Dutch avant-garde death metal act THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT are proudly presenting their brand new album “The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men” which is out today via Human Detonator Records.
Listen to “The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men” in full here: https://li.sten.to/demon
The album can still be ordered here: https://tmdc.bigcartel.com/
THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT state: “We are contractually obligated to our label Human Detonator Records to state the following: “It is with great joy that we proudly present our new album “The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men”. Once again an album in which we regain the ground that we have lost after the p(l)andemic with rude brutality and boundless self-confidence. In 2024 The Monolith Deathcult is a devastating steamroller both live and on record and will leave a trail of destruction, leaving only broken dreams behind. In addition to new work, this work of art also contains reworks of previous smash hits, because our music is so multi-layered that we can easily extract 4 different songs from 1 song (and that’s just what we do.) And our reworks have more impact on the barren musical landscape than all the new work from all other bands that has been released in the past 22 years.”
“let’s give these poor guys the impression of having done something good, maybe then they’ll really stop!” -10/10 – Metalhead.it
“It can rightly be pointed out that there are no real innovations in the general plot: honestly we can ignore it” Metalitalia IT
“On ‘The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men’ the once excellent connection between raging death metal and experimental elements fails and hides behind alibi songs that can’t hold a candle to the power of the time.” 4/10 – Metal.de
“…“Gogmagog” (AKA “The Bryansk Forest Revisited”) is the most significantly altered/updated, not just in terms of mixing/production but also by the addition of some extra lead guitar madness courtesy of Carsten Altena (who continues to prove he’s not just a pretty face) and even more of the band’s signature brand of OTT electro-orchestral excess.” – Nocleansinging (USA)
“..theatrale bombast…kwinkslag en een sneer…ondermaatse provocateurs…verdomd goed in elkaar…lomp is het sleutelwoord..” Aardschok NL 8/10
“I urge you to watch the Monolith Deathcult closely; and I don’t mean for musical reasons but for crowd sourcing as much evidence as possible for the inevitable human rights violations trial” Abyssal_echoes_blogspot.org CZ 3/10
“cynisch zelfingenomen…..schaamteloos…hoe vaak kun je een song recyclen…ze doen toch lekker hun zin…komen loeihard en vet binnenknallen…de remix-molen overuren laten draaien..” Rocktribune BE 8,5/10
“It wasn’t until I heard The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men that I found music that could make me break out in a cold, shivering sweat and keep me in that condition for 20 minutes, followed by weeks of depression and anxiety” Steel Harmonics RU 3/7
“Alsof Strapping Young Lad is neergestreken op een apocalyptische filmset weet The Monolith Deathcult middels hun muzikale indoctrinatie de luisteraar plezierig te martelen.”
Whiteroomreviews.nl
“First Ukraine, then Gaza and now The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men. How much misery and suffering can the world take?” Riff Lords Quarterly.da DE
“The Demon Who Makes Trophies of Men is unfortunately not quite the return to the heyday of The Monolith Deathcult that it could have been.” Rockportaal NL
Track-list:
1. The Demon Who makes Trophies of Men (6:09) [WATCH]
2. Commanders Encircled with Foes (7:06) [WATCH]
3. Kindertodeslied MMXXIV (6:22)
4. The Nightmare Corpse-city of R’lyeh (4:18)
5. Gogmagog – The Bryansk Forest Re-visited (7:16)
6. Matadorrrr (4:27) [WATCH]
7. Three-Headed Death Machine (4:41) [WATCH]
8. I Spew Thee out of my Mouth MMXXIII (8:24) [WATCH]
Style: Svpreme Avant-Garde Death Metal
THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT is a blood-chilling super-spectacle and the ominous last sorry chapter in the once-proud musical landscape. Despite being nominated countless times for “ the honourable Covid-escape” THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT stays relevant and like the most avanced shape-shifter, it reinvented itself musically countless times.
Their “music” is THE soundtrack of The Great Rese(n)t, a stunning exercise in astonishing musically wrong-headedness. Illogical, tension-free, and filled with colossal cut-rate Pro Tools editing, but it lacks the prurience and unintentional laughs that might make it a guilty pleasure.
What they will built back better is a new artistic empire of shocking embarrassment and unnecessarily. Their message is as blunt and brutal as a lead pipe: We, The Monolith Deathcult, are the new invincible gods.
THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT’s previous smash hits “Fist of Stalin”, “Dawn of the Planet of the Ashes”, “Connect the Goddamn Dots” heading towards 2,000,000 streams on Spotify and the best is yet to come.
Line up:
Robin Kok: Bass, vocals
Michiel Dekker: Guitars, vocals
Carsten Altena: Guitars, keyboards
Frank Schilperoort: Drums (session member)
Producer / sound engineer: The Monolith Deathcult
Mixing studio and engineer: Guido Aalbers @ www.giesound.nl
Mastering studio and engineer:
Track 1/2 by by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering – California – U.S.A www.maorappelbaum.com
Track 3/4/5/6/7/8 by Guido Aalbers @ www.giesound.nl
Label: Human Detonator Records
Links:
www.monolith-deathcult.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/TheMonolithDeathcultOfficial
www.facebook.com/monolithdeathcult