Mike Malyan

MONUMENTS have some wonderful news to share: drummer Mike Malyan is back in the band as a full-time member.

“Fans,
We’re beyond excited to welcome Mike Malyan back to MONUMENTS as our full time drummer. After 5 years of injuries, leading to surgery and physical therapy he was thankfully able to fully recover and get his ass behind the kit again… exactly where he belongs!

We’d like to thank Daniel Lang (Lango) for the years he put into this band. We played some of our biggest shows together during this time period and created some beautiful memories. Check out his other band The Scratch if you like your music Irish. You’ll do nuthin.

We’re now deep into writing MONUMENTS IV and have tour dates lined up in Europe and the United States. More tours and shows for 2020 are to be announced.

Again, put your hands together for the one and only, words McGee himself, Michael Malyan!

Bless Bless
MONUMENTS
\M/”

MONUMENTS recently announced a full European tour with their friends in Heart Of A Coward. It’ll be their first European tour with their new vocalist, Andy Cizek, who passed the acid test on the band’s South African run in August. In April they will head to North America for a full tour.

Riffhard in association with Atonal Music Agency presents:

MONUMENTS
Heart Of A Coward
+ Support

06.02.20 (D) Cologne – Luxor
07.02.20 (NL) Arnhem – Willemeen
08.02.20 (NL) Eindhoven – Dynamo
09.02.20 (DK) Aarhus – Voxhall
10.02.20 (SE) Stockholm – Nalen Klubb
12.02.20 (FIN) Helsinki – On The Rocks
13.02.20 (FIN) Tampere – Klubi
15.02.20 (N) Oslo – Krosset
16.02.20 (DK) Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
17.02.20 (D) Hamburg – Headcrash
18.02.20 (D) Berlin – Bi Nuu
18.02.20 (CZ) Prague – Futurum
20.02.20 (A) Vienna – Arena
21.02.20 (HU) Budapest – Akvárium
23.02.20 (CH) Bern – ISC Club
24.02.20 (F) Lyon – Hard Rock Cafe
25.02.20 (E) Barcelona – Boveda
26.02.20 (E) Madrid – Caracol
27.02.20 (F) Toulouse – Connexion
29.02.20 (F) Nantes – Ferrailleur
01.03.20 (F) Paris – Petit Bain
03.03.20 (UK) Manchester – Rebellion
04.03.20 (UK) London – O2 Academy Islington

Riffhard in association with Satellite Touring presents:

MONUMENTS
with Special guests: Skyharbor, Vespera

4/16 Toronto – Lee’s Place
4/17 Ottawa – Mavericks
4/18 Quebec City – L’Anti
4/19 Montreal – Piranha Bar
4/21 Providence – Alchemy
4/22 Manchester – Jewel Music Venue
4/23 Rochester – Montage
4/24 Harrisburg – HMAC
4/25 Brooklyn – The Kingsland
4/26 Scranton – Stage West
4/28 Indianapolis – The Citadel
4/30 Tampa – Brass Mug
5/01 Longwood (Orlando) – Shovelheads
5/02 Jonesboro (Atlanta) – Furnace 41
5/03 New Orleans – Southport Hall
5/04 Houston – The Secret Group
5/05 Dallas – Trees
5/06 Austin – Dirty Dog
5/07 El Paso – RockHouse
5/08 Mesa – Club Red
5/10 Orangevale – The Boardwalk
5/13 Spokane – The Pin
5/14 Seattle – Club Sur
5/15 Vancouver – Venue Nightclub
5/16 Calgary – Dickens Pub
5/17 Edmonton – Starlite Room
5/19 Winnipeg – Park Theatre
5/22 Madison – The Annex
5/23 Chicago – Cobra Lounge
5/24 Detroit – Sanctuary

MONUMENTS are still touring their latest album, “Phronesis”.

Mike Malyan, drummer with English progressive metallers MONUMENTS has posted a drum cover video of himself playing along to Dubai extreme experimental metallers BENEVOLENT‘s track ‘The Seeker’. Check it out below:

Mike Malyan

Mike reveals the story behind this video:

“Rewind to Euroblast 2014. It’s october, I find myself in germany after spending 3 awesome months in the USA touring with Monuments. I caught wind via Facebook of an awesome Dubai based band called Benevolent, needing a drummer to fill in to be able to play their set at Euroblast, 2 weeks before the show.
Sadly as soon as I get into Koln after the long drive from London, I received word that the band couldn’t get their visas and would have to cancel the slot. This sucked, but I vowed to at least release a video of one of my favorite songs from the set, called Seeker.

This was much more relentless than I anticipated. Although these parts are not as fast as some speed players can handle with ease, I found myself completely out of breath and struggled to get through the session. Through pacing and coffee I managed to complete it in multiple takes (hence the constant cutting). There isn’t an edit in sight, other than the switching between audio/video synced takes.
I managed to get this recorded in my little bit of free time between other work and packing for tour, with only 10 minutes given to recording a single take of the Zomboy cover, which turned out awesome straight away,

Enough babbling, enjoy the video! Thanks for checking it out, and I will be planning a new video session soon now that I am recovered from my stint of RSI/Tendonitis.

Thanks again to Vibe Drums, Meinl Cymbals and Promark Sticks for the awesome support!”

Benevolent band

For more information on BENEVOLENT visit their official Facebook page here and their bandcamp page here where you can get hold of “The Covenant” album. Check out the live official video for the track ‘The Collector’ recorded at the Metal Eastern Night 3 in Dubai: