Monolord Announce New Album Your Time to Shine & US Tour
New Monolord. Yeah. What? Oct. 29. Okay. I know. Tour too. And there’s a video up. And it’s heavy. I know. Unalloyed good news. Yeah. Write it in your diary so you remember later.
Your Time to Shine is available for preorder now. Monolord will follow their upcoming European run with Blackwater Holylight with a US one importing fellow Goteborgers Firebreather. The track they’re streaming is called “The Weary.” It’s the opener, and I’d expect they push further out from its relatively straightforward roll. In any case, I’m feeling it. It hits me right here. That’s about as much insight as I’ve got on the subject. I want to hear the rest of the album. I want to interview Esben Willems again and talk about the record and getting back out on the road. I’ll make sure the volume’s up this time.
There’s a ton of info below. Some of it you need, some of it I guess you probably don’t unless you want to order a specific version or you happen to be at Rough Trade in the UK the day the thing comes out. Which I guess is possible. Okay.
Fresh off the PR wire:
MONOLORD ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM YOUR TIME TO SHINE OUT OCTOBER 29; PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW (PHYSICAL/DIGITAL)
Gothenburg, Sweden – Monolord return with their enthusiastically-awaited fifth album, Your Time To Shine, on Oct. 29 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” (link). “‘The Weary” that’s us telling a story to future generations that we are sorry but we fucked it all up” says Guitarist/Vocalst Thomas Jäger.
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 Esben 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. A five-track journey that spans across crushing doom rock to more spacey, groove laden opuses, Your Time to Shine is Monolord at their most unfiltered and focused.
Your Time To Shine tracklist:
The Weary
To Each Their Own
I’ll Be Damned
Your Time To Shine
The Siren Of Yersinia
Your Time To Shine pre-orders are available now (physical: bit.ly/monolord-ytts; digital: orcd.co/monolord-ytts). The album is available in the following formats: standard vinyl (Kelly green), CD, cassette, and digitally, as well as a smörgåsbord of limited-edition vinyl variants:
Deluxe versions (available exclusively via Relapse.com):
Deluxe mail order version (white, brown and olive green merge with splatter including a specially designed stand up church cutout display piece, and a high-quality Zippo lighter with screen print. 100 available)
Deluxe mail order version (100 available – highlighter yellow/orange krush/highlighter yellow three color striped with splatter including a specially designed stand up church cutout display piece, and a high-quality Zippo lighter with screen print. 100 available)
Deluxe mail order version (butterfly with splatter – 200 available)
Relapse.com exclusives:
Grey inside clear with rainbow splatter – 300 available
Yellow and mustard merge – 500 available
Milky clear with brown, mustard and orange splatter – 500 available
Monolord.com exclusive:
Olive green – 100 available
Retail exclusives:
Mustard yellow – 200 available via Rough Trade UK
Milky clear – 200 available, Swedish indie record store exclusive
Grey – 300 available, UK indie record store exclusive
Brown – 300 available, German indie record store exclusive
Neon Orange – 500 available, North American indie record store exclusive
Monolord has simultaneously announced a U.S. tour, with the coast-to-coast run kicking off on March 3. The dates (listed below) 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 Kulttempe
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
Firebreather opens on all North American dates, Blackwater Holylight opens on all European dates.
Monolord are:
Thomas V Jäger – Guitars & vocals
Esben Willems – Drums
Mika Häkki – Bass
monolord.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/MonolordSweden
monolord.com
http://relapse.com
https://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords/
New song sounds like an absolute banger! Looking forward to this one!