Three people of Swedish destruction Monolord are returning with a new full-length album titled Neverset for release on May 29, 2026 via Relapse Records – marking their first studio album in five years.
The band recorded the album in Ashland, OR with a well-known producer/engineer Sylvia Masseywho is known for his work with acts like The device, System of a Downeven Johnny Cash.
According to the vocalist/guitarist Thomas Jaegerthe recording process was unusually thorough and extensive. Massy reportedly asked for everything the band had ever created – including old, unused material: “He asked me to send him everything we had – not just the songs written for the album, but every stray idea,” he says.
“I even sent him things I had written ten years ago. He listened to them all and sent us a list of what he wanted to work on.” The band auditioned for 12 songs, recorded 11, and eventually chose eight for their own. Never. The result captures a focused but expanded version of Monolord‘s sound.
The first appearance of the record arrives with the single “You Bastard”, accompanied by a video of a studio session shot by James Rexroad. The song suggests a stylistic change for the band, by the hunter note: “This isn’t really what people would call a doom album. It feels like a mix of that and something new.”
However Monolord has always been associated with slow, heavy crimes of destruction, Never it seems to expand their palette into an energetic and groove-driven realm, while retaining the heaviness and atmosphere that defined their earlier work.
When we think about the path of the group since its formation in 2013, the drummer Esben Willems He adds: “It’s been a rough journey and still is. I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved along the way, and in many ways, this album feels like the foundation of everything we’ve done so far. My focus is the same as it always has been, to be the best that the three of us can be.”
With pre-orders now available across vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats, Never sets the stage for what could be one of the Monolord‘the most extensive to date. Pre-orders are available here.
Apart from all that, Monolord also has many tour dates coming up. Get your tickets here.
5/28 Malmö, Sweden Plan B
5/29 Stockholm, Sweden Slaughter Church
5/30 Gothenburg, Sweden Statue
7/30 Ghimbav, Romania Rockstadt Extreme Festival
8/7 Kortrijk, Belgium Alcatraz Festival
10/6 Hamburg, Germany Pauli train station
10/7 Haarlem, Netherlands Patronage
10/8 Eindhoven, Netherlands Effenaar
10/9 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium De Casino
10/10 Paris, France Leather goods
10/11 Nantes, France The Ferrailleur
10/12 Toulouse, France Le Rex
10/13 Lyon, France Jack Jack
10/14 Aarau, Switzerland KIFF
10/15 Munich, Germany Backstage
10/16 Osnabrück, Germany Bastard Club
10/17 Cologne, Germany Building 9
11/4 Copenhagen, Denmark Stendade
11/5 Berlin, Germany Columbia Theater
11/6 Dresden, Germany Beatpol
11/7 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka
11/8 Krakow, Poland Hype Park
11/9 Brno, Czech Cabinet of Museums
11/10 Budapest, Hungary Dürer Garden
11/11 Vienna, Austria Arena
11/12 Zagreb, Croatia Vintage Industrial Bar
11/13 Milan, Legend of Italy
11/14 Bologna, Italy FreakOut
11/15 Karlsruhe, Germany P8
w/ Scary
6/11 San Diego, CA Casbah
6/12 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
6/13 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
6/14 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
6/16 Eugene, OR John Henry’s
6/17 Portland, OR Nova PDX
6/18 Seattle, WA Station
6/19 Bellingham, WA Structures Brewing
6/20 Tacoma, WA Airport Tavern Music Hall
6/23 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
6/24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
6/25 Las Vegas, NV Bizarre Bar
6/26 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
6/27 Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theater
w/ Pharmacy
8/27 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
8/28 Louisville, KY Portal
8/29 Atlanta, GA Garden Club
8/30 Asheville, NC Eulogy
8/31 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
9/2 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
9/3 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere
9/5 Baltimore, MD Labor Daze
9/6 Cookeville, TN Muddy Roots Festival
9/8 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
9/9 Detroit, MI Sanctuary
9/10 Indianapolis, IN Black Circle
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