Funeral Doom for the living

riseagainstrocks · 04-20-2017, 09:16 AM

^ Link doesn't work - missed the rec. What is it?

The first of a ponderous series of works exploring the nature of existence and man's purpose, France's Monolithe have written a truly magnificent concept record that feels oppressive, hopeful, soothing, and haunting all at once. Different from most Funeral Doom in the lack of focus on death, decay, etc., Monolithe I tells an abstract tale of creation and accretion of matter to form that most fragile of elements, life. II, III, and IV are all top-tier Funeral Doom as well, but Monolithe I is where it all begins. A must listen for fans of the genre:

GrudgeGirl · 04-26-2017, 08:34 PM

What's wrong with regular Doom music?

riseagainstrocks · 08-11-2017, 08:45 AM

Full of droning psychedelic dirges that you'd swear have somehow slipped you LSD, England's Esoteric are recognized masters of the disaffected, the damaged, and the dead. Epistemological Despondency is a study in madness, capturing the mind as it spirals into depression tinged with schizophrenia. Most of Esoteric's albums have a different feel. I'm most familiar with The Maniacal Veil (after Epistemological Despondency) and keys feature more prominently, capturing a baroque quality to the ever present, and ever fragile, sanity of the proceedings.

Excellent music for writing, driving in bad weather, playing outside your house on Halloween.

Pure drone/funeral doom - stone-cold classic

A bit closer to death/doom (at least this track) - shows a bit of their variation.

Trollheart · 08-15-2017, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrudgeGirl

What's wrong with regular Doom music?

It's doomed.

04-20-2017, 09:16 AM	#11 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	^ Link doesn't work - missed the rec. What is it? The first of a ponderous series of works exploring the nature of existence and man's purpose, France's Monolithe have written a truly magnificent concept record that feels oppressive, hopeful, soothing, and haunting all at once. Different from most Funeral Doom in the lack of focus on death, decay, etc., Monolithe I tells an abstract tale of creation and accretion of matter to form that most fragile of elements, life. II, III, and IV are all top-tier Funeral Doom as well, but Monolithe I is where it all begins. A must listen for fans of the genre: __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere... Last edited by riseagainstrocks; 04-20-2017 at 09:23 AM.

08-11-2017, 08:45 AM	#13 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	Full of droning psychedelic dirges that you'd swear have somehow slipped you LSD, England's Esoteric are recognized masters of the disaffected, the damaged, and the dead. Epistemological Despondency is a study in madness, capturing the mind as it spirals into depression tinged with schizophrenia. Most of Esoteric's albums have a different feel. I'm most familiar with The Maniacal Veil (after Epistemological Despondency) and keys feature more prominently, capturing a baroque quality to the ever present, and ever fragile, sanity of the proceedings. Excellent music for writing, driving in bad weather, playing outside your house on Halloween. Pure drone/funeral doom - stone-cold classic A bit closer to death/doom (at least this track) - shows a bit of their variation. __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

04-26-2017, 08:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
GrudgeGirl Groupie Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 17	What's wrong with regular Doom music?