''Monolith'' is the third studio album by the British
crust punk
Crust punk (also known as stenchcore or simply crust) is a fusion genre of anarcho-punk and extreme metal that originated in the early to mid-1980s in England. Originally, the genre was primarily mid-tempo, making use of metal riffs in a stri ...
band
Amebix
Amebix were an English punk rock band from Tavistock, Devon. A pioneer of the crust punk genre, Amebix's merger of anarcho-punk and post-punk with elements of heavy metal music, heavy metal, particularly early extreme metal, inspired musicians ...
, released in 1987 by Heavy Metal Records. Shortly after its release, Amebix disbanded, and ''Monolith'' would be their final studio album until they reunited in 2008 and released ''
Sonic Mass'' in 2011.
The album was re-released in 2008 as a sliding-scale download by Moshpit Tragedy Records.
The album was remastered and re-released again in 2016 on Easy Action Records.
Track listing
Critical reception
While significantly less positive than its predecessor ''
Arise!'', ''Monolith'' was generally appreciated by Punknews. It was mainly metal-oriented, with aspects of
anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk (also known as anarchist punk or peace punk) is an ideological subgenre of punk rock that promotes anarchism. Some use the term broadly to refer to any punk music with anarchist lyrical content, which may figure in crust punk, ha ...
. The review stated that no particular song was worthy of note, but that the album was generally worthwhile.
Personnel
;Amebix
*
The Baron Rockin von Aphid (Rob Miller) — bass, vocals
* Stig da Pig (Chris Miller) — guitar, backing vocals
* Spider (Robert Richards) — drums
* A. Droid (Andy Wiggins) — keyboards
;Additional personnel
* Cath — flute on "Monolith"
* ARj — backing vocals on "Coming Home"
References
External links
Amebix official website
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1987 albums
Amebix albums