Monarch - Sabbat Noir

I have not heard this yet, but I assume that its nothing short of Fucking Heavy, I'll tell you that much. French Doom, relentlessly slow and evil. Check anything out by MONARCH. I believe this is the most recent recording (released March 2010) someone correct me if I'm wrong.


  Taken from Heathen Skulls:

Hailing from Bayonne, a small town located in the dark reaches of the south of France, better known as Basque Country, lies a slow as hell, dark as death blackened doom metal band like no other, they call them selves Monarch and they ascended to this earth in the year of 2004 via their previous fast-core power violence incarnation Tetsuo.

Drawing comparisons to the likes of Khanate, Burzum, Corrupted, Melvins and Burning Witch, Monarch are a feedback drenched funeral doom quartet fronted by the very beautiful and devilishly evil screaming banshee Emily Bresson. On bass we have MicHell Hammer on Bass, on guitar Shiran Fabrice and now on drums Robert MacManus, formally of Grey Daturas.

Sabbat Noir is Monarch’s latest long player, it’s one one long piece of music split into two pieces spread across both sides of the Sabbat Noir LP. It was recorded at Amanita Studios, France, in late December 2009 by Stephen Kreiger. Sabbat Noir is strictly limited to 400 180-gram LP’s.