Formed in the UK by guitarist John Browne from the ashes of the pioneering technical groove
metallers, Fellsilent, Monuments starts somewhat were Fellsilent left off.
Browne honed his craft, both as a songwriter and producer and has brought Monuments out of the underground, prepped and ready for the masses.
There was a time at the start of 2011 where the future for Monuments was unclear. The band had an album written and recorded but didn’t have av ocalist to convey the deep messages within their music. Browne left the UK for a stint of touring across the US as a stand-in guitarist with his old friend Misha Mansoor’s band, Periphery. It was such a successful excursion that he was invited to join the band. However, Browne declined, wanting to focus on Monuments – his brainchild.
Having found guitarist Olly Steele, bassist Adam Swan and the mind-bogglingly talented multi-instrumentalist drummer Mike Malyan, the final piece of the Monuments puzzle was vocalist Matt Rose and the debut album "Gnosis" is published in August 2012.
In 2014 will come out the second album "The Amanuensis".