Tonight at midnight doesn’t just mark the release of transatlantic progressive metal outfit MONUMENTS’ new album, “In Stasis”, but you can also watch a new video for the song “Makeshift Harmony” at midnight CET, 11pm UK / 6pm EST / 3pm PST: https://youtu.be/VEViBL1LN-0
Says the band about the song and video: “Temptation – Being lured in by beauty on the outside, but toxicity on the inside. You know it isn’t good for you, but you’re drawn to it anyway. – ‘Caught in your current, I mistake a vulture for a swan.’”
The band about “In Stasis”: “We approached this album without the intention of a specific concept. However – three songs in, what was being written ended up sharing a common theme.
This feeling of being stuck in the middle, a feeling we experience throughout our lives – within friendships and relationships, love to hate, life to death, belief or non-belief, being in power to total defeat, isolation to freedom. Over the past 2 years, we have been faced with many of these trials, and these struggles can be heard throughout the record.
This record is a culmination of our greatest triumphs and our deepest struggles. We hope it resonates with you, and brings you closer to equilibrium.
We’d like to thank guests Neema Askari (Form Subtract, ex Fellsilent, ex-Monuments), Spencer Sotelo (Periphery, King Mothership), and Mick Gordon (DOOM, Prey, Killer Instinct) for enhancing the record with their unique perspectives.”
First preorders are already online for the following formats:
Ltd. CD Digipak
Digital album
Gatefold black LP+CD & Poster
300x Gatefold transp. blue LP+CD & Poster from UK Indies and EMP
500x Gatefold ultra clear LP+CD & Poster from Monuments and cmdistro.de
Link: https://Monuments.lnk.to/InStasis
“In Stasis” features the following tracks:
- No One Will Teach You (feat. Neema Askari)
- Lavos
- Cardinal Red
- Opiate
- Collapse
- Arch Essence (feat. Spencer Sotelo)
- Somnus
- False Providence
- Makeshift Harmony
- The Cimmerian
Produced, Recorded and Edited by John Browne, Andy Cizek and Mike Malyan
Co-Produced by Mick Gordon
Additional Engineering by Ross Halden, Justin Woodward and Adam Steel
Additional Editing by Charlie Abend and Evan Sammons
Mixing by George Lever @ G1 Productions
Mastering by Jens Bogren @ Fascination Street
Artwork by Visual Amnesia
MONUMENTS previously released the following tracks and videos taken from “In Stasis”:
“Lavos (Official Video)”: https://youtu.be/RMVn5kGHj5k
“Cardinal Red (Official Video)”: https://youtu.be/MGG-p0Pmc7Q
“False Providence”: https://youtu.be/7i6nvi5wh5s
MONUMENTS live:
22.04.22 (UK) Manchester – Manchester Academy 3
23.04.22 (UK) Nottingham – Rock City
28.04.22 (UK) Bristol – The Fleece
29.04.22 (UK) Birmingham – The Flapper
30.04.22 (UK) London – Islington Assembly Hall
17.-19.06.22 (FR) Clisson – Hellfest
05.08.22 (FR) Paris – Backstage
06.08.22 (DE) Cologne – MTC
07.08.22 (DE) Berlin – Privatclub
08.08.22 (DE) Hamburg – Headcrash
12.08.22 (FIN) Kotka – Dark River Festival
MONUMENTS are:
Mike – Drums
Swan – Bass
Andy – Vocals
Browne – Guitar
MONUMENTS online:
https://www.thisismonuments.co/
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https://www.instagram.com/thisismonuments/