History Music / OfMonstersAndMen

* MonstrousScenery: This is a prevealent motif in many of the band's ConceptVideos, as there's frequently a large beast either in the background or the actual setting of the action of the video. In "Numb Bears," the anteater that's seen walking throughout the video is actually walking atop a large, hairy beast which looks like a hill. In "Lakehouse" the mountain that the camera is panning over is actually a large monster with many eyes. In "Six Weeks," humanoid giants can be seen walking through the woods, but they don't seem to notice the traveller the song focuses upon. In "Yellow Light," many dinosaur-like bipedals can be seen traversing a desert landscape with their riders.

!Of Monsters and Tropes

* MickeyMousing: In the "Little Talks" video, every single "Hey!" is matched up to a significant action in the battle taking place.

* InterspeciesRomance: Between a minotaur and a leviathan in the video for "Love, Love, Love". Based on the lyrics, it's likely one sided.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Basically why the whole band stuck to '''Of Monsters and Men'''.

* BoleroEffect: "Slow and Steady", "From Finner", "Your Bones", and more traditional examples in "Yellow Light" and "Thousand Eyes". All of these songs have very repetitive endings that grow more and more intense over time.

* ''My Head Is an Animal'' (2011 in Iceland, 2012 elsewhere)
* ''Beneath the Skin'' (2015)
* ''Fever Dream'' (2019)
Other releases:

* "Visitor" (Single, 2020)
* "Destroyer" (Single, 2021)

* AlbumTitleDrop: One for each of their albums so far:

* LandSeaSky: The creatures that menace the protagonists of the "Little Talks" video--first a giant two-headed bird (Sky), next a huge bison (Land) and finally a tentacled sea monster (Sea).

** “Little Talks” is about losing a significant other and dealing with the grief caused by it, yet you probably wouldn’t realize it because of how lively it is.
** “Mountain Sound” seems to be about running away from the problems you’ve caused, but the instrumentation remains extremely cheerful throughout the entire song.

* ContemptibleCover: The original cover for ''My Head Is an Animal'' featured several men in their underwear. This was changed to a much tamer photo of a woman walking on the beach for the international release.

* ''Visitor'' (Single, 2020)

* PrecisionFStrike: While the band's songs are usually mellow lyric-wise, "Under A Dome" stands out for containing a couple prominent "fuck"s. For that one song alone, the album it's in (''Fever Dream'') is their first to come in both a normal and a censored version.

* SplashOfColor: In the music video for "Little Talks" everything is in black-and-white - except for the colorful girl and, as the ending reveals, the creatures from her country.

** "Dirty Paws" could be interpreted as a retelling of UsefulNote/WorldWarII with forest animals.

-->''Just let me go, we'll meet again soon''

* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom", "Six Weeks", "Sinking Man", "Alligator". Partial cases with "From Finner", "Lakehouse", "I of the Storm", "Organs".

** "Empire" is a black-and-white {{homage}} to ''Harold and Maude''.

* LyricVideo: In addition to their [[ConceptVideo concept videos]], the band has released lyric videos for every song on "My Head Is An Animal" and "Beneath The Skin" (excluding remixes).

* NonAppearingTitle: "Sloom," "Six Weeks," "Sinking Man." Partial cases with "From Finner," "Lakehouse," "I of the Storm," "Organs."

'''Of Monsters and Men''' is an Icelandic (but English-language) folk-pop band, formed in 2010. The members are:
* Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir - lead vocals, lead guitar

Albums:

Definitely not to be confused with Music/OfMiceAndMen.

!!The band and their music provide examples of:

* BoleroEffect: "Slow and Steady", "From Finner", "Your Bones", and more traditional examples in in "Yellow Light" and "Thousand Eyes". All of these songs have very repetitive endings that grow more and more intense over time.

* LyricalDissonance: Very common.