Swedish doom metal outfit Monolord are ready to unveil what they cooked up with producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System Of A Down) this past fall. The group concluded tracking that sixth full-length opus in November 2025 and have since titled it “Neverending“. Standing as their first record in some five years, it will be out May 29th on Relapse Records.
The sessions for it effectively cleaned out the band’s vaults, as vocalist/guitarist Thomas Jäger revealed that Massy requested to hear everything the band had been working on, both new and old:
“She asked me to send her everything we had—not just songs written for the album, but every stray riff and idea. I even sent her stuff I’d written ten years ago. She listened to all of it and sent us a list of what she wanted to work on.”
While 12 songs came about as a result of those sessions, only 11 were recorded. With the fate of the holdovers remaining under wraps, 8 of those songs made the cut for “Neverending“. Jäger noted that this effort somewhat transcends the doom territory the band have come to be known for, offering, “This isn’t really what people would call a doom album. It feels like a mix of that and something new.”
The song “You Bastard” emerges as the first to make it out in advance of “Neverending“, appearing online flanked by a music video that was directed by James Rexroad.
“Neverending” track listing:
01 – “Iodine“
02 – “You Bastard“
03 – “Inside A Collider“
04 – “Crystal Bridge“
05 – “Oozing Wound“
06 – “The Masque“
07 – “Invisible“
08 – “It’s Neverending” (feat. Jörgen Sandström of Domedagen, ex-Entombed, etc.)
You can find pre-orders now over at relapse.com. Touring across the U.S. and Europe will serve as the initial campaigns waged in support of this new record, see below for the respective itineraries.
With Mizmor:
06/11 San Diego, CA – Casbah
06/12 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
06/13 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
06/14 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
06/16 Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
06/17 Portland, OR – Nova PDX
06/18 Seattle, WA – Substation
06/19 Bellingham, WA – Structures Brewing
06/20 Tacoma, WA – Airport Tavern Music Hall
06/23 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
06/24 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
06/25 Las Vegas, NV – Bizarre Bar
06/26 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
06/27 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
With Khemmis:
08/27 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
08/28 Louisville, KY – Portal
08/29 Atlanta, GA – Garden Club
08/30 Asheville, NC – Eulogy
08/31 Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
09/02 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
09/03 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
09/05 Baltimore, MD – Labor Daze
09/06 Cookeville, TN – Muddy Roots Festival
09/08 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
09/09 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
09/10 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle
Monolord:
05/28 Malmö, SWE – Plan B
05/29 Stockholm, SWE – Slaktkyrkan
05/30 Gothenburg, SWE – Monument
07/30 Ghimbav, ROM – Rockstadt Extreme Festival
08/07 Kortrijk, BEL – Alcatraz Festival
10/06 Hamburg, GER – Bahnhof Pauli
10/07 Haarlem, NET – Patronaat
10/08 Eindhoven, NET – Effenaar
10/09 Sint-Niklaas, BEL – De Casino
10/10 Paris, FRA – La Maroquinerie
10/11 Nantes, FRA – Le Ferrailleur
10/12 Toulouse, FRA – Le Rex
10/13 Lyon, FRA – Jack Jack
10/14 Aarau, SWI – KIFF
10/15 Munich, GER – Backstage
10/16 Osnabrück, GER – Bastard Club
10/17 Cologne, GER – Gebäude 9
11/04 Copenhagen, DEN – Stengade
11/05 Berlin, GER – Columbia Theater
11/06 Dresden, GER – Beatpol
11/07 Warsaw, POL – Hydrozagadka
11/08 Krakow, POL – Hype Park
11/09 Brno, CZE – Kabinet Múz
11/10 Budapest, HUN – Dürer Kert
11/11 Vienna, AUT – Arena
11/12 Zagreb, HRV – Vintage Industrial Bar
11/13 Milan, ITA – Legend
11/14 Bologna, ITA – FreakOut
11/15 Karlsruhe, GER – P8
