Monolith - Amebix

'Monolith' is a pretty cool album of classic punk-metal, bridging the gap between the metal genres of the eighties and early nineties in a very dark and interesting way. The sound is rooted in the dark side of NWOBHM (the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, as it is still oddly referred today), drawing on the likes of Motörhead, Saxon and early Iron Maiden and fortunately proceeding along the wicked path to a style that would ultimately be labelled death metal with a lot more intensity and credibility than the often laughable Venom. The punk influence isn't anywhere near as prominent as on their previous album. Death metal was in its earliest form in the late ...