Gothenburg, Sweden – Monolord, “the towering doom trio that’s torn its way through the international heavy-music circuit over the last several years” (Bandcamp), return with their enthusiastically-awaited fifth album, Your Time To Shine, on October 29th via Relapse Records.
A preview of the 5-song, 39-minute collection, which was recorded by drummer Esben Willems in their newly founded recording space, Studio Beserk, arrives today via the soaring, fist-raising album opener, “The Weary“. Guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jäger says about the song: “‘The Weary’, that’s us telling a story to future generations that we are sorry but we fucked it all up.”
Listen to “The Weary” below:
Never ones to shy away from sharp social commentary, whether it’s about the global climate crisis, the destructive nature of religion, or the isolation endured during the pandemic, drummer Willems says of the new collection: “To me, it’s an honest representation of how I feel about the current state of humanity.” Musically, the album sees the Swedish trio cultivating the elements that take their monstrous, heavy riffing to new heights with a darker edge.
Your Time To Shine artwork & tracklist:
1. The Weary
2. To Each Their Own
3. I’ll Be Damned
4. Your Time To Shine
5. The Siren Of Yersinia
Monolord tour dates:
November 6 Mexico City, MX Hipnosis Festival
November 18 Oberhausen, DE Kulttempel
November 19 Utrecht, NL dB’S SOLD OUT
November 20 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
November 22 Bristol, UK Exchange
November 24 London, UK The Underworld
November 25 Manchester, UK Soup
November 26 Dunkerque, FR 4 Ecluses
November 27 Paris, FR Petit Bain
November 28 Toulouse, FR Rex
November 30 Madrid, SP Caracol
December 1 Barcelona, SP Bóveda
December 2 Annecy, FR Le Brise Glace
December 3 Aarau, CH KIFF
December 4 Vienna, AT Arena
December 5 Dresden, DE Chemiefabrik
December 6 Berlin, DE Zukunft am Ostkreuz
December 7 Hamburg, DE Bahnhof St. Pauli
December 8 Copenhagen, DK Spillestedet Stengade
December 9 Gothenburg, SE Pustervik
December 10 Stockholm, SE Debaser
December 11 Malmö, SE Babel
December 12 Oslo, NO Youngs
Blackwater Holylight opens on all European dates.