Matt Miller – Monument of Velocity (2022)
Band: Matt Miller
Album Title: Monument of Velocity
Release Date: July 19, 2022
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Manager – Extreme Management Group – Mark Kloeppel – emg.markkloeppel[@]gmail[.]com
“With Monument of Velocity, I set out to push my creative limits by not relying on any preconceived notions and let each song unfold as its own entity. Which in turn actually created a stronger continuity between the tracks. By writing the majority of the album without a guitar in hand I was able to think outside the box and come up with more interesting melodies and more dynamic rhythms. This process allowed me to achieve a greater level of melodicism and generate a stronger emotional response.” – Matt Miller
Distribution: Blood Blast Distribution (powered by Nuclear Blast & Believe Digital)
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Band: Matt Miller
Album Title: Monument of Velocity
Release Date: July 19, 2022
Distribution: Blood Blast Distribution (powered by Nuclear Blast & Believe Digital)
Track Listing
1. The Fissure (1:01)
2. Abominable Sands (3:13)
3. The Obscurantist (3:18)
4. Monument of Velocity (4:32)
5. Coral Sword (3:27)
6. Sacred Geometry (3:32)
7. Acheron (3:15)
8. Human Race Against Time (3:38)
Album Length: 25:59
Album Credits
– All music written by Matt Miller
– Recorded, Mixed, Mastered, and Produced by Matt Miller at The Kill Box 2022 – Album art by Hand Rot Art
– Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, and Programming by Matt Miller
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The album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY) explained:
Monument of Velocity takes you on a journey and makes a bold statement. I like to think of the songs on the album as scenes from a movie.
Track by track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY) explained:
Track 1 – The Fissure sounds mysterious and builds suspense.
Track 2 – Abominable Sands starts off like a race across a vast open space.
Track 3 – The Obscurantist is a story that is full of suspense, twists, and turns.
Track 4 – Monument of Velocity is like a sorcerer casting a spell. Seamlessly changing form and shape.
Track 5 – Coral Sword is a song that was written based upon the creation myth of the islands of Japan.
Track 6 – Sacred Geometry is constantly building up to a new dynamic every time the music changes
Track 7 – Acheron is a joyous expression that slowly turns into something much more prolific.
Track 8 – Human Race Against Time starts off with extremely high tension and represents life passing before your
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Fun Facts / Story Angles:
1. Most of Monument of Velocity was written without a guitar. After the initial riffs were recorded, the rest of the song was written during the notation process.
2. Monument of Velocity initially had a different title and was not going to be a Matt Miller release.
3. Some of the songs were written with vocals in mind and were not going to be instrumental.
4. Monument of Velocity had been recorded for a year before its release.
5. Monument of Velocity was recorded at the same time as the album Only What the Light Allows
Funny Stories:
During the CYBER SHRED TOUR I was telling everyone how lonely I was on stage each night. Performing on a national tour is tough but by yourself is a feat unto itself. Especially having to play with such awesome bands. At the last show in Austin TX at Come and Take it Live I noticed everyone was acting a little differently when I was interacting with them throughout the day and I couldn’t figure out why. As I was onstage letting my intro sample play I noticed everyone standing behind the stage. I gave them the middle finger and thought to myself “alright it’s time to bring it” right as the sample ended everyone from the tour ran onstage and helped me yell my battle cry “It’s Miller Time!” Which was something I adopted at the behest of the Voraath guys. It was ultimately a great idea. As I went into the first song I got a little emotional and I tried not to show it but that act of kindness and camaraderie hit me right in the feels and that is a tough spot when you’re trying to go into full shred mode. Unbeknownst to me the other guys on the tour had been planning this and they executed their plan perfectly.
A cool story from the CYBER SHRED TOUR involved joining Rings of Saturn onstage and performing a solo during Faces Imploding. After one of the shows Lucas had mentioned to me that he really liked my set and they wanted to have me join them onstage and play. I talked to Joel and we got the details hammered out. I spent the 4th of July in my motel room trying to write something that would complement the song and add something to it. At the last show in
Austin TX I joined them onstage and threw down a completely improvised solo and it sounded awesome. I nailed my exit queue and walked off the stage feeling great about getting to jam with these ridiculously awesome musicians and great people.
When the CYBER SHRED TOUR rolled into Indianapolis it was hot. Actually to say it was hot is a complete understatement. The venue seemed like they were unprepared. The AC was broken and there was difficulty with providing running water. Everyone was drinking any sort of liquid they could find. There we all were sitting in this venue with 1 industrial fan and 4 ceiling fans. As the time to open the doors drew near the P.A. started having problems. Everyone was setup and ready to go onstage. As the venue troubleshot the P.A. I was lucky enough to jam with Josh from Voraath, Jake from Distinguisher, and Dominic from Extortionist. Even Brian the Tour Manager jumped behind the kit. We played everything from improv black and death metal to Pantera, Slayer, and Metallica covers
Matt Miller – Photo Credit – Tony Reviere
Akademia-Award-winning producer, engineer, and songwriter MATT MILLER side-steps these industry achievements to embark on something deeply introspective and personal; a transcendent, reactionary and vile personage embodying soaring progressive melodies and captivating crushing rhythms which engulf the listener in black clouds of desperation and shimmering hope.
Drawing upon the gut-wrenching timed-precision of European death metal stalwarts NECROPHAGIST and SPAWN OF POSSESSION, MATT MILLER progressively blends this approach with deep synthetic and symphonic atmospheres like that of DEVIN TOWNSEND, often arriving at surprisingly emotive and heart-clenching metallic passages like that of RIVERS OF NIHIL.
Calling upon other single-member death metal projects such as PUTRID PILE or INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY, the live performance can best be described as a reclaiming and repainting of the earth by a relentlessly sweeping and deranged berzerker appealing to the vast minions of the extreme music. The combination of elements within MATT MILLER distills the traditions of the international metal realm, the progressive atmospheres of modernity, and reactions to a vile world into a single unrelenting persona of despair and vengeance.
MATT MILLER’s first self-produced instrumental EP came in 2017, drawing on influences from classic metal bands such as MEGADETH and IRON MAIDEN to shredders like YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and PAUL GILBERT, while combining a technical death metal approach to create a maximum intensity music with a frenetic and frantic feel and ferocious atmosphere. Since then, and a few releases into this brief career, MATT MILLER boasts 12,000 consistent monthly listeners on Spotify before hitting the international touring circuit. This was garnered from his 2017 EP, the 2021 self-released ‘Decrepit Shed’ LP, the ‘Reekomposer/Decomposer’ covers double LP, as well as the ‘8E’s’ 1980’s themed covers LP.
In 2022 Matt released the formidable original instrumental LP Monument of Velocity on Blood Blast Distribution. Matt also toured supporting Rings of Saturn on the CYBER SHRED TOUR 2022. 29 shows encompassing the continental United States. Matt has released the cover LP Only What the Light Allows through Blood Blast Distribution as well.
Matt Miller hails from the rain soaked northern Oregon Coast; influenced by the natural foreboding environment. Moving into the present, MATT MILLER has joined up with Extreme Management Group to spread a singularly relentless auditory mind-bend.
Discography
2022 – (Aug 5) – Only What the Light Allows (Cover Album)
2022 – (July 19) – Monument of Velocity – LP (Original Material)
2021 – (July 5) Reekomposer (Cover Album)
2021 – (June 21) 8E’s (Cover EP)
2021 – (Feb 2) Decrepit Shed
2021 – (Jan 13) Decomposer (Cover Album)
2021 – (Nov 12) – MMXVII – EP (Original Material)
Tours and Festivals:
2022 – CYBER SHRED TOUR w/ Rings of Saturn, Extortionist, Distinguisher, Voraath, Matt Miller
Endorsements
Kahler USA, EMG Pickups, GHS Strings, Stevens Cables and Effects Pedals
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