Monuments (UK) Phronesis
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Get Low
October 15th 2018


14298 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm sure we'll find out in 2023 when they release their fourth album.

SteakByrnes
October 15th 2018


29882 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I'd be so mad

McCookie
October 16th 2018


27 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I feel like this album was a huge step backward. I wasn't much of a fan of Gnosis but The Amanuensis blew me away. I was very impressed with Baretto especially. Pretty much everything I loved about The Amanuensis is gone on this one. Baretto's cleans sound weak and uninteresting, screams are all flat sounding with little diversity, the riffs are pretty generic, not nearly as creative and unique sounding and most of the lyrics are awful. But hey, maybe it'll grow on me a bit?

Get Low
October 16th 2018


14298 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Listen to it as a source of fun, instead of as a source of impressive musicianship (like The Amenuensis), and it will likely grow on you.

BeyondCosby
October 16th 2018


2781 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"I feel like this album was a huge step backward. I wasn't much of a fan of Gnosis but The Amanuensis blew me away. I was very impressed with Baretto especially"



It's hard not to feel a little disappointed by this album but the more I listen to it the more it grows on me. I think it will remain a solid 3.5

Krpa
October 17th 2018


306 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I'm trying to get into this band but I just can't, at least not as much as I want to. Amanuensis was very forgettable for me, it sounds like every other djent-metalcore band out there, albeit with pretty good vocals. Phronesis is a step up IMO, even if it still sounds kinda stale.



Maybe the reason this isn't better to me is because I've shifted my preferences towards more melodic progressive rock. That's probably why I find the latest Vola album to be so phenomenal, while this remains only mildly interesting.

zuzek
October 17th 2018


933 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

7 years later and I'm still wondering what Monuments would be like with Neema and Greg, fml

LunaticSoul
October 17th 2018


2403 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

They'd be sikth

Beardog
October 18th 2018


5240 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

the record kind of reminds me of Dead by April cause of the poppy moments and awkward, edgy lyricism

ProtestTheLegacy
October 21st 2018


55 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

> They'd be sikth



Pretttty much. Or just more Fellsilent.



I'm more or less on the same page as Cookie on this one. I still like the album for what it is, but it feels like a big step back.

Asura14
October 23rd 2018


528 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The 2 last tracks on this really grew on me.

The album has so much potential, it's enjoyable but I really wanted this to be better

SteakByrnes
October 23rd 2018


29882 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

it's enjoyable but I really wanted this to be better [2]



0GuyMan0
October 25th 2018


4666 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Its not the Amanuensis, but after track 2 I'm all the way in. Vanta and Stygian are great.

Toondude10
October 29th 2018


15186 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Hollow King might be the best song off the album, it's by far the song that most resembles their last album

McCookie
October 31st 2018


27 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

After listening to this a dozen times or so it’s starting to grow on me. It’s some pretty solid stuff, just a bit more generic sounding than I was expecting.

BigP
October 31st 2018


93 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Major grower! Upon first listenings I thought this was VERY generic. Boy, was I wrong.

Tundra
October 31st 2018


9760 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The riff's go in

bloc
October 31st 2018


70281 Comments


But they don't come out

BeyondCosby
November 1st 2018


2781 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, it grows for sure. I think people forget how bland Gnosis was. Really, the only thing here that feels like a heavy step down are some of the lyrics. But Chris is still an incredible vocalist.

Beardog
November 1st 2018


5240 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Okay it's even worse on second listen. It's just so bland and the production really doesn't help



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