Biography
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Founded In
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
There are multiple bands sharing the name Monastery;
1) A dungeon synth project by Robb Kavjian from Salem, Massachusetts.
"Dreamscapes For Solitude. Dungeon Synth For Psychonauts. Hymns For A New Heathen Age."
2) A death metal band from South Holland formed by members of Entombed and Sinister that released a couple of splits and an EP in the early 90s.
*(Not to be confused with Monastery from Bedum, Groningen.) The band recorded only one demo, the splits etc. are all from this single session.
3) A Polish thrash act that has put out three albums so far.
4) A German speed metal band that put out an album in 1997.
5) A Czech doom metal band that pressed a demo in '99.
6) Dutch/Hungarian sludge doom electronics founded in 1999. Still active.
7) A Hungarian death metal band that put out a couple of albums in the early 90s, split up, reformed in 2001 with a new alternative metal sound, and split up after recording another album in 2004.
8) A Kiwi Ambient, Industrial Christian project by Sean O'Kane-Connolly In 1998 Sean became a Christian and devoted his musical projects onto God. Monastery was inspired by Orthodox traditions, and Celtic Christianity.
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