Monuments - The Amanuensis on June 23rd 2014

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 04/25/2014 - 19:03

"The Amanuensis", Monuments' sophomore album and follow up to 2012's critically acclaimed "Gnosis" is scheduled for a release on June 23rd, 2014 in Europe, Australia & NZ and on July 8th, 2014 on USA & Canada.

"The Amanuensis", at least the title, was inspired by author David Mitchell's novel, "Cloud Atlas". The complex story lines are the perfect analog for Monuments. Musically, the group weave in and out of themes, motifs, and professor-like note calculations with graceful ease. But lyrically "The Amanuensis" comes from a very different place. "The album is about the Samsara cycle", reveals Browne (guitar). "The cyclical existence of life that we are all bound to".

Tracklist:

1. I, The Creator

2. Origin of Escape

3. Atlas

4. Horcrux

5. Garden of Sankhara

6. The Alchemist

7. Quasimodo

8. Saga City

9. Jinn

10. I, The Destroyer

11. Samsara

Before touring Europe right around the release of "The Amanuensis" with Protest The Hero, Monuments will do a quick and exclusive run with support coming from Dioramic for a handful of intimate shows throughout Germany in May.

Live dates:

10.05.2014 (DE) Karlsruhe - Lower Tuned Festival

11.05.2014 (DE) Hannover - Lux *

12.05.2014 (DE) Berlin - Magnet *

14.05.2014 (DE) Saarbruecken - Garage *

15.05.2014 (DE) Frankfurt - 11er *

16.05.2014 (DE) Cologne - MTC *

17.05.2014 (BE) Liege - Caserne Fonck, 6k Fest

22.05.2014 (UK) The Forum - Hatfield

15.06.2014 (UK) Donnington Park - Download Festival

22.06.2014 (ES) Bilbao - Kafe Antzokia **

24.06.2014 (IT) Pinarella di Cervia - RockPlanet **