Monument Of Misanthropy To Be Featured In “Aesthetics of Sickness III – Dark Morbid Obsession” – Premiere Uncensored Version Of NSFW Music Video “A Nice Beheading For MoM”

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Monument Of Misanthropy To Be Featured In “Aesthetics of Sickness III – Dark Morbid Obsession” – Premiere Uncensored Version Of NSFW Music Video “A Nice Beheading For MoM”

Austrian technical brutal death metal institution Monument Of Misanthropy have teamed up with Metalunderground.com to exclusively premiere the uncensored version of their music video for “A Nice Beheading For MoM”. The track is taken from the band’s current album “Vile Postmortem Irrumatio”, which marks also Monument Of Misanthropy’s second studio full-length for their label home Transcending Obscurity Records. The single version was mixed and mastered by Kristian “Kohle” Kohlmannslehner (Kohlekeller Studio), known for his work with Belgian deathgrinders Aborted and French brutal death band Benighted.

In other news the band’s album cover for “Vile Postmortem Irrumatio” will be prominently featured in the upcoming 3rd and final volume of the “Aesthetics of Sickness” trilogy. Called “Dark Morbid Obsessions” it will be out November 22nd, 2024. Pre-sales are open now and you can purchase it with a 10% discount using the code “HEAVY10” HERE.

Explains Heavy Music Artwork:

“Aesthetics of Sickness III: Dark Morbid Obsessions ventures into the darkest recesses of the human psyche, where fear and fascination intertwine in a twisted dance of death and depravity. This volume is a deep dive into the most unsettling and unnerving aspects of extreme metal art, exploring how obsession with mortality, madness, and the macabre has fueled some of the most striking and controversial imagery in the genre’s history.

In Dark Morbid Obsessions, we uncover the psychological layers behind the morbid fascinations that drive both artists and audiences alike. The book showcases a meticulously curated collection of album covers, illustrations, and visual compositions that depict the grotesque in its most profound and disturbing forms. From the hauntingly realistic to the surreal and abstract, each piece is a reflection of the deep, often uncomfortable questions that metal music dares to ask: What does it mean to be human? What lies beyond death? How do we confront the horrors within ourselves?

Accompanying the art is a series of insightful articles, interviews, and analyses that delve into the philosophical and emotional underpinnings of this dark aesthetic. We explore the connections between the imagery and the music, tracing how themes of despair, rage, and existential dread are visually represented in ways that challenge and provoke.

Dark Morbid Obsessions is not just a continuation of the series, but an evolution. It delves deeper into the psychological terror that defines the extreme metal scene, offering readers not just a visual feast of the morbid and the macabre, but also a profound exploration of why these images resonate so deeply within the human soul.”

Featured bands include: 200 Stab Wounds, Amputate, Anaal Nathrakh, Anthropophagus Depravity, Apep, Axiomatic Dematerialization, Between The Killings, Black Pestilence, Blastomycosis, Cardiac Arrest, Cemetery Rot, Cercenatory, Coffin Rot, Cryoshock, Darkness, Destruction, Emasculator, Embryonic Autopsy, Exumer, Heinous Exsanguination, Holycide, Horrifier, Idle Ruin, Immense, Ingested, Inhume, Inverted Ascension, Jungle Rot, Kraanium, Leng Tch’e, Lifesick, Lymphatic Phlegm, Macabre, Machetazo, Miasmic Serum, Midnight, Molder, Monument of Misanthropy, Mutilation Barbecue, Necromancing the Stone, Necropanther, Olamot, Ossuary Anex, Outer Heaven, Paradox Rift, Party Cannon, Pathology, Perveration, Purtenance, Purulent Spermcanal, Rage, Rascal, Riot, Sagrado, Six Feet Under, Splattered Cadaver, Supermodel Taxidermy, Temple Of Dread, Undeath, Werewolves and more.

Featured artists include: Adam Medford, Cooking with Satan, Cristiansick Art, Ed Pacis, Mondo Kruel, Rudi Yanto, Yijian Cen, Andik Godfinger, Eder Hernandez, Mallika Sundaramurthy and more to be announced.

Anatomical artists: Charles Landseer, Gautier d’Agoty, Johann Conrad Zeller, Nicolas-Henri Jacob, William Fairland.

Product Specifications

Limited to 250 copies

Square 210mm x210mm (8.27inch x 8.27inch)

High gloss lamination 350gm softback cover

Collected in one deluxe volume

Printed on 170gm paper

232 silk finish pages

Ethically sourced European paper

Printed in the UK

Signed (pre-orders only)

Release date 22/11/2024