(2019-2020)

    ANNIHILVS released seven albums in 2019:

TELLADICTORIAN. PAINPUDDING CD-R
BRUTALISM. THE CHARGED VOID CD-R
TEN THOUSAND MILES OF ARTERIES. SURVIVAL BLOOM CD-R
BOB BELLERUE. ASCETIC ADDICT CASSETTE
GYNA BOOTLEG/LVMMVX. WRETCHED CD-R
TERROR APART. BELLY OF BARGHEST CD-R
JHK. SLAB ELECTRONICS CD-R

    In addition, the label’s 22nd anniversary was marked with the release of the DEATH TO HUMANITY shirt.

Chronic spinal pain began to make it difficult for me to work my shitty warehouse job. I underwent multiple steroid injections, and left my job on medical advice.

    In the summer of 2019, with the support of my partner Gretchen Heinel, I signed the lease for the brick-and-mortar shop, MONOMER AUDIO EMPORIUM (also known as Doc Monomer’s Audio Emporium). Our August “soft opening” event served as the label’s anniversary party. The Grand Opening event in October celebrated the release of FABIO FRIZZI’s THE BEYOND: COMPOSER’S CUT LP on CADABRA RECORDS, with a live performance by CHTHONIC STREAMS artist OCTONOMY.
As a logical extension of my activities during the previous two+ decades, the shop served as a physical HQ from which these endeavours could continue.

AUGUST 17, 2019
ANTHONY SAUNDERS
TEMPLE OV SATURN
HANG THE DJ

OCTOBER 12, 2019
SNOWBEASTS
KIDAUDRA
DJ POPE JOAN II

OCTOBER 26, 2019
OCTONOMY
DJ DEREK RUSH

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 (HOSTED BY MAURA’S KITCHEN)
MK9
RUSALKA
ORMUS
HYPERTROPHY
DJ LE BOURREAU

NOVEMBER 30, 2019
TRON & DVD
MAIDENFED
DJ KIDAUDRA

DECEMBER 14, 2019
LUSSURIA
CHRIS GOUDREAU
COMPACTOR
DJ POPE JOAN II

January 2020 started with plans already in motion for shows at the shop and other venues, such as “GØTH N1GHT” at the INDUSTRIAL ARTS BREWING COMPANY in April, a new iteration of APEX FEST at TRANS PECOS in May, and a third AUTUMN ELECTRONIX festival at the GARNER ARTS CENTER. Unfortunately, the global COVID-19 pandemic not only pre-empted these many planned events, but permanently sealed the fate of MONOMER AUDIO EMPORIUM, which closed its doors in April 2020. Continuing as an online shop for the following year, we instituted MONOMER TV, a weekly (and later bi-weekly) video program intended to continue to support and promote the community of artists who had suddenly found themselves without a way to perform live or without employment in the nightlife industry as venues shut down.

As the pandemic continued, however, interest in both the audience and the contributors (and the creators of the show) began to decline, until the final episode of the third “season” was posted in March 2021.

The online shop was decommissioned not long after, with the remaining stock sold off to REDSCROLL RECORDS. By October 2020, when we moved into our house, my pain had become so debilitating that it was difficult to function normally most of the time.

The pandemic ruined my life. The pain ruined my life.

THEOLOGIAN performed live for the last time on September 3, 2022, headlining the first night of DOMINION OF FLESH USA. On September 2, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of ANNIHILVS with a show in Providence.