''Monuments'' is a compilation album by the German
power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
band
Edguy
Edguy is a German power metal band formed in 1992 in Fulda by students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch, and Dirk Sauer. Initially named after their math teacher, the band faced early rejections from record labels but persevered, relea ...
, released on 14 July 2017. The album was released as a two-CD/DVD package including 22 previously released songs, five new songs, and one previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1995 for the demo version of ''
The Savage Poetry''. The package also includes a two-hour DVD and a photobook. Frontman
Tobias Sammet
Tobias Sammet (born 21 November 1977) is a German musician, songwriter, and music producer. He is the singer and primary songwriter of the power metal band Edguy, and the founder of the metal opera project Avantasia.
Career
Sammet founded Edgu ...
wrote one of the new songs on his own, while guitarists
Jens Ludwig
Jens Ludwig (born 30 August 1977) is the lead guitarist and co-founder
of the German power metal band Edguy. Jens has played nearly all the band's lead parts and guitar solos since their inception and is the only member of the current line-up oth ...
, Dirk Sauer and bassist
Tobias Exxel
Tobias "Eggi" Exxel (born 27 February 1973) is the current bass player for the power metal band Edguy and for the melodic metal band The Unity. Tobias was hired by Edguy in 1998 when vocalist Tobias Sammet, who had played bass since the band's fo ...
co-wrote the others with him.
Track listing
Live DVD
# "Mysteria"
# "Under the Moon"
# "Navigator"
# "Wake Up the King"
# "Land of the Miracle"
# "Lavatory Love Machine"
# "Vain Glory Opera"
# "Fallen Angels"
# "The Piper Never Dies"
# "Babylon"
# "King of Fools"
# "Chalice of Agony" (
Avantasia
Avantasia is a German Supergroup (music), supergroup rock opera, metal opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterized as a rock opera, as it features the contributions of various vocalists and music ...
cover featuring
André Matos)
# "Tears of the Mandrake"
# "Out of Control"
Video clips
# "Love Tyger"
# "Robin Hood"
# "Two Out of Seven"
# "Ministry of Saints"
# "Superheroes"
# "Lavatory Love Machine"
# "King of Fools"
# "All the Clowns"
Charts
References
External links
Official Edguy site
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2017 compilation albums
Edguy albums
Nuclear Blast compilation albums