THE OBSESSED, DEAD MEADOW, THE HEAVY EYES AND MORE ARE PART OF MONOLITH ON THE MESA VIRTUAL FLASHBACK STREAMING FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 25, 26, 27, 2020
Monolith on the Mesa (MOTM) takes you on a psychedelic, virtual journey this weekend with flashbacks and fresh footage of the heaviest, doomiest, groovin’-est bands you live to rock with. The stream will include full sets from the outdoor Mothership stage by The Obsessed, Dead Meadow, and The Heavy Eyes that were captured in 2019.
Festival founders Dano Sanchez and Roman Barham will “be teleporting around Taos while hosting from the Earthship Pyramid-Monolith on the Mesa…watch performances from EYE, Lisa Bella Donna, Green Druid, Relaxer plus the headliners, with visual stimulation from The Mad Alchemist Liquid Light Show…so crank up your surround sound and enjoy our flashback.”
This online festival will run for three days to accommodate all the fine tunes, good vibes and rad feelings seeing live music brings.
EYE, as well as Lisa Bella Donna, have provided an exclusive audio-visual montage of cinematic proportions. Green Druid has delivered a trippy music session featuring green screen technology amping up the psych weirdness fans crave.
Earthquaker Devices is sharing a mini documentary, filmed in their signature style, revealing amazing insider info on their pedals, while Relaxer drop in with a live session, featuring highly stylized visuals.
There’s also an excerpt featuring live indoor stage footage of In The Company of Serpents' 2019 MOTM set. Plus a special salute to Wino who celebrates his 60th birthday this month.
MOTM Facebook and Instagram pages will direct fans to the FREE stream on YouTube:
Friday, September 25th from 7pm to 10pm Mountain time
Saturday, September 26th from 4pm to 11pm Mountain time
Sunday, September 27th from 10am to 5pm Mountain time (to accommodate Central European fans!)
There are no plans to air this exclusive virtual festival again. This is a one time only viewing event.
Since the event is being streamed for free, fans are heartily encouraged to utilize the Tip Jar function and to support the bands, artists and festival by purchasing merchandise (links will be posted).
Interviews will air with visual artists including sculptors Christian Ristow and Christina Sporrong discussing “their metal, fuel, and fire-based artwork” (LIVE Taos) installed at the festival in 2019. Mad Alchemy interview is sure to be intriguing.
Give-aways have been confirmed with festival sponsors and feature:
Earthquaker Devices
Afterneath Pedal (Friday & Saturday)
Subscribe To Both MOTM & Earthquaker Devices YouTube Channels * Like And Share MOTM Virtual Festival Video
Desert Records
Music and Merch Bundle (Friday & Saturday )
Subscribe To MOTM YouTube Channel & Follow Desert Records on Instagram * Like And Share MOTM Virtual Festival Video
Mad Alchemy
Custom Satin Jacket
Subscribe To Both MOTM & Mad Alchemy YouTube Channels & Follow Mad Alchemy on Instagram * Like And Share MOTM Virtual Festival Video
Harvest Guitar Raffle
(To Enter Send Name & $20 To PayPal account danahelmuth@gmail.com) * Subscribe To MOTM YouTube Channel & Follow Harvest Guitars on Instagram * Like And Share MOTM Virtual Festival Video
Contest Ends October 4th At Midnight! Winner Announced October 5th!
The festival wishes to thank the many media supporters (only a small representation are included below — MOTM is grateful to all that published and posted previews, reviews and supported the festival on social media):
The Obelisk: “Monolith on the Mesa…put Taos, New Mexico, on the map as a destination for heavyheads from all over…”
DECIBEL Magazine: “The [festival] site neighbors the Rio Grande gorge; the Sangre de Cristo Mountains creating a stunning backdrop…[the festival is] about being in the high desert and experiencing it."
Loudwire: “Selling point: This psychedelic, desert doom fest features such standouts as Brant Bjork, The Obsessed, Yawning Man, but you also get Mondo Generator, Nebula, Weedeater, Big Business and plenty more."
New Noise Magazine: “Monolith on the Mesa is a festival which is all about sincere respect for the artists and bands that play."
Weekly Alibi: “Metalheads, skaters and punks alike congregated together under the Scorpio moon for a postapocalyptic aesthetic and vibe, creating community in the high desert. Bands from across the country penetrated Taos with the eerie sounds of deep doom and psych metal, getting everyone in touch with their animalistic primal selves. At Monolith on the Mesa, the heavy sounds dug deeply into sacred lands, pulsated with the ancestors in a heavy, rhythmic dance.
Hear She Roars: “Regardless of what you have done in the past, when you start a new band, you start over in some respects… That was why we did a maniacal happy dance when we were asked to play Monolith on the Mesa, because it's such a cool event." (from The Otolith interview)
Taos News: “Monolith could possibly be the first of its kind in New Mexico, a two-day music fest full of metal, hard rock and psychedelic bands, add in some local artists and have the entire festival on the Taos high desert mesa.”
Outlaws of the Sun: ”The dramatic vistas and multiple stages along with immersive art installations set this festival apart."
Talking Rock: ”High-desert, doom-metal festival Monolith on the Mesa just revealed…the new poster (part of a series started last year with artist Simon Berndt). Imagery is a nod to Alejandro Jodorowsky's film of psychomagical realism, Holy Mountain. This year Simon knocked it out of the park again with this bit of South West sci-fi replete with floating speaker cabinets pushing the vision to psychedelic frequencies."
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
Blues Funeral
Desert Records
EarthQuaker Devices
Fly PR
Heavy Psych Sounds Records
Heritage Hotels & Resorts
Magical Tattoo
Rattlesnake Cable Company
Sister Bar
STB Records
Tractor Brewing Company
Tyrant Cabinets
Worshiper Cabinets
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ABOUT MONOLITH ON THE MESA
Monolith on the Mesa, a "High Desert Experience," is an independent three-day music and immersive art festival founded by Dano Sanchez in 2019. Co-founder Roman Barham focuses on band booking. Both are Albuquerque natives. The festival takes place at the Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership, and on the grounds of Hotel Luna Mystica, just outside of Taos, New Mexico. The festival is focused on heavy riff-rock acts from across multiple sub-genres including stoner rock, heavy psych, doom metal, sludge, drone, and retro rock. The dramatic vistas and multiple stages along with immersive art installations set this festival apart. Attendees have the chance to enjoy all 40 bands performing during the three day event since performances switch between the scenic outdoor Earthship amphitheater stage and the club-style indoor stage. Festival capacity is limited to 1,500 to provide an intimate experience.
For press inquiries or additional information on Monolith on the Mesa please contact Fly PR: T. (323) 667-1344 or flypr@flypr.net or buzz@flypr.net or maven@flypr.net
Photo Credit: Michael Goodwin
