Ignea announce new album ‘Monumental’
IGNEA have announced a brand new album!
The Ukrainian modern metal four-piece will release their upcoming studio album Monumental on October 23rd, 2026 via Napalm Records. The record serves as the follow-up to their 2023 album Dreams of Lands Unseen and continues the band’s exploration of cinematic, emotionally driven modern metal, this time centred around themes of nostalgia, memory, and unrealised futures.
Written during the full-scale war in Ukraine, Monumental was recorded throughout the winter of 2025–2026 in Kyiv. All lyrics on the album were written by vocalist Helle Bohdanova, with music composed by keyboardist Yevhenii Zhytniuk alongside additional contributions from Bohdanova. Mixing and mastering were handled by Jacob Hansen [DELAIN, AMARANTHE, VOLBEAT, AMON AMARTH, EPICA].
Speaking about the album, Helle Bohdanova states, “back in the 17th century, nostalgia was considered a deadly disease—and in many ways, it still is. It’s a universal feeling experienced by every human being, pulling us toward a past that felt gentler than it truly was, especially during the bitter moments of the present. Much of this album was inspired by modernist architecture – concrete giants built to signal progress and a brighter future, now slowly decaying. They’ve become a sort of memory box: monuments to unrealized dreams, where the future that was once imagined never arrived, yet continues to echo through the ruins and bright mosaics.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view the track list for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Darkness
- Dreams Of Lands Unseen
- Presence Of The Past
- Prefab (feat. COMBICHRIST)
- What Buildings Dream Of
- I Am In Hell
- Between No Longer And Not Yet
- Harmony Manufactured (feat. HIRAES)
- Nadir
Monumental is set for release on October 23rd, 2026 via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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