SWEDISH DOOM TRIO RETURNS TO STATES NEXT JUNE AS NEW ALBUM NEARS COMPLETION

Photo credit: James Rexroad

Monolord return to the U.S. next June for their first North American tour since 2022, traversing the western United States with performances that include stops at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

The news arrives as the trio of Thomas Jäger (guitar/vocals), Esben Willems (drums), and Mika Häkki (bass), wraps up work on their highly anticipated fifth album.

“The new album is a wrap! Recording with Sylvia Massy has been a fantastic experience and we can’t wait to bring these new songs on the road,” the band shares, collectively.

Tickets are on sale this Friday, December 5, at 10 a.m. local time via Monolord.com. Mizmor supports on all dates.

Monolord U.S. tour dates:

• June 11 San Diego, CA Casbah
• June 12 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
• June 13 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
• June 14 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
• June 16 Eugene, OR John Henry’s
• June 17 Portland, OR Nova PDX
• June 18 Seattle, WA Substation
• June 19 Bellingham, WA Structures Brewing
• June 20 Tacoma, WA Airport Tavern Music Hall
• June 23 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
• June 24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
• June 25 Las Vegas, NV Swan Dive
• June 26 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
• June 27 Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theater

Since forming in Gothenburg in 2013, Monolord have become one of doom’s most revered acts. Their music has earned praise from a wide range of publications including Bandcamp who described the band’s music as a “propulsive, tense balance between boogie and brutality,” Pitchfork noted the band’s ability to “render supernatural dread and cosmic nothingness into cavernous, hypnotic grooves,” and Decibel celebrated their “heavy-as-mountains” sound.

Monolord have released four critically acclaimed albums: Empress Rising (2014), Vænir (2015), Rust (2017), and Your Time to Shine (2021). Their sound combines monolithic heaviness, psychedelic expansiveness, and meticulous production.