Edguy - Monuments- Live In Brazil 2004 -2017- -... May 2026

Five years later. Tinnitus Sanctus era. The band arrived in Curitiba during a freak thunderstorm. The outdoor stage at Master Hall turned into a swimming pool. Drummer Felix Bohnke’s kit was covered in plastic bags. Jens Ludwig’s guitar started crackling like a shortwave radio.

Backstage after, the band signed a thousand things—arms, T-shirts, a guy’s prosthetic leg. That fan, named Carlos, later donated the signed leg to a metal museum. The footage of the monkey incident went viral in Brazil before “viral” was a word. Monuments included it as a hidden bonus track: “Monkey Business (Live & Unhinged).” Edguy - Monuments- Live in Brazil 2004 -2017- -...

Monuments – Live in Brazil 2004–2017 never got an official pressing. But every few years, a remastered torrent appears. A Reddit thread. A lost YouTube playlist. Brazilian fans guard it like treasure. Five years later

That night, a professional multi-camera recording was made—by the band’s own crew, never officially released due to label disputes. But a low-generation copy circulated. Monuments ends with that recording: 14 minutes of “The Savage Union” into “Falling Down,” the camera shaking as the floor bounced like a trampoline. The outdoor stage at Master Hall turned into a swimming pool