Century Media Records have set a July 08th North American release date (June 23rd overseas) for the new Monuments album, “The Amanuensis“. According to the bands guitarist John Browne, the album title drew inspiration from the novel “Cloud Atlas“. However, lyrically the album revolves around the Samsara cycle, which he puts as: “the cyclical existence of life that we are all bound to.”
The track listing and cover art for the release are available below:
01 – “I, The Creator”
02 – “Origin Of Escape”
03 – “Atlas”
04 – “Horcrux”
05 – “Garden Of Sankhara”
06 – “The Alchemist”
07 – “Quasimodo”
08 – “Saga City”
09 – “Jinn”
10 – “I, The Destroyer”
11 – “Samsara”
The group will also be out with Protest The Hero and Dioramic on separate European runs in the coming months. Those dates include:
05/10 Karlsruhe, GER – Lower Tuned Festival
With Dioramic:
05/11 Hannover, GER – Lux
05/12 Berlin, GER – Magnet
05/14 Saarbruecken, GER – Garage
05/15 Frankfurt, GER – 11er
05/16 Cologne, GER – MTC
Monuments:
05/17 Liege, BEL – Caserne Fonck (‘6k Fest)
05/22 Hatfield, UK – The Forum
06/15 Donnington Park, UK – Download Festival
With Protest The Hero:
06/22 Bilbao, SPA – Kafe Antzokia
06/24 Pinarella di Cervia, ITA – RockPlanet
06/25 Stuttgart, GER – Universum
06/26 Utrecht, NET – Helling
06/27 Bochum, GER – Matrix
06/30 Munchen, GER – Backstage
07/01 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Park
07/02 Bratislava, SLO – Randal Club
07/03 Warschau, POL – Progresja
Monuments:
07/11 Genk, BEL – Miner Fest
08/08 Ieper, BEL – Ieperfest
