ARTIST: Brave
TITLE: Monuments
LABEL:
GENRE: Progressive Rock
BITRATE: 203kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 59m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-08-20
Track List
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1. Hold On 4:26
2. Hero 6:54
3. Hurt 4:12
4. Forgiveness 4:20
5. To Remain Unseen 6:39
6. Sleepless 1:17
7. Without You 4:19
8. Here 5:04
9. Sooner Or Later 5:11
10. Something To This 4:48
11. Driven 3:35
12. Stronger 8:19
Release Notes:
Brave is a progressive rock/metal band with female vocals and violins. The
members are Michelle Loose (vocals, keys), Scott Loose (guitars), Trevor Schrotz
(drums), Ben Kelly (bass), Suvo Sur (violin, keys) and Matt Kozar (guitars).
The roots of Brave began in 1997 when brother and sister duo Scott and Michelle
Loose began writing diverse, acoustic-based, dark progressive music with their
childhood friend and drummer, Trevor Schrotz. The original band was called
Arise From Thorns (AFT), and the trio wrote and recorded 2 CDs with world-wide
distribution and played numerous shows around their hometown of Dale City, VA, a
suburb of Washington, DC. After several lineup changes, the music of AFT
morphed into a much heavier sound while retaining the atmospheric and diverse
qualities of AFT. With this evolution in style came a change in name, and in
2000, Brave was born.
Brave continued to write music and began playing shows that expanded into
mini-tours throughout the United States. They recorded their debut full-length
album Searching for the Sun, which was released in 2002 through Dark Symphonies
records. The album received international praise from underground and
mainstream music publications and fans. Shortly after this release, Brave won
2nd place in a Washington, DC ôBattle of the Bandsö that spanned over 6 months
and included over 250 competing bands. Brave used the winnings from this
competition to record a follow-up EP entitled Passages in 2004.
After the success of their initial albums and growing fan base, Brave began
headlining many local shows and opened for touring national bands including
FateÆs Warning, Opeth, Savatage, Devin Townsend, Asia, Lacuna Coil, Moonspell,
Katatonia and many others.
The next 4 years (2004-2008) were spent creating the foundations for what would
become Monuments. After years of writing and 9 months of recording, the new
album was independently released on May 1, 2008. This album is their pinnacle
work, with a refined depth and musical texture that previous recordings merely
foreshadowed. Monuments contains 12 new songs and is BraveÆs most accurate
musical expression to date.