Monuments (metal band)

Monuments
Monuments performing in London in 2015
Background information
Origin England, United Kingdom
Genres Progressive metal, djent
Years active 2007–present
Labels Century Media
Associated acts Fellsilent, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Glass Cloud, Periphery, Chimp Spanner, The Algorithm, Cyclamen, The HAARP Machine, Ever Forthright
Members John Browne
Adam Swan
Olly Steele
Chris Barretto
Daniel Lang
Past members Josh Travis
Matt Rose
Neema Askari
Greg Pope
Paul Ortiz
Mike Malyan
Anup Sastry

Monuments are a British progressive metal band formed by former Fellsilent guitarist, John Browne, and former The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza guitarist, Josh Travis. The band has released three full-length albums via Century Media Records, Gnosis, The Amanuensis and Phronesis in 2012, 2014 and 2018 respectively.

History

The band was formed by Fellsilent guitarist John Browne and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza guitarist Josh Travis in 2007. After various lineup changes, the band signed with Century Media Records in 2012, announcing the addition of singer Matt Rose the same day.[1] Their debut album, Gnosis, came out on 28 August 2012.

The band took part in the Euroblast European Tour with Jeff Loomis, Vildhjarta, and Stealing Axion.[2] Another European tour with Born of Osiris and After the Burial followed in early 2013. By March 2013, the band parted ways with vocalist Matt Rose.[3] In July 2013, it was announced that former Periphery and current Ever Forthright and The HAARP Machine vocalist Chris Barretto had joined the band.[4]

In December 2013, The band announced via Facebook that they had completed their second album.[5] The drums were recorded in Monnow Valley, Wales with Romesh Dodangoda (Motörhead, Sylosis, Bring Me The Horizon), while the rest of the instruments were tracked DIY by Browne, and the vocals were done with Eyal Levi.[6] In April 2014, it was formally announced that their new album, The Amanuensis, would be released on 23 June 2014.

The band played on the Red Bull Studios Live Stage at Download on Sunday, 15 June 2014. In March and April 2015, they supported Australian band Karnivool on their UK and European headline tour. Drummer Mike Malyan left the band during August 2015 due to injuries on his back and shoulder[7] and was replaced by Anup Sastry, the former Intervals drummer.[8] They played at Hevy music festival later that month.

On 16 June 2016, Anup Sastry announced on his Facebook page that he was amicably leaving the band, although he returned in 2018 to record drums for the new album, Phronesis.

Discography

Studio albums

Demos

Band members

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