Monument Bineothan

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Monument Bineothan
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Studio album by
Benea Reach
Released31 July 2006 (Scandinavia)
20 March 2007 (US)
Recorded2006
Genre Extreme metal
Length67:06
Label Tabu / Candlelight
Producer Rolf Yngve Uggen
Marco Storm
Benea Reach chronology
2004 Pandemonium Demo
(2004)		Monument Bineothan
(2006)		 Alleviat
(2008)
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Monument Bineothan is the first studio release by Norwegian metalcore/mathcore band Benea Reach. It was released in Europe in July 2006 on Tabu Records. It was released in the U.S. on 20 March 2007 through Candlelight Records. The album was nominated for the 35th annual Spellemannprisen in the Metal category. [3]

Contents

Music Videos were recorded for the songs "Inheritor" and "Pandemonium".

Style

The album features a technical and experimental style of extreme metal which contains a diverse blend of metalcore, mathcore, death metal, sludge metal, black metal, doom metal, alternative metal, and avant-garde, [1] [2] and drew comparisons to The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, Mastodon, and Tool. [1]

Track listing

All music written and lyrics written by Benea Reach.

  1. "Ground Slayer" – 6:56
  2. "Inheritor" – 3:25
  3. "Transmitter" – 5:24
  4. "Purge" – 5:06
  5. "Pandemonium" – 4:30
  6. "River" – 3:53
  7. "Torch" – 4:42
  8. "Conflux" – 3:56
  9. "Emperor" – 5:59
  10. "Immaculate" – 6:10
  11. "Venerate" – 12:18
  12. "Drapery" – 4:47

Credits

Benea Reach
Other personnel

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Henderson, Alex. "Monument Bineothan". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 Bower, Chad. "Benea Reach – Monument Bineothan". About.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Pettersen, Tomas Lauvland (3 January 2007). "Spellemannpris nominations announced". Music Information Centre Norway (MIC). Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Marco Storm interview. metalchoc.chez'alice.fr. Retrieved on 16 November 2007.


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