Late last month Swedish doom metal band Monolord announced a May 29th release date for their sixth studio album “Neverending“. That initial reveal also saw the debut of “You Bastard“, and today, April 22nd, has seen its follow-up. “Oozing Wound” is the second advance single to be shared from that record, and vocalist/guitarist Thomas Jäger had the following to say about it:
“It’s the first song we’ve done in a drop tuning. “We usually play in B, but ‘Oozing Wound,’ ‘You Bastard,’ and ‘It’s Neverending’ are all drop A. Except for one part, ‘Oozing Wound’ is almost the same riff all the way through. It’s repetitive, but we do different stuff with it, like remove the guitar and have just bass and drums in parts and then remove rhythm guitar when I play the solo melody. The lyrics are about being stuck on a bad road, feeling trapped with someone who takes advantage of you.”
As previously reported, recording sessions for this new album took place with producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System Of A Down) last fall. As for current live plans for the record, read on:
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
