Monuments. Seriously, the best band I've never heard of.

[shadoe]

I heard this on Carnival of Sins. It was a century media demo I downloaded for free (legally). And this band was on it. I know you guys aren't HUGE fans of djent but it seems like they have a new refreshing approach to it. I bet even djent haters will like it. Check it out.

 

[UnsungHeroGuitars]

I thought was ok up until the cookie monster vocals...

Yeah, I'm getting old and all that, but whilst Phil Anselmo brought something great in the '90s, I kinda get completely turned off by being screamed at these days :|

 

[jlynnb1]

killer band....wish the guitar tones cut a little more but that's a minor gripe

 

[Marrafat]

shadoe,
I had the same experience with Skyharbor - Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos
Search: skyharbor | Bandcamp

Absolutely brilliant and for Cover'd they do extremely good proper vocals as well as the grunt, 'intelligent djent' I'll call it.
The Monuments track is not bad but even though I like pretty brutal vocals these seem to grate a little.

While we're on this subject also look up the bands
Disperse - http://disperseband.bandcamp.com/
Earthrise - Eras Lost http://earthrisemn.bandcamp.com/

 

[Fabio KTG]

They're all very good friends of mine. Browne, Olly, Malyan, Swanny and Matt. Fantastic band, ridiculously talented.

Olly Steele - YouTube

Blackstar Series One 200 emulated output demo with John Browne of Monuments (8 string guitar!) - YouTube

 

[dpeterson]

sounds like periphery.

 

[Trainwreck1446]

That shit is weak.

 

[jlynnb1]

sounds like periphery.

same genre so there are definite simliarities, but i think they really have their own vibe going...