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Monumentum Were Formed In Milan 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 Single With The Greek Black Metal Band Rotting Christ In 1991.
Following A Brief Split Monumentum Were Picked Up By The Predominantly Black Metal Norwegian Label Deathlike Silence Productions. However Before The Proposed Album Could Be Released DSP Owner Øystein Aarseth Was Murdered Leaving The Band Label-Less. The Album In Absentia Christi Recorded And Mixed Between August 1994 And May 1995 Finally Saw The Light Of Day Through The British Label Misanthropy Records. The Recording Line-Up Featured Two Vocalists In The Form Of Andrea Zanetti Of Italian Act Iconoclast And Francesca Nicoli Of Ataraxia Alongside Mammarella "strings Keys And Vibas" Cristadoro Drums And Paolo Mauri "samples Artistic Production And Wisdom" . The Band Claimed The Album Was Influenced By The Poets Iginio Ugo Tarchetti And Giacomo Leopardi And Included A Cover Of "Fade To Grey" By Visage. Activity From The Band Became Sparse Until Reuniting To Record "The Colour Of Compassion" For Misanthropy's Anti-Censorship Compilation Presumed Guilty 1998 The Line-Up For This Consisted Of Mammarella Cristadoro Federico Simonetta Bass And Daniele Bovo Keyboards . Further Compilation Appearances Included The Death SS Tribute Album Beyond The Realm Of Death SS To Which Monumentum Contributed A Cover Of "Black & Violet". Line-Up For This Appearance Consisted Of Mammarella Cristadoro Bovo Max Vaccaro Bass And Jesuis Qui Vocals 6 The Latter Is Cornelius Brastad Of Solefald.
Monumentum Reunited In 2001 To Record Ad Nauseam For Tatra Productions. The Line-Up Had Changed Again Ad Nauseam Featured Mammarella Andrea Bellucci On Keyboards Daniele Bovo On Guitar And Keyboards Andrea Stefanelli Of Nuvula Neshua And Alis Francesca Bos On Vocals Diego Danelli On Bass And Elisa Carrera On Drums Although The Latter Had To Pull Out Mid-Way Through Recording After Getting Pregnant. Current Line-Up
Roberto Mammarella Vocals Guitar Former Members
Andrea Bellucci Keyboards Alis Francesca Bos Session Vocals Daniele Bovo Guitar Keyboards Elisa Carrera Drums Mox Cristadoro Drums Diego Danelli Session Bass Anthony Duman Bass Paolo Mauri Samples Bass Engineering And Artistic Production Francesca Nicoli Of Ataraxia Session Vocals Federico Simonetta Bass Andrea Stefanelli Vocals Mark Westfall Vocals Andrea Zanetti Of Iconoclast Session Vocals read less