EasyRider Records is set to release Empress Rising, the full-length debut from Swedish riffers Monolord on April 1. Set to be a double-LP, the album leads off with its longest and titular track, and the trio have just today premiered a video for “Empress Rising” that finds them basically riffing out in their practice space. Appropriately tinted green, some of the angles are curious in not showing the band members’ faces, but hey, the track is over 12 minutes long, so maybe they figured anyone who watched it for that much time was going to get to know them one way or another. So it goes.

The album is available now to preorder. That info, the video (which Terrorizer premiered) and more on Monolord follow here, courtesy of the PR wire:

Monolord, “Empress Rising” official video

Monolord -Video and Pre Sale are LIVE!

Following on from the premiere of the LP’s title track last December via Roadburn, Sweden’s psychedelic doom band Monolord release their first full length Empress Rising via Easy Rider Records this April. The five-song album clocks in at almost fifty minutes of skull crushing heavy grooves and guitars that summon the spirits of Norse gods when played at volume.

Originally formed as a side project in 2013, Monolord is made up of Swedish rockers Thomas Ja?ger, Esben Willems and Mika Ha?kki. Born out of the Swedish boogie band Marulk as a means to make heavier, more psychedelic sounds, founding members Ja?ger and Willems added Ha?kki (The Don Darlings, ex-Rotten Sound) to their line-up and realised instantly that they had something very special. Recording commenced in early 2013 and in no time at all the LP was picked up by EasyRider Records, one of the newest and most passionate purveyors of heavy doom, metal and rock’n’roll.

Monolord however is for more than just doom-metal fanatics and this epic record will satisfy all fans of guitar driven rock, stoner and monolithic riffs.

With all the flavours of an iconic doom classic Empress Rising follows in the footsteps of Sleep’s Holy Mountain, Pallbearer’s Sorrow and Extinction and Electric Wizard’s Witchcult Today with melodic vocals and harmonies that are as mind bending as they are anthemic. Already touted by some as one of the year’s most highly anticipated doom debuts this is a shot of pure hellfire, unrestrained from first to last.

Monolord – Empress Rising Track List
Empress Rising (12:20)
Audhumbla (7:23)
Harbinger of Death (8:35)
Icon (8:15)
Watchers of The Waste (9:49)

Monolord is:
Thomas Ja?ger – Guitar, Vocals
Esben Willems – Drums
Mika Ha?kki – Bass

Album pre-order link – http://www.easyriderrecords.com/product/monolord-empress-rising-pre-order-contest/

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