Back in the days of pre-enshittified Tumblr, there was a blog called Pop Culture Died In 2009. The now-dormant account, run by blogger Matt James, dug into his mom’s back issues of Star Magazine and the remnants of Web 1.0 gossip sites on the Internet Archive to surface old tabloid covers, ill-begotten paparazzi shots, and other quietly forgotten but deeply influential ephemera of 2000s pop culture. Like many Tumblr blogs, it had a hyperspecific audience: everyone who can conjure, from memory, one specific tabloid photo of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan together in a car.
Swedish doom metal titans Monolord are going to release their next album Neverending on May 29 via Relapse Records, so of course they released a new single to keep folks hyped up. And as you’d expect, this new track titled “Oozing Wound” is a fuzzy, heavy, and at times ethereal.
Speaking of the track, vocalist/guitarist Thomas Jäger said “Oozing Wound” marks a major change for the band, as it’s the first time they’ve tuned wayyy down for maximum heavy.
“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.”
The song itself is almost seven minutes of pure doom metal. If you like your metal like you like your barbecue (cooking low and slow, that is), then this jam is just for you.
Neverending will be released on May 29 via Relapse Records, but you can preorder your copy today.
Monolord also have an assload of tour dates set for the rest of the year. If you want to catch Monolord live, be sure to check out the list of dates below. Chances are they’ll be coming to your town (or at least be in your vicinity) pretty soon.
Neverending tracklisting:
Iodine
You Bastard
Inside A Collider
Crystal Bridge
Oozing Wound
The Masque
Invisible
It’s Neverending *
*-features vocals by Jörgen Sandström (ex-Entombed)
Monolord U.S. tour dates: Mizmor opens on all Western U.S. dates
June 11 San Diego, CA Casbah June 12 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst June 13 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall June 14 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s June 16 Eugene, OR John Henry’s June 17 Portland, OR Nova PDX June 18 Seattle, WA Substation June 19 Bellingham, WA Structures Brewing June 20 Tacoma, WA Airport Tavern Music Hall June 23 Denver, CO Marquis Theater June 24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge June 25 Las Vegas, NV Bizarre Bar June 26 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s June 27 Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theater
Khemmis opens on all Eastern U.S. dates
August 27 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall August 28 Louisville, KY Portal August 29 Atlanta, GA Garden Club August 30 Asheville, NC Eulogy August 31 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern September 2 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts September 3 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere September 5 Baltimore, MD Labor Daze September 6 Cookeville, TN Muddy Roots Festival September 8 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups September 9 Detroit, MI Sanctuary September 10 Indianapolis, IN Black Circle
European tour dates:
May 28 Malmö, SE Plan B May 29 Stockholm, SE Slaktkyrkan May 30 Gothenburg, SE Monument July 30 Ghimbav, RO Rockstadt Extreme Festival August 7 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Festival October 6 Hamburg, DE Bahnhof Pauli October 7 Haarlem, NL Patronaat October 8 Eindhoven, NL Effenaar October 9 Sint-Niklaas, BE De Casino October 10 Paris, FR La Maroquinerie October 11 Nantes, FR Le Ferrailleur October 12 Toulouse, FR Le Rex October 13 Lyon, FR Jack Jack October 14 Aarau, CH KIFF October 15 Munich, DE Backstage October 16 Osnabrück, DE Bastard Club October 17 Cologne, DE Gebäude 9 November 4 Copenhagen, DK Stengade November 5 Berlin, DE Columbia Theater November 6 Dresden, DE Beatpol November 7 Warsaw, PL Hydrozagadka November 8 Krakow, PL Hype Park November 9 Brno, CZ Kabinet Múz November 10 Budapest, HU Dürer Kert November 11 Vienna, AT Arena November 12 Zagreb, HR Vintage Industrial Bar November 13 Milan, IT Legend November 14 Bologna, IT FreakOut November 15 Karlsruhe, DE P8
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