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London-born songwriter Ned Younger first assembled some of the first Monument Valley songs whilst living abroad in Spain. Having spent his whole life writing songs, Ned returned to his hometown with a determination to work his endless pages of lyrics detailing everything from found market photographs to the weeks he spent in a Madrid hospital recovering from a collapsed lung (No Air) into a fully fledged musical project, titled Monument Valley. .

Monumentum is an Italian experimental darkwave / atmospheric rock band formed by Roberto Mammarella, founder of Obscure Plasma Records (subsequently Avantgarde Music). The band was founded in Milan, Italy in mid 1987 by guitarist Roberto Mammarella and bassist Anthony Duman, who recruited vocalist Mark Westfall and drummer Mox Cristadoro. Between December 1988 and April 1989, the band recorded and mixed the five song demo Musaeum Hermeticum, which was released as a limited edition cassette of 180 copies. Two tracks, "Nostalgia of the Infinite" and a cover of The Dead Relatives' "Nephtali", were selected by Obscure Plasma Records for a split...

There are several bands by the name Monument. 1) Monument are an offshoot of British hard rock band Zior, who released two albums in the early Seventies. Their only album, “The First Monument” (1971), is the result of an all-night, drunken jam session involving the four members of Zior. The album features a heavy, distorted, Hammond-drenched sound, and Zior’s trademark occult lyrical themes. 2) Monument are an emo band from Washington, D.C. Founded in 2006, Monument combines the sounds of American Football, Braid, and the like culminating in a badass concoction of complex guitar and unique vocals. Their shows are...

Roadside Monument was a band that played math rock, punk, emo, or just rock (depending on whom you ask). Its last lineup consisted of Doug Lorig, Matt Johnson, and Johnathon Ford (see Unwed Sailor, Decahedron). Previous members included Todd Florence, Mike Dente, and Joel Metzger. In their career from 1996 to 1998, they released three full-lengths and three EPs (two of which were splits, one with Puller and one with Frodus). All of their releases were on Tooth and Nail Records. In 2002 they reformed, but disbanded a year after. More precisely, Roadside Monument played the Slint-inspired "Louisville sound" math-rock...

Russian Brutal Technical Death Metal An EP was released in 2010 followed by their full length album Element of Chaos in 2011. Their style very is technical, fast, and brutal similar to Origin, Viraemia and Brain Drill. http://www.myspace.com/monumentaltorment .