MONOLORD SET SEPT. 20 RELEASE FOR RELAPSE RECORDS’ DEBUT ALBUM, NO COMFORT STREAM “THE BASTARD SON” NOW; PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE | ||
 Photo credit: Ester Segarra |
| July 23, 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden – Monolord, who have been dubbed “Swedish doom royalty” (Noisey) and praised for their “truly modern sound” (Consequence of Sound), release their Relapse Records’ debut, No Comfort, on Sept. 20. The album news arrives as the Scandinavian trio share the new song, “The Bastard Son,” from the six-song release: https://youtu.be/tTmdatz1xZY. “This one has been the most challenging yet,” said the band in a collective statement. “As always striving for evolvement, but within the Monolord realm and with that inviting another person into that process. We hope you like it.” No Comfort pre-orders are on-sale now, with several limited-edition vinyl variants, including a Relapse.com exclusive in partnership with Orange Amps, available now. The Orange Amps/Relapse offering is limited to 100 copies and features the actual material used to wrap Orange Amps, with the album itself being pressed on neon orange vinyl. The set also includes an exclusive two-sided Orange Amps inspired t-shirt and guitar pick set. To view this set as well as the CD/2xLP/CS and digital pre-orders that are available, visit https://ffm.to/ The album was recorded at Let Them Swing Studio outside of their hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. This release marks the first time the trio have allowed an outside voice to be part of the process, working with Kim Gravander on the recording. Drummer Esben Willems handled mixing. Painter Alexander Fjelnseth created the album cover. | ||
 No Comfort album cover |
No Comfort track list:
Monolord tour dates: Aug 8-10 Moledo, PT Sonic Blast Sep 6-8 Sao Paulo, BR Setembro Negro Festival — All Headline EU Dates Sep 28 – Oct 26 w/Firebreather — Sep 28 London, UK The Garage (w/Ufomammut) Sep 29 Sheffield, UK HRH Doom V Stoner Sep 30 Bournemouth, UK The Anvil Oct 1 Utrecht, NL De Helling Oct 2 Brussels, BE Magasin 4 Oct 3 Pratteln, CH Up In Smoke Festival Oct 4 Reims, FR La Cartonnerie Oct 5 Paris, FR Saturday Mud Fever Festival Oct 7 Dortmund, DE Junkyard Oct 8 Nuremberg, DE B-Zau Oct 9 Cologne, DE Helios 37 Oct 10 Mainz, DE Schon Schon Oct 11 Hamburg, DE Molotow Oct 16 Oslo, NO John dee Oct 17 Gothenburg, SE Sticky Fingers Oct 18 Malmo, SE Babel Oct 23 Linkoping, SE The Crypt Oct 24 Stockholm, SE Close Up Baten Oct 25 Tampere, FI Olympia Oct 26 Helsinki, FI Nosturi — All Headline US Dates Nov 4 – 27 w/Blackwater Holylight — Nov 5 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick Nov 6 Tucson, AZ Club Congress Nov 7 Albuquerque, NM Sister Nov 8 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Nov 9 Austin, TX Levitation x Relapse Showcase Nov 10 Lafayette, LA Freetown Boom Boom Room Nov 11 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks Nov 12 Atlanta, GA The 529 Nov 13 Asheville, NC Mothlight Nov 14 Richmond, VA Camel Nov 15 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery Nov 16 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church Nov 17 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus Nov 20 Chicago, IL Reggies Nov 21 Indianapolis, IN Black Circle Nov 22 St. Louis, MO Fubar Nov 23 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck Nov 25 Denver, CO Marquis Nov 27 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom Monolord is singer/guitar player Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willems and bass player Mika Häkki. The band released their debut album, Empress Rising in 2014, with full-length albums Vænir arriving in 2015 and Rust following in 2017. In the years since their inception, they’ve become one of heavy music’s rising stars, with much-chattered about performances at Roadburn, Desertfest and Psycho Las Vegas. # # # | ||
