Final Solution (Entering the Black Lodge) — The album's closing track stands out due to its ambitious length and structure, taking listeners on a journey through shifting tempos and emotional crescendos that encapsulate the album's themes.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Monolith showcases complex arrangements and dynamic shifts, solidifying In Mourning's place in progressive metal.
What we noticed
- The album features lengthy tracks, with five of the eight exceeding six minutes, allowing for extended development of themes.
- Each song incorporates shifts in tempo and dynamics, often transitioning from heavy riffs to melodic passages seamlessly.
- The use of layered guitar harmonies creates a rich texture, while the vocals alternate between clean singing and growls, enhancing emotional contrast.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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7/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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6/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- immersive soundscapes for deep focus
- epic emotional crescendos throughout
- haunting melodies that linger
- extended tracks for patient listeners
Maybe skip if you
- seekers of quick gratification
- prefer short, standalone songs
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 2010, Monolith is In Mourning's third studio album, following their critically acclaimed release, The Weight of Oceans. At this point, the band had solidified their presence in the melodic death metal scene and expanded their progressive elements, showcasing an evolution in their songwriting and conceptual depth.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Opeth· Dark Tranquillity· Soilwork
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 For You to Know 6:14
- 2 Debris 7:33
- 3 The Poet and the Painter of Souls 5:39
- 4 The Smoke 8:13
- 5 A Shade of Plague 4:09
- 6 With You Came Silence 6:09
- 7 Pale Eye Revelation 6:16
- 8 The Final Solution (Entering the Black Lodge) 12:51
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