title: Monotony Fields
text: # Monotony Fields
  
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  Monotony Fields is the fourth studio album by Finnish funeral doom metal band Shape of Despair, released on June 15, 2015 by Season of Mist as CD digipak and LP. It is the first album to feature Henri Koivula on lead vocals. The song "Written in My Scars" was first released on the EP Written in My Scars, but was re-recorded for this album.
  
  ## Musical style
  
  The album continues the atmospheric funeral doom the band has been playing since their first album Shades of.... It is described as "melancholic and atmospheric", with "morose guitar lines" and "tragic ambient keyboards". The death grunts are "masterfully delivered", the female vocals are "gelid" and "angelic".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All lyrics are written by Henri Koivula, except "Written in My Scars" (by Pasi Koskinen); all music is composed by Jarno Salomaa and Tomi Ullgren.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Shape of Despair
  
  * Henri Koivula – vocals
  * Natalie Koskinen – vocals
  * Jarno Salomaa – guitars & synth
  * Tomi Ullgren – guitars
  * Sami Uusitalo – bass
  * Samu Ruotsalainen – drums
  
  ### Production
  
  * Max Kostermaa - producer, engineer, mixing
  * Mika Jussila - mastering
  * Juha Takalo - band logo
  * Mariusz Krystew - cover artwork
  