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Onwards

by Monolith Zero

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Welcome to Monolith Zero.

I'm incredibly thrilled to get this record out. I spent a long time trying to get it right - some of these songs have been with me for six, going on seven years now - it's an honor for me to finally present this record and this band.


"Onwards is a song about personal growth. Funnily enough, it manifested itself the night I quit a job I hated. At the time, I was trying to claw myself out of a period of serious self-loathing - I was neck deep going through it everyday and needed to find my way out. I wanted to live more and do more - and most importantly I didn't want to feel held back by my traumas and my past. In order to do that, I felt like I needed to take a leap of faith and just go. Onwards became my pledge to do that.

Sonically, Onwards is a few things. It's incredibly powerful - the energy and force it carries within it continues to move me every time I hear it. It borrows a lot from reggaeton, Devin Townsend, and Nietzchean philosophy - it's an existential wall of sound you could dance to. I think it might be the only metal song I've ever heard that has a calypso beat and real bongos!

The video (which we shot with director Steve May) is obscenely orange. One of the record's themes is that there's a different color for every track - each color represents an emotion or a feeling that this collection of music brought back into my life over the years. Onwards was a particularly transformational and pivotal point of my life, and orange is a particularly adventurous and optimistic color - I've always associated the two. Another theme of this record is how my bandmates (guitarist Mike Rance, drummer Daniel Degeorges, and drummer Ian Dubson) contribute to making this band what it is. I've always written all of the music, but without the three of them there wouldn't be Monolith Zero, the band. It was really important to me that the video put a spotlight on all four of us together. I asked Steve to capture us honestly and he did exactly that. We're all immensely proud of how the video came out and we're excited to show the world who we are."

Pre-orders for our new record MONOLITH ZERO will be available on May 27 and can be made online at monolithzero.com or at monolithzeroband.bandcamp.com. The album was recorded at Westfall Recording Studios, produced by Anthony Lopardo and Nick Eustaquio, and mixed by Ray Marte (of Moon Tooth) and Nick Eustaquio. The album will be released independently via our production company, Noise Machine, and will be available on every major streaming service.

We'll also be releasing a series of NFT's alongside the record called Seekers Society. More in-depth information on Seekers Society can be found at monolithzero.com/seekers-society and will be available for purchase at opensea.io/collection/monolithzero.

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What of the wonder in a world so gray?
I can’t recall who scorned my name
All the change is hurting and I want better
But I don’t talk about it, I’m falling down

I feel someday soon
That this long night, this absence of light, will pass

I pledge to love, in leaving now
Love you always, and when I’m down
I get back up, to fall again
And together, we’re moving onwards

Sat with my fears while the whole world was waiting
And they know I want to run
I made a mess about it, for I know what will happen
I’m nothing but a shell of what I was

I’ve found, to grow beyond
We let go of the past, accepting at last
We are all one

Amen!
Amen!

I pledge to love, in leaving now
Love you always, and when I’m down
I get back up, to fall again
And together, we’re moving onwards
I pledge to love, in leaving now
Love you always, and when I’m down
I get back up, to fall again
And together, we’re moving onwards

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released May 27, 2022

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Monolith Zero Farmingdale, New York

Monolith Zero is a heavy metal band from Long Island, New York.

We make emotional music for existential people.

FFO: Devin Townsend, Avenged Sevenfold, & Astronoid.

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