Emissions from the Monolith

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Emissions from the Monolith
GenreDoom metal
Sludge metal
DatesLate May
Location(s)Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Years active1999–2007
Founded byGreg Barratt
Websiteemissionsfromthemonolith.com

Emissions from the Monolith was an annual heavy metal festival that primarily featured doom metal and sludge metal bands, and was widely considered to be the premiere heavy/doom/sludge metal festival in the US. The festival was entirely organized by Greg Barratt at the nyabinghi in Youngstown, OH. The festival completed its ninth and final year in 2007, at Emo's, in Austin, Texas.[1]

Bands featured by year[]

1: April 14–15, 2000[]

,[2] Spirit Caravan, Karma to Burn, Boulder,[3] , Mustache, Wicker Man, Penance, Six Sigma, , , Bottom, Bongzilla, Cuda, Tummler, Kung Pao, Nice Cat [4]

2: May 25–27, 2001[]

Spirit Caravan, Bongzilla, Raging Slab, Earthride, Boulder, Warhorse, , , , , , , Penance, , , , , Unorthodox, Halfway to Gone, , , Plaster, Witch Mountain, Weedeater, Soulpreacher, , , Sea of Green, Pale Divine, , , , The Want, Raging Slab, [5]

3: September 8–9, 2001[]

(Festival held in Chicago, IL at the Double Door)

Weedeater, Boulder, , Bongzilla, Sea of Green, , Men of Porn, Penance, , Warhorse, Place of Skulls, , Operator Generator, , , , , Dixie Witch, Wickerman, , ,

4: May 24–26, 2002[]

Spirit Caravan, , Stinking Lizaveta, , Men of Porn (2 sets), Wooly Mammoth, Black Mantra, The Atomic Bitchwax, Weedeater, Penance, Boulder, , , , , , Sofa King Killer, , Orange Goblin, Alabama Thunderpussy, , , Milligram, , , , Dixie Witch, , , Lamont, The Rubes

5: May 23–25, 2003[]

Halfway to Gone, , Penance, , , , , Floor, The Atomic Bitchwax, Mastodon, Weedeater, Boulder, Scissorfight, Bongzilla, , Keelhaul, , Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Rwake, , Abdullah, , The Hidden Hand, Solace, Acid King, , , Stinking Lizaveta, Dixie Witch, , , Pelican, The Rubes, , Sofa King Killer

6: May 28–30, 2004[]

, , , , , , , Unsane, , , , Solace, Bongzilla, , Kylesa, Starchild, Alabama Thunderpussy, Poobah, Dixie Witch, , Stinking Lizaveta, , , Rwake, , , Orange Goblin, Mastodon, Weedeater, Keelhaul, Pelican, Dozer, , Lamont, Yob, , , ; Place of Skulls and The Hidden Hand played back-to-back resulting in a brief Saint Vitus reunion jam.

7: May 26–29, 2005[]

, Electro Quarterstaff, , , , , Baroness, Dixie Witch, Darediablo, Torche, , Mouth of the Architect, , Pale Divine, , Raging Slab, Weedeater, Alabama Thunderpussy, , Sons of Otis, , Rwake, Roadsaw, Lamont, , , Minsk, Eyehategod, Today Is the Day, Pig Destroyer, Keelhaul, , Stinking Lizaveta, Yob, Solace, Player's Club, Debris Inc., , Lair of the Minotaur, , [6]

8: May 25–28, 2006[]

Stinking Lizaveta, Kylesa, Graves at Sea, , Rosetta, , Orange Goblin, Scissorfight, Electro Quarterstaff, , , , Colour Haze, Dixie Witch, Grief, , Lamont, Low Divide, Baroness, , Boris, Sunn O))), The Atomic Bitchwax, Weedeater, Rwake, , , Minsk, , , , , We're All Gonna Die, Year Long Disaster

9: May 25–27, 2007[]

(Festival moves to Austin, TX at Emo's)

Kylesa, , , , , , , , , , Valkyrie, Beast, Lord, , Imperial Battlesnake, Dixie Witch, Middian, , Minsk, , , , Giant Squid, Blue Cheer, Weedeater, Rwake, Black Cobra, , Skeletonwitch, , , [1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official site". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  2. ^ "I have the satisfaction of knowing that I got to play the first chord of the first song of the first band that played the first Emissions." – Jake of Rebreather
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2012-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.stainlesscycle.com/emissions1.jpg
  5. ^ The Jambar http://www.thejambar.com/news/emissions-from-the-monolith-ii-an-overview-1.2569603#.UDaxwKBP1xA[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ 2005 schedule Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at the official website. (The header says 2006, but the days of the week match 2005.)
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