***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 themselves 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 HAMMERM on bass, on guitar SHIRAN FABRICE and now on drums ROBERT MACMANUS, formally of GREY DATURAS. Sabbat Noir features one long piece of music recorded at Amanita Studios, France, in late December 2009 by STEPHEN KREIGER. Housed in 6-panel digipaks. Australian import.