Monolith has quickly become one of my favorite bands. The amount of talent and dedication they put into making such pleasant and exciting music shows in each album they release. Music that appeals to the spirit, the heart, and the mind is a blessing, and that is certainly what you will hear in Nexus. As with their previous albums, there is great balance between the various musical elements they combine, even as they have explored these elements in greater depth in this release. Truly excellent! gmt41690
I was very impressed by this debut! It was nice to hear so much contrast, balance, variety, and catchiness they showed in this album. Great integration of orchestral elements. Really digging how rhythmically tight they are. Great production, very clean playing, and great variety of sound colors. I would happily recommend this to anyone who likes progressive metal. Greatly looking forward to hearing their other albums, and hopeful they will continue to make more! gmt41690
I bought the album on vinyl basically just to have the EP on physical format, I'll be honest.
This is not to say the album is bad (it is absolutely amazing) but the EP blew me away and is honestly one of the best and most versatile albums I've listened to in a while and the vocals are just insanely good.
If you like ExLibris you'll love this band too, no doubt thebluemeanie
Australian band Aquilus smashes genre boundaries to smithereens, combining classical orchestration with black metal on this riveting LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 13, 2021
I'm so thankful I found this band! Such a great balance of metal, orchestral, techno, and clean and acoustic elements. A great album that only improved after hearing it again! Very catchy, lots of variety, and has plenty of beautiful and interesting musical ideas. And even better than that, such great, encouraging lyrics with a message of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. In short, a great album that I hope can get more exposure. gmt41690