Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This is the remastered version of the album "Monument", released in 1985 by Gothic Rock/Darkwave band Remain In Silence, formed in 1983 in Hannover, Germany.
In this remastered version you will find tracks like, "Tears Can't Bring You Back", "Lonesome Hours", "Wasted Time" and others in live version and unpublished in the 1985 press of this album.

It was in the last days of 1983 when Remain In Silence was founded by the two protagonists A. Buchwald (guitars) and A. Gimpel (vocals). With a distinctive lead voice and melodically haunting guitar tunes layered over a heavy bass line and straight drums they soon established their characteristic sound.
At that time in Germany their music was unique and still remains outstanding - deeply melancholic, sonorous and powerful. The emotional density is permanently present in their songs - a density you can hardly escape. Early comparisons to the likes of Joy Division soon became void as RIS carefully developed their individual musical language. Apart from an omnipresent dark wave mood, their music has a strong melodic appeal.
In January 1985 Remain In Silence released its first album Seven Rooms. Hosted in a monolith-like black box it is today an undiscoverable rarity. But it was their second album Monument which consolidated their reputation as a cult band and widened their audience. With its release in December 1985 "Spex" music magazine stated: Monument is absolutely worth the name. Remain In Silence is how New Order should actually sound like. Classic tracks like the moving Hope in Fear, the claustrophobic Hero and at Lonesome Hours still have lost nothing of its elemental force - pulling you down and lifting you up at the same time. Without a doubt Remain In Silence can be described as true Cold Wave pioneers

Tracklist:
00:00 Lonesome Hours
04:46 Hope In Fear
09:39 My Room
14:45 Wasted Time
18:45 Moments Of Decadence
22:50 Hero
29:16 Distant View (Live)
34:13 Tears Can't Bring You Back (Live)
37:56 Why Me (Live)
41:28 Lonesome Hours (Live)
46:11 Wasted Time (Live)
49:48 Injured Animal (Live)

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