Beyond The Pale unleash thrash death masterpiece Monument In Time

During their very first live show guitarist, song writer, friend and founder member, Jeroen van Donselaar, suffered a fatal heart attack and the band’s future hung in the balance. Thankfully, they collectively decided to soldier on, to pay tribute to Jeroen by taking his music to the world. They recruited ex-Martyr guitarist Geoffrey Maas and in 2024 independently released a limited edition EP entitled Monument In Time. However, this collection of songs deserved to be heard by a far wider audience; so now, with two additional bonus tracks, Monument In Time is being re-released by up-and-coming British label, Black Metal Archives. Finally Beyond The Pale and the songs they wrote with their fallen friend are set to achieve the recognition they so richly deserve.

Monument In Time opens with the hard hitting ‘Liberation For The Damned’, a song that sets the tone for all that is to follow; superb riffs, an instinctive rhythm section, top notch song writing, an inherent sense of melody and one of the most ferocious voices you will ever hear. Behind the mic ex-Altar vocalist Janneke de Rooy breathes fire and spits venom, snarling out the lyrics to pulverizing thrashers like ‘Payback Is A Bitch’ in the most vehement manner imaginable. From the intensity of first single ‘The Age Of The Pariah’ to the atmospheric intro and seething riffs of the anthemic ‘Walk The Plank’, Monument In Time is a relentless outpouring of metallic power. The two bonus tracks come in the form of the very first Beyond The Pale recording, the 2021 single ‘Storm en Drift’ and a mechanistic remix of EP highlight, the hook laden ‘Facts And Figures’, by Japanese recording artist Frost – known for his work with Gods Of Decay and Godfrost. Together these eight tracks form a release of the highest quality, steeped in the proud traditions of Dutch thrash and death metal.