Monuments Announce New Zealand Shows

British progressive metal juggernauts Monuments are bringing their epic widescreen riffage to Aotearoa this January, with two thunderous performances locked in for Wellington's Valhalla and Auckland's Galatos. Monuments have blazed their own trail since forming under the name of Elements in 2009, with subsequent crucial releases under their current name having huge impact upon the then-emerging realm of technically virtuosic prog-metal subgenre Djent (named after a distinctive low-pitch guitar sound first used by Meshuggah). Catalysed by John Browne (Fellsilent) and Josh Travis (The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza), the five-piece have three artfully intense studio albums under their collective belt, including 2018's Phronesis which dropped in October. Grip the details here...

Monuments
Wednesday 23rd January - Valhalla, Wellington
Thursday 24th January - Galatos, Auckland
Tickets available HERE via UTR

Press release:

Djent / Progressive Metal / Experimental Groove; call it what you want. MONUMENTS (UK) have been around since the beginning and helped shape the genre! After months in the studio, the British progressive metal band MONUMENTS have released their new song AWOL .The accompanying new album Phronesis was released last October via Century Media and was independently produced by the band in various studios around the world. This will be MONUMENTS first journey to our shores, be sure to head a long and catch them before they are gone!

MONUMENTS was founded in 2009 under the name ELEMENTS. Following the release of a first EP in 2012 was the debut album Gnosis. From then on they played as MONUMENTS and quickly became one of the most significant bands in the Djent scene. In recent years, there have been some line-up changes within the band. The current cast is composed of founding member John Browne (guitar), Chris Barretto (vocals), Olly Steele (guitar), Adam Swan (bass) and Daniel Lango Lang (drums).