MONOLORD Set For New Album Your Time To Shine
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Saturday, September 18, 2021 @ 8:58 AM
| Out October 29th Via Relapse Records; "The Weary" Video Now Streaming
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Photo Credit: Josefine Larsson
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 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 his newly founded recording space, Studio Beserk, arrives today via the soaring, fist-raising album opener, “The Weary” which you can check out on KNAC.COM HERE. “"The Weary" is us telling a story to future generations that we are sorry but we fucked it all up,” explains guitar player 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, 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 today at 10 am pacific/1 pm eastern with all performances supported by FIREBREATHER. A European trek is slated for this November with BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT opening those dates.
MONOLORD tour dates:
- 11.6 Mexico City, MX Hipnosis Festival
- 11.18 Oberhausen, DE Kulttempel
- 11.19 Utrecht, NL dB’S SOLD OUT
- 11.20 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
- 11.22 Bristol, UK Exchange
- 11.24 London, UK The Underworld
- 11.25 Manchester, UK Soup
- 11.26 Dunkerque, FR 4 Ecluses
- 11.27 Paris, FR Petit Bain
- 11.28 Toulouse, FR Rex
- 11.30 Madrid, SP Caracol
- 12.1 Barcelona, SP Bóveda
- 12.2 Annecy, FR Le Brise Glace
- 12.3 Aarau, CH KIFF
- 12.4 Vienna, AT Arena
- 12.5 Dresden, DE Chemiefabrik
- 12.6 Berlin, DE Zukunft am Ostkreuz
- 12.7 Hamburg, DE Bahnhof St. Pauli
- 12.8 Copenhagen, DK Spillestedet Stengade
- 12.9 Gothenburg, SE Pustervik
- 12.10 Stockholm, SE Debaser
- 12.11 Malmö, SE Babel
- 12.12 Oslo, NO Youngs
- 3.3 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone
- 3.4 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
- 3.5 Portland, OR Dante’s
- 3.6 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
- 3.8 Salt Lake City, UT Metro
- 3.9 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
- 3.11 Chicago, IL Reggies
- 3.12 Detroit, MI Sanctuary
- 3.13 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
- 3.15 Boston, MA Sonia
- 3.16 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
- 3.17 Philadelphia, PA Underground
- 3.18 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
- 3.19 Indianapolis, IN Black Circle
- 3.20 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
- 3.21 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
- 3.22 Austin, TX Mohawk
- 3.23 Denton, TX Thin Line Fest
- 3.25 Phoenix, AZ Rebel Lounge
- 3.26 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
- 3.27 Los Angeles, CA Teragram
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