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Artist Biography For Monolord

Monolord Is A Doom Metal Band From In Gothenburg Sweden. Formed In 2013 The Outside World Took Notice In A Big Way As The Trio Of Thomas V Jäger Vocals Guitars Esben Willems Drums And Mika Häkki Bass Garnered A Flurry Critical Acclaim For Their RidingEasy Records Debut Empress Rising A Year Later. Decibel Magazine Decreed Them “your New Favorite Band ” New Noise Magazine Called The Album “fantastic ” And This Is Not A Scene Announced “the Power They Capture Speaks For Itself ” As They Became Mainstays On The Top Of Bandcamp’s Doom Chart. “From Day One It’s Always Been Our Aim To Build A Massive Wall Of Rumbling Sound ” Declares Thomas. “That’s Our Common Goal. We’re The Exact Opposite Of A Band Consisting Of Members With Identical Record Collections. We Come From Three Fairly Different Places But We’re All Drawn To Dark Heavy And Gritty Music. What We Do In Monolord Is The Result Of That Creative Conflict Between Us – That’s Conflict In The Word’s Positive Sense.” Within That Push-And-Pull Of Aesthetic The Three-Piece Found The Framework For Their Sophomore Set Vænir. Shortly After The Release Of Empress Rising The Group Returned To Their Tiny Rehearsal Space To Cut And Personally Produce The Album’s Six Tracks With Esben Mixing And Mastering. Opener Cursing The One Trudges From A Calculated Staggered Groove Into A Guttural Drowning Choir Of Hauntingly Hypnotic Vocals. We Will Burn Tempers The Slow Burn With Incendiary Melody While The Ten-Minute-Plus Died A Million Times Swings The Pendulumbetween That Growl Of Distortion And A Clean Guitar. The Penultimate Reprieve On The Cosmic Silence Gives Way To An Expansive Finale Dirge With The Title Track. Since The Release Of Vænir Monolord Has Been Busy. Touring The US Twice Once Supporting Windhand With Danava And Once Headlining Twice In Europe Headlining Australia/New Zeeland Co-Headlining With Ufomammut Not To Mention Festivals AcrossEurope Hellfest Freak Valley Desertfest Belgien/London/Berlin Blowup/Finland To Mention A Few.Also In 2016 The Two Track EP Lord Of Suffering / Die In Haze Was Released. “Monolord's Lord Of Suffering / Die In Haze EP Is About 12 Minutes Of Gigantic Low-Tuned Riffs That May Or May Not Shake Your House Right Off Its Foundation” Is The Praise Given By Metal Injection.Throughout All Releases Singer And Guitarist Thomas Lyrically Explores The Dark Core Of Humanity. “Misanthropy Is An Ever-Present Theme In Everything We Do” Thomas Goes On.“The Disgust For What Humans Do To Each Other And To The Planet Is Constant. Religion Greed And Power Madness Run Through Humanity Like Incurable Diseases Which Is Consequentially A Constant Stream Of Inspiration For Us.”Ultimately Monolord Offers Shelter From Some Of That Darkness. “I Hope We Can Be An Outlet To The Massive And Destructive Stupidity Surrounding Us All ” Thomas Concludes. “This Band Is Our Safety Valve. We Hope The Same Goes For Our Fans.”

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