MONUMENTS - A.W.O.L (Lyric Video)

[@NikNocturnal]

John Browne you beautiful soul.

[@AndyDuckala]

Nik Nocturnal are you doing a cover of this buddy boy

[@MartinNephilim]

This one is Olly Steele

[@isatariq7533]

Anddd he did it

[@brothercartman]

Olly*

[@Pauly027]

Nik Nocturnal did they tune up ?

[@AshtonFitness]

Based on the studio recording clips I've seen, I still have very high hopes for this album. I agree with some of the comments saying it sounds a bit generic (and not really like Monuments), but has anyone else noticed that this is what metal labels usually do when a band is about to release an album? They usually release the most "generic sounding" song first because they know it is likely to have the widest appeal. Then when the album comes out, it's full of more original and awesome songs. This was the case with Periphery's last album, and I think it will be the case with this album too. My only real criticism is that I can't hear the guitars very well. For example, I know that there is some interesting guitar work going on during 0:54 to 1:04, but I can barely hear it. It just sounds like it's getting drowned out by everything else, and overall, everything sounds quite muddy. The quality in The Amanuensis was much clearer, BUT, I will withhold full judgement until the album comes out! Positive thinking, because I think this album has the potential to be great! (UPDATE: The album KICKS ASS! It's amazing! I knew it would be!)

[@CheeseLord]

yep, singles bring in general interest which is why I'm crossing my fingers hoping that the album is going to bring it. those studio clips are pure comedy and musical gold. if you close your eyes and think about john browne for long enough this honestly sounds better

[@Benadon]

and they can still redo this song like plini did with salt and charcoal, album version of it had a clearer more complex drums and bass sound and tone... hopefully it will happen.

[@iambedlam]

So I agree with you on this, however I felt like Amanuensis was really harsh on the ears after a while. I do enjoy how much smoother and cleaner the overall sound is on this track. Could def use more guitars. Good song though!

[@ryana6961]

Yeah that's where I'm torn. The Amanuensis sounded amazing, but something about the aggressive tone would cause me to need a break from John Browne's sound for a while because I'd literally be getting head aches. It wasn't because I felt that things were monotonous or sounded bad, it was more that the sharp guitar tones would physically bother me after a while no matter how much I love the music. On top of that, the album was mixed in a way that emphasized that harsh tone even more. I guess you could say I have a love/hate relationship with the album.

[@Magmoormaster]

Totally agree with everything said here, look at the first single from PIII, The Price is Wrong. Not only is it a very bland song, it's not indicative of the album at all. From the studio updates, I have high hopes as well. I'm sure it'll be sick. I agree that Amanuensis sounds really harsh. I've gotten used to it by now, having listened to it a bunch. But it definitely causes some ear fatigue at first.

[@Assault018]

Some people just nitpick everything. Great song can't wait to hear more! ♥️

[@edwardiganz2478]

Totally agree! Fuck the haters! Djent or not, this song fucking wails! As does Stygian Blue!

[@musicjrb4119]

John is really the only guitarist who gets credited😑olly is sick asf aswell

[@rubenbarbosa4635]

Agree 100%

[@MindfulFuryy87]

Who tf can dislike anything from MONUMENTS??

[@greenspade]

If you are reading this. You are loved and I hope you have a great day! Kick todays ass!

[@jungobungo327]

Antonio good looks mane

[@NickAcker]

This is gonna be one of the sickest albums of the year!

[@henryreinach5662]

Nick Acker nick acker

[@NickAcker]

Henry Reinach ...how did you find me? 0_0

[@loamguitar]

Nick Acker

[@DSNG_RSMG]

Nick Acker

[@NickAcker]

no u

[@PaulOrtiz]

I luff it awfully terribly. Sounds great guys!

[@janexim9568]

Just like with The Amanuensis, I’m a great fan of the clean vocals.

[@LukeZuniga]

Anybody gonna talk about that ridiculous chord progression at 2:55? D#m, D, F#add9, G/C#, G#, F, Bmaj6 That's wild as fuck.

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Thank you for working that out, Because I really had no idea what those chords were.

[@asepsaripr6378]

Goseebump for song , so beatiful music and vocal

[@kropiotki4659]

1:47 - 1:50 on a LIFE BOAT you'll FIND DEATH (That riff underneath) SICK!!!!

[@7star7storm7]

IKR 🔥 i just cant understand why they didnt go with.....haunted vessel just like the one - INSIDE YOUR HEEEAD! Its kinda "bumpy" other way.... mabye just me but cant wait for album I long time fan. Peace

[@skanka4646]

2:55 makes me think of Ever Forthright. Looking forward to the album very much!

[@kevinjasica1399]

This song is a helluva opener. Well done Monuments.

[@ludoletono]

Finally a proper, official upload.

[@Mayheml]

ERRA, Northlane, Born of Osiris now Monuments. We're in for some treat, bois.

[@predwards8941]

Christian new Make Them Suffer is spicy too

[@supunwickramage1182]

Predwards 89 and new Skyharbor,Fit for a king.

[@FatesxofxthexDead]

And we got new The Afterimage + Shokran!

[@louisfroidevaux5012]

And Tesseract and BTBAM

[@QuadfeedFTW]

Northlane ain't releasing a new album though

[@HybridSpektar]

Ooohhh maaannn this is soooo gooooood. That scream at the end put a smile on my face. I am so hyped.

[@djentile7773]

Holy hell this song makes me want to drive into oncoming traffic. So brutal

[@SolitaryLight]

FINALLY! Brings the heavy and the smooth! Sounds amazing!

[@PhilipSchmidtBeer]

Anup Sastry killing it, as always! - I'm very excited what Lango contributes to the Monuments sound in the future

[@Naildown55]

If there is one thing that has remained consistent about this band its that they always know how to nail an outro and make it sound epic af.

[@xXlAscendlXx]

Holy shit 3:26.... Can you say metal?? That gave me unbelievable chills....

[@rottenamiigo9443]

My happiness has been restored on this very day

[@rafaelfreire1663]

Thank you guys love u all #Djent come to Brasil!!! Pleaseee

[@pabloaguilera7328]

Wooow woow , yes yes !!! Beautiful !!!

[@gekkobear1650]

God damn. Also I need a shirt of that design

[@timothyrodriguez6]

Im glad everyone here went to school for music..... Good stuff bros!!

[@nikkimorales1514]

Can’t stop listening to this song. So stoked for the new album now! Good job Monuments

[@WuKingdom1]

Omg, I feel like I've been waiting 5 years for a new Monuments album. Badass song but my favorite part was that 2nd verse at 1:40. So fucking sick! I'm so happy that I'm angry. Damn, this just made my day

[@eruditeaudio4748]

Love you guys ! Cheers from slivovica guy,.. you know 😉

[@cscfpv6221]

New direction for them. Man, not at all what I was expecting, but I was still pleasantly surprised. These guys have come a long way since their demo. Hell, even before that.

[@tasostsoulfaidis585]

Dem 2010 Periphery vibes.. Amazing track, gimmie the album now!

[@selfproclaimednobody4614]

Some people bitching about it sounding "generic" because it has some Melody in it and the guitars aren't heard as much.... SO WHAT! It's a beautiful song and a banger.

[@PleaseForgiveYourself]

yall need to give OLLY STEELE some credit.

[@shoumitroroy2545]

Frenetic riffs and humungous chorus. Ah Monuments. Thanks for being back. ♥️ Eagerly waiting for the album!

[@JCMJustin]

Nice! Looking forward to this album!

[@tarkenton3895]

People don't seem to realise how much of a ballache this song is on guitar lol

[@alessandrogargaglia9505]

the final breakdown is so fucking insane

[@alexhardy12]

the fastest tempo of all monuments songs! not bad. Miss the brady snare from the previous records. Chriss vocals remind me more of his performance in his previous band ever forthright. RIP

[@alexandrerenaud4930]

YES! looking forward to this! The Amanuensis is one of the best album of the genre. Pretty hyped!

[@BenjaminKuruga]

This definitely sounds like Friend for a Foe --Chris' old band. Same exact structure to the songs, and they even used the vocal skipping (1:14).

[@VanTempest]

I love how with every Output you guys come more and more to the Center of your style. I love your grooves, I love your Sound, your songwriting is great! Keep it coming!

[@hardcoreinpa]

Good stuff. Can't wait for the album.

[@musicjrb4119]

This is what ive been waiting for🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@canran]

Musically and vocally it's great....lyrics feel a bit watered down to me though in all honesty

[@Zanenoth]

Your comment is watered down.

[@BenjaminKuruga]

I had the same sentiment. The Amanuensis was Art. Chris put a lot into it, but if the entirety of Phronesis sounds like AWOL, I'm probably only going to be blasting 1 or 2 of the 10 or so songs.

[@bassface876]

Dude for real, I knew I wasn't the only one, the lyrics are honestly really lame, the first two albums actually had thoughtful lyrics. This is like cookie cutter metal bullshit.

[@BenjaminKuruga]

Blood, compare this to the Amanuensis. Chris' writing on this song was not on par! We're not judging the album, just this song. Hopefully it is not representative of the album.

[@DEM94]

Dudes, it's the first song. The album has 9 more. And it's been 4 years, so be patient a little more ;)

[@MetalBiscuit]

LOVE IT!

[@Desmond_Kumar]

Just one of the several Djent bands out there

[@ruse_didichannel]

OMG, i'am too late for this bands, bangerrrss

[@erikmagagnotti1513]

Not bad but from the band that realized"gnosis" and"the amanuensis"i expect something more

[@zac8543]

If you liked Gnosis, Check out the band Mycelia holy shit good, and alike. and newish

[@girthyjuan6480]

Love it just wish I could hear the guitar!

[@JohnMuhlhauser-ps9rx]

One of my favorites from monuments…..

[@ZaBiMaRuSz]

FINALLY YOU GUYS ARE BACK!!!!

[@smokejc]

That last riff, yum.

[@vladolugosi2576]

Monuments is a fantastic band, england always is quality, greetings from chile 🇨🇱 👍🏻

[@arupp513]

Hell yes. Loving it.

[@philippecorre4352]

Listening especially to that song make me miss Chris.

[@nicolehall637]

bought new headphones. put this on unknowing. yes.

[@perishVS]

soo good

[@IsaacJDean]

Congrats on the release guys but I have to say: that is one scooped mix, heavy emphasis on the high end and low-low-mid. Not too bothered about vocals in general so I'd love an instrumental but that's asking a lot.

[@shorabali]

the guitars need more definition

[@CorentinRe]

Man you can't judge a mix on youtube...

[@ErikTails]

shorabali 100%. When you havr a fucking john browne downpicking you wanna hear all the dynamics

[@danflak6363]

Yes you can. The mix is completely separate to sound fidelity which is what will suffer from KZbin compression.

[@isatariq7533]

I think they fixed and reuploaded the audio or something because the guitars seem to be louder now, which is good

[@MateNako]

Soooooo good

[@thedankmememetalhead166]

I still want to hear those tracks from the recording videos!

[@lady_hecatec7568]

Ohhh man.. i even got chills on my face! ♡

[@Allen7]

nice..i really like it!

[@drifthabitat]

What I love about Monuments is the guitar work (I love chris too). I'm having a hard time fully enjoying this song due to not being able to hear guitars. I hear vocals and atmosphere and a faint muddy rumble of the guitars. I'm quite dissapointed by this but I will stay optimistic. I hope the other tracks have guitars more up front and center rather than an after thought in the mix.

[@metalvapes4660]

Metal Vapes approves! Awesome, guys! \m/

[@RandomApexLootbox]

Finally! Love it, guys!

[@zoltankiss1366]

Sound is amazing!

[@georgiy9891]

Banger! Stocked for the album indeed!

[@calumkodak]

Mix seems a bit off? Guitars seems really lost.

[@isatariq7533]

Anup's drumming on this is absolutely monstrous

[@vicibanzio_guitarist]

this song was Daniel Lango, read the description

[@isatariq7533]

@vicibanzio nah it was Anup he did session drums for Phronesis. Daniel was probably their live drummer at the time. Read the description again

[@joaoldmedeiros]

it sound GOOD MANE

[@BrayanAndrew1]

bom demais

[@isatariq7533]

João Medeiros your cover sounds good MANE

[@joaoldmedeiros]

thank you so much friend! it means a lot ❤

[@PhelanEric87]

Really good cover man!

[@joaoldmedeiros]

Thanks Eric! Consider subscribing as I intend to cover the entire album, also consider dropping a prayer for me in hopes I make it justice ahahahaha

[@Mohamed636]

Wow finally something new

[@djsteink]

This is effing fantastic. Thank you

[@serhatpehlivanoglu]

now we need playthrough videos for every instrument

[@ElishaLong]

2:07 - 2:17

[@AllCopsAreBigchungus]

Elisha Long that’s what I’m taking about, shit gets hard right there lmao

[@ElishaLong]

Anthony Rosato That fucking groove bro

[@andreshernandez6434]

Its fucking fire!!!!

[@MirkoFustinoni]

Elisha Long like a TWAT

[@ElishaLong]

Mirko Fustinoni Your drumming is awesome

[@andrenachath3254]

Monuments is the best band of Djent, John Browne is a fantastic guitarist. 👊👊

[@mrbgrow]

Well I can hear the guitar for the last 20 seconds

[@Frydaddyj84]

Holy shit. This was exactly what I needed today. So ready for the new album!

[@iambedlam]

Awesome.

[@LuisCerdasPrimate]

I really love your musical production on this song. Sounds amazing. Congratulations Monuments! P.s. cannot wait for entire album!

[@MiniAtt]

This is INSANE.

[@itsadrianocarvalho]

Heart is yelling, mind is thinking: they can do better than that!

[@HiveDes]

Love Chris' vocals

[@louisfroidevaux5012]

Yesssss this album is gonna be sickk

[@SimonDesmond1]

absolutely ridiculous! Probably gonna be album of the year for me! :D

[@saminekunis8680]

This is one of my instant new fave songs

[@Zanenoth]

That midrange is not prominent enough in the guitars for me. Having trouble hearing John Browne.

[@Zanenoth]

So when the album comes out i can totally adjust that in my eq on the phone.

[@project-gruve7102]

Its because they chose ax fx over kemper saying its more dynamic lmao

[@shorabali]

This has been the same issue since album one.

[@thedudeofficial69]

They aren't using an axe either. They tracked all the rhythms with a peavey 6534+ and all the leads with an ampete one 100. John Browne doesn't like the fractal midrange, and said the kemper has dogshit for dynamics. He uses the L6 Helix, but none of the record tones are with that either.

[@adamg1512]

Keep in mind KZbin butchers audio

[@gmorjuela]

I love this song too much

[@Anubiss3301]

YES the firm, the wait was worth it ;)

[@TheFloatingBartender]

My body was not ready!!!

[@corncorner]

Still excited for the album, but definitely underwhelmed with this track.

[@arielmatheu2230]

well... this clearly deserves a "Like"... nice work dudez!!

[@DylNyeTheDrummerGuy]

Monuments - A.W.O.L starts at 3:17

[@eeii4519]

so cool👍

[@RomanPerezivancic]

Masterpiece

[@TheAaron117]

Ohh Man incredible work!! All negative responses to this track are because I think folks are less familiar with Olly's writing style compared to Johns, and from what I understand Steele had a much bigger influence on this album in comparison to the Amanuensis(although the intro feels like its straight from Fluxconduct). Also Maylans drumming approach was quite different then Langos and so was the mix. The drum mix has never been more clear and forward on a Monuments album then what we'll experience on Phronesis! Furthermore its been FOUR years, for sure Monuments have different Ideas of what to write at this point! People complaining it sounds generic? I find theres plenty of technicality but you have to kind of find it in-between the double bass patterns. And Chris is just so Damn fresh totally blew me away especially the cleans real sexy! Love the Mix Love the track, and Love Monuments!!

[@Thall_yt]

Sick

[@lukemills8683]

I'm getting some sick Game Of Thrones vibes from the intro. Absolutely love the new song guys, been following you for ahwile now and honestly i've loved seeing yous grow

[@Opkilla96]

So pumped to hear the rest of the album \m/

[@riflegoat708]

Monuments May Fire