For those analyzing the content, the São Paulo 2004 concert is the crown jewel. This wasn't a polished, over-produced television broadcast; it was a gritty, sweaty documentation of power metal at its finest.
The 2004 show highlighted the band
The live concert titled is a featured component of the Monuments anthology by the German power metal band Edguy , released in July 2017 to celebrate their 25th anniversary . Overview of "Live in Brazil 2004" Edguy - Monuments- Live in Brazil 2004 -2017- -...
But the Brazilians didn’t leave. They opened umbrellas and held them up like shields. During “Ministry of Saints,” lightning struck a transformer—killing the power for 45 seconds. The crowd kept singing the chorus a cappella . When the lights returned, Tobi knelt on stage, pretending to cry. “You just turned a disaster into a monument,” he whispered into the mic. That moment, captured by a fan’s shaky Flip camera, became the emotional center of Monuments .
: A ten-minute epic demonstrating their progressive side. For those analyzing the content, the São Paulo
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).”
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. Overview of "Live in Brazil 2004" But the
Edguy – Monuments – Live in Brazil 2004–2017: The Unreleased Chronicles