Tag: Monuments

NEWS: Monuments join the 2023 crowd!

No longer in stasis it seems, Progressive Metalcore outlet Monuments have announced they will be once again putting vocalist Andy Cizek to the test as they join Leprous and Kalandra for a trek from Gothenburg to Oslo over a six week period early next year. The extended run will include four stops upon our soil in

Bootleg: “Opiate” from Monuments!

The Digital Tour Bus cameras may have been rolling in Chicago in August but come September Monuments had progressed into Canada. Here’s “Opiate” pro-shot by Brian Krahe and mixed by Brandon Scurlark from the Edmonton Alberta show, a cut which has broken the 605k of Spotify streams alone since its release on their new album

Documentary: Monuments on Digital Bus Invaders!

Captain’s Log, Stardate 21.08.2022. The Digital Tour Bus cameras were focused on Monuments tour vehicle outside Reggies in Chicago Illinois as vocalist Andy Cizek and guitarist John Browne show us what it takes to demonstrate Progressive Metalcore of the finest order to the masses in the United States Of America. The bands current album “In

Throwback: “Regenerate” from Monuments!

At a time when it feels like every seminal album is reaching an anniversary milestone, the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of “Gnosis” from Monuments could feel like just another birthday as we fast reach saturation point. Except it doesn’t and we haven’t because these are the albums we grew up with, p***ed our neighbors

Bootleg: Monuments in Paris!

Filmed from a static camera attached to the soundboard, this full set from Monuments in Paris on 5th August has appeared courtesy of frontman Andy Cizek as the band finally get to give new album “In Stasis” the shows it deserves. The band will be heading over to the US in the not too distant

Playthrough: “Lavos” from Monuments!

As part of his drum academy offering Monuments sticksman Mike Malyan has shared a playthrough video for “Lavos” from the bands current album “In Stasis“. A professional Progressive Metal drummer for more than a decade, he’s done session work for Periphery, Tesseract, Plini and more and offers the chance to learn from him with a

NEWS: Monuments build a makeshift harmony!

Celebrating their new album “In Stasis“, the now Multinational DJentlemen Monuments have shared a music video for “Makeshift Harmony“, their fourth single in all, to give it the full Oscars red carpet glitz and glam  treatment without the slap. Mixed by George Lever  (Loathe, The Arusha Accord, Ursus) at G1 Productions and mastered by Jens

Review: “In Stasis” by Monuments

The revolving door of musicians in the Monuments stable finds the band now officially a quartet for their fourth album with a single guitarist however despite the exit of guitarist Olly Steele after a decade with the band and vocalist Chris Barretto during the tour cycle for 2019’s “Phronesis” they have what an only be

Playthrough: “Cardinal Red” from Monuments!

It can’t have been easy for Andy Cizek to fill the boots of Chris Barretto mid way through the cycle for the last Monuments album “Phronesis” but he won us over with his performance at Tech-Fest in July 2019 and the band haven’t looked back since. After a run of singles 15th April will see

Documentary: How We Wrote “In Stasis” with Monuments!

The Gear Gods series “How We Wrote” continues to deliver some seriously interesting album dissections with vocalist Andy Cizek and guitarist John Browne going in deep on their upcoming new Monuments album “In Statis” in the latest episode. That drops via Century Media on 15th April and includes a trio of guests that would grace