[Cover photo credit to Josefine Larsson]
Experimental Heavy music outfit Monolord are returning with their fifth album, Your Time To Shine, on October 29th via Relapse Records. Their second single from the album, “I’ll Be Damned”, which was recorded in drummer Esben Willems’ newly founded recording space, Studio Berserk, is currently available.
Esben Willems notes that Monolord never avoids social commentary, including the global climate crisis, religion, or isolation caused by the pandemic, and comments about the new album: “To me, it’s an honest representation of how I feel about the current state of humanity.”
The single and video for “The Weary”, directed by David Brodsky for MyGoodEye LLC, has also been released:
Your Time To Shine will be available in the following formats: standard vinyl (Kelly green), CD, cassette, and digitally, as well as a “smörgåsbord” of limited-edition vinyl variants.
Monolord has also announced a U.S. tour, with the coast-to-coast run kicking off on March 3rd 2022. The dates are on-sale now with all performances supported by Firebreather. A European trek is slated for this November with Blackwater Holylight opening those dates.
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
March 3 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone
March 4 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
March 5 Portland, OR Dante’s
March 6 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
March 8 Salt Lake City, UT Metro
March 9 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
March 11 Chicago, IL Reggies
March 12 Detroit, MI Sanctuary
March 13 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
March 15 Boston, MA Sonia
March 16 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
March 17 Philadelphia, PA Underground
March 18 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
March 19 Indianapolis, IN Black Circle
March 20 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
March 21 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
March 22 Austin, TX Mohawk
March 23 Denton, TX Thin Line Fest
March 25 Phoenix, AZ Rebel Lounge
March 26 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
March 27 Los Angeles, CA Teragram
