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Monolith Of Time

by Orthostat

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Orthostat sounds like they've been playing brutal, riff-heavy OSDM in Florida for decades, how is this a debut album? The best part about Monolith of Time is that it's memorable, which isn't something I'd say about most OSDM. Really great stuff.
EDIT: just noticed that this album stuck with me the entire year, and there’s not many other albums from January I still return to. Favorite track: Orthostat.
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    Monolith of Time is our first album, a very heavy record, ranging from slow and doomish parts to blastbeats, guitars like a jackhammer puncturing your brain, and gloomy background vocals. Drums and bass are very clear and independent, enhancing the heaviness even more. The music has a somber mood all along the album, a mood in the vein of Incantation, Dead Congregation, Krypts, by the other hand, it also features lots of odd time signatures and elaborated arrangements.

    The lyrics speak about themes related to ancient civilisations, their culture and their wars.

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    Monolith of Time é o nosso primeiro full album, um disco denso, instrumental na cara, vocais sombrios - quase soprados - nos moldes do Incantation, Krypts, Dead Congregation, etc. O som vai desde partes lentas e doentias até blastbeats, com guitarras nervosas como furadeiras elétricas no seu crânio, e sombrios vocais de fundo. Bateria e baixo elevando o nível do peso na medida. A música tem um humor sombrio ao longo de todo o álbum, um clima na veia old school. Por outro lado, o disco também também possui alguns compassos complexos e arranjos elaborados.

    O som é acompanhado por temáticas em torno de civilizações antigas, seus costumes e suas guerras.

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1.
Ambaxtoi 07:12
Tactical warfare Delivering death Stench fills the air Lies beyond life our strength The chariots surround the enemies Iron weapons bent Foes possessed by fear ...And pain His outstretched arms Wielding a red sword Unleash the speed horses The stench of death rewards Again The land is finally their Domain The mighty ambassador proclaims The end! AMBAXTOI! Solo: RUDOLPH Solo: DAVID
2.
Qetesh 05:13
Oh, QETESH, deity of intercourse Stream thy heat on us Bring the human instinct forth The breeding mild The species thrive Surviving the wild Then the urge turns to lust Proficiency without birth Extinguished from the earth Solo: RUDOLPH Solo: DAVID
3.
Eridu 04:38
Get ready to receive The gift of civilization Genesis is composed Rising the entire nation Solo: DAVID It sprouts the seeds of life In the boat of dereliction Stolen by Jesus Christ And his tale of fiction Solo: EDUARDO Where the gods dim the knowledge of glory Where the gods eat the seed of the forbidden tree Where the gods renounce the sacred and the holy Where the gods deny the will of immortality
4.
Incitatus 05:04
A shiny purple coat For an always tacit priest Eating golden oats A jewel-necklaced beast It shines plain irony A steady consul oath Animal insanity For the senate to loathe The dinner is placed In the ivory trough Sneering at their hate His sarcastic scoff A house made of marble In the unicorn dome Under the crafty corbel A fortune for Rome Solo: DAVID
5.
Baetylus 06:18
A large flint Coned shaped obelisk Wears the wool Garbed deity Pour the oil Make the pebble shine Hefty boulder Stone divine The hollow life The futile creed The blank existence The stupid belief The hollow… life The futile… creed The blank… existence The stupid… belief Solo: RUDOLPH Solo: DAVID
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Stele of the Vultures The Will of Ningirsu Phalanxes towards the battlefield Spears above the vultures Stepping on severed heads Surround the king on a scud A priest stepping in offal Libation served in blood A horned beast with breasts Maces over her shoulders Leads the ritual of death Stele of the Vultures Decapitated soldiers Nourishing flying predators The will of Ningirsu Stele of the Vultures Solo: DAVID
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Tezcatlipoca 09:17
Oh, almighty smoking mirror black We are all your eternal slaves The one whom we live by, worship thee We stoop down all the nights and days Born, fire, wind, night Lord, dire, fiend, deny! Solo: DAVID Oh, Lord of the near and nigh Enemy of both sides, night and wind Possessor of the sky and earth, will shine Thou shall rule as our king Solo: RUDOLPH AMBIENT: Music ADAPTED FROM Synaulia, "Music Of Ancient Rome, vol. 1" Oh, ruler of the storms at north Deliver us to your sorcery Thou art the living death unborn Hast haunted all Our forfended enemies
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Orthostat 06:09
Bring your dead warriors Bleak, piled in stacks Cast'em into the earth And raise the Orthostat Release the bane of life Departure from the flesh Existence declines Into the Orthostat Tomb Monolith! Perpetual Death! Solo: RUDOLPH Solo: DAVID Solo: EDUARDO

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Orthostat is a death metal band from Brazil, and Monolith of Time is our first album, a very heavy record, ranging from slow and doomish parts to fast blastbeats. The music has a somber mood all along the album, but it features lots of odd time signatures and elaborated arrangements.

The lyrics speak about themes related to ancient civilisations, their culture and their wars.

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ORTHOSTAT é uma banda de death metal formada em Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, em 2015. Surgiu como um projeto de death metal que possuía músicas próprias focadas em um som que proporcionasse um clima mais pesado, com compassos elaborados e técnicos.

O som é acompanhado por temáticas em torno de civilizações antigas, seus costumes e suas guerras.

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released January 4, 2019

All Music and Lyrics by David Lago;
Recorded by David Lago at HellFrost Studio (Brazil);
Produced and engineered by David Lago and Thiago Nogueira (Brazil);
Mixed and Mastered by Thiago Nogueira (Brazil)
Logo by Monica Matsoc (Portugal)
Booklet by David Lago
Art drawings by Carlos Bercini (Austria/Mexico)

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