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Ozymandias i did it5/21/2023 What is the sound all about and what have been the input of all members and guests -but especially Dariusz ‘Daray’ Brzozowski in the final production? Q: Sound-wise this album is a great mix of influences resulting in a kind of ‘Epic-Industrial-Metal-Pop’-production. After recording music I added vocals, choirs and used the whole poem as lyric. After watching “Alien Covenant” with so great opening scene and declamation of this poem by one of main characters –David, I knew I have to use it at least as a vocal sample. I wanted something to open the album, to show how we evolve from electronic to epic choir, bass and guitar sound. Title song “Ozymandias” was composed as one of the last songs. I started to work on demos back in 2018 but most of the material was created in Covid pandemic. Marek: “Ozymandias” is, in my opinion, the most dark and depressive album we have ever done. Q: How did the writing and production of “Ozymandias” happened? And tell us a bit more about the title, which must be inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley? If something adds something unusual to the music – we would like to use it. Of course, what we do is based on electronic, computer-generated sounds but we’re not afraid to play bass, guitars, harp or even banjo or baglama. That’s why we try to use different instruments on our albums. Much more interesting is how to find a unique sound to be not just a copycat of other bands but try to make something fresh. We usually make music first and after that we try to find lyrics for it. On “Ozymandias” we have added, for example, Friedrich Nietzsche to our lyric sources. The general idea is still evolving by adding new inspirations and new poets. Marek: At the beginning of our music journey, we just wanted to make some music inspired by The Sisters Of Mercy, Suicide Commando and Laibach with great poetry of William Blake and Charles Baudelaire. Tell us a bit more about these influences and the way you transpose literature and poetry into sound? Literature and poetry seem to be very important for Monstergod. Q: Let’s talk about your sources of inspiration, which are going further than only music. For example I’ve recorded as a few of vocals. ![]() This time, during recording “Ozymandias”, I was more involved than before. As well, we usually work on albums together. We didn’t have any particular purposes, just wanted to make some music for fun and maybe play a few gigs around. Marek: Me and Miłosz have met about 2000, we became friends, talked about music, books, life etc and in 2003 or 2004 we decided to try making music together. How did it all started and what was the main purpose when it comes to composition and production? And how did you see the project evolving? ![]() ![]() Q: Let’s get back to the origins of Monstergod. Related newsMonstergod – Ozymandias (Album – Space Race Records)
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