The Archives Vol. I is The Archivemonger's debut full-length album, featuring a total of 13 tracks and a run time of 41 minutes where various styles and influences merge together to create a unique soundscape, utilizing elements of progressive metal and math rock, featuring modern electronic production techniques and a unique vision, not only musically but artistically, that ties together a whole universe of stories to come with each future volume.
The Archivemonger is a solo self-produced music project created by musician Manuel González as a way to explore music in a different format, inspired by some of his personal favorites.
The project started in 2020 and it wasn’t until 2023 that it started being produced. Since then, it’s had big gaps and numerous changes in general direction and style, with dozens of tracks discarded, deleted, rearranged and re-imagined until the very release of The Archives Vol. I; the project’s debut album.