Monuments - The Amanuensis

Transcontinental prog metallers MONUMENTS are about to return with their new offering and by stripping down their sound and recording at Monnow Valley Studio (Black Sabbath, Rush, Led Zeppelin) in Wales, Audiohammer Studios (The Black Dahlia Murder, The Contortionist) in Florida, and guitarist John Browne’s own studio Bear Noize Studio in England, “The Amanuensis” is powerful and clear and a resolute sonic statement leaving out drum triggers and studio trickery. “Metal has lost the ‘live’ element of production,” Browne admits. “All bands sound too perfect. And albums aren’t really a true representation of what the bands actually sound like in a live setting. We wanted to give everyone what we actually sound like, with us actually playing the instruments. The final result is great!”