Gnosis is the debut studio album by British progressive metal band Monuments.

All of the material on Gnosis was composed by guitarist John Browne long before the album's release.

[6] Original vocalists Neema Askari and Greg Pope wrote lyrics for the songs, many of which were performed live during the band's early tours.

Though Rose re-wrote all of the album's lyrics, an issue arose when Monuments intended to release the song "Memoirs" featuring a memorable chorus whose lyrics and melody were written by Neema Askari and Joe Garrett.

Askari refused to allow the use of the chorus, resulting in the song being removed from the album's track list not long before the release date.