Swedish stoner/doom metal trio Monolord release new single »It’s Neverending« feat. Jörgen Sandström (Grave/ex-Entombed)

Gothenburg, Sweden based stoner/doom metal trio Monolord share new single »It’s Neverending« feat. guest vocals by Jörgen Sandström (Grave, ex-Entombed).

»It’s Neverending« is the third and final single taken from Monolord’s upcoming full-length album, »Neverending«, due out on May 29th, 2026 via Relapse Records.

Tracklist:
01. Iodine
02. You Bastard
03. Inside A Collider
04. Crystal Bridge
05. Ooozing Wound
06. The Masque
07. Invisible
08. It’s Neverending feat. Jörgen Sandström (ex-Entombed)

Courtesy of Speakeasy PR:

May 18, 2026, Gothenburg, Sweden – Monolord shares a final preview of their forthcoming album »Neverending« (May 29, Relapse Records) with today’s release of »It’s Neverending«, featuring guest vocalist Jörgen Sandström of Grave, formerly of Entombed.

“I did the growling on the demo, but it took me forever to record,” vocalist/guitarist Thomas Jäger explains. “It was more like to illustrate the idea. But Jörgen’s voice is so powerful, and his performance on the song is really great.” The finished track is a deathly-doom epic. “When we got the vocals finally in place, I remember I just burst into laughter,” bassist Mika Häkki adds. “That was just my sincere reaction to how happy that end result made me. Jörgen must have opened some new portal of some kind with those screams!”

Photo credit: James Rexroad

To create »Neverending«, Monolord decamped to Ashland, Oregon to record with legendary producer/engineer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down, and Johnny Cash). The collaboration began when Massy asked vocalist/guitarist Thomas Jäger to send everything the band had ever written. “She asked me to send her everything we had – not just songs written for the album, but every stray riff and idea,” he says. “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.” The band rehearsed 12 songs, recorded 11, and ultimately selected eight for »Neverending«. The result captures a focused but expansive version of Monolord’s sound.

The band announced the new album with a video for »You Bastard«, which captured moments from their studio sessions with Massy. Revolver said the four-plus minute track is “glorious” and Consequence, who named it their “heavy song of the week,” described it as “a hefty and quite melodic piece of doom metal,” while simultaneously declaring Monolord the “Swedish titans of doom.” They offered a second preview with the recently released song »Oozing Wound«, which MetalSucks noted is “a major change for the band, as it’s the first time they’ve tuned wayyy down for maximum heavy.”

Album pre-orders, including multiple limited-edition vinyl variants, CD and cassette, as well as digital pre-saves, are available now HERE.

The band’s U.S. tour begins on June 11. Mizmor opens the Western U.S. dates, Khemmis opens on all Eastern U.S. dates with the exception of the Muddy Roots Festival. Tickets for all dates are on-sale now via monolord.com.

Monolord U.S. tour dates:

Mizmor opens on all Western U.S. dates

Jun 11 San Diego, CA Casbah
Jun 12 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
Jun 13 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Jun 14 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
Jun 16 Eugene, OR John Henry’s
Jun 17 Portland, OR Nova PDX
Jun 18 Seattle, WA Substation
Jun 19 Bellingham, WA Structures Brewing
Jun 20 Tacoma, WA Airport Tavern Music Hall
Jun 23 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
Jun 24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Jun 25 Las Vegas, NV Bizarre Bar
Jun 26 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
Jun 27 Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theater

Khemmis opens on all Eastern U.S. dates

Aug 27 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
Aug 28 Louisville, KY Portal
Aug 29 Atlanta, GA Garden Club
Aug 30 Asheville, NC Eulogy
Aug 31 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
Sep 2 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
Sep 3 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere
Sep 5 Baltimore, MD Labor Daze
Sep 6 Cookeville, TN Muddy Roots Festival
Sep 8 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
Sep 9 Detroit, MI Sanctuary
Sep 10 Indianapolis, IN Black Circle

European tour dates:
May 28 Malmö, SE Plan B
May 29 Stockholm, SE Slaktkyrkan
May 30 Gothenburg, SE Monument
Jul 30 Ghimbav, RO Rockstadt Extreme Festival
Aug 7 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Festival
Oct 6 Hamburg, DE Bahnhof Pauli
Oct 7 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
Oct 8 Eindhoven, NL Effenaar
Oct 9 Sint-Niklaas, BE De Casino
Oct 10 Paris, FR La Maroquinerie
Oct 11 Nantes, FR Le Ferrailleur
Oct 12 Toulouse, FR Le Rex
Oct 13 Lyon, FR Jack Jack
Oct 14 Aarau, CH KIFF
Oct 15 Munich, DE Backstage
Oct 16 Osnabrück, DE Bastard Club
Oct 17 Cologne, DE Gebäude 9
Nov 4 Copenhagen, DK Stengade
Nov 5 Berlin, DE Columbia Theater
Nov 6 Dresden, DE Beatpol
Nov 7 Warsaw, PL Hydrozagadka
Nov 8 Krakow, PL Hype Park
Nov 9 Brno, CZ Kabinet Múz
Nov 10 Budapest, HU Dürer Kert
Nov 11 Vienna, AT Arena
Nov 12 Zagreb, HR Vintage Industrial Bar
Nov 13 Milan, IT Legend
Nov 14 Bologna, IT FreakOut
Nov 15 Karlsruhe, DE P8

Few modern doom bands balance sheer weight and melody like Monolord. Formed in Gothenburg in 2013, the trio of guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willems, and bassist Mika Häkki have become one of heavy music’s most introspective and nuanced bands. They have earned global acclaim through relentless touring, with unforgettable performances at Hellfest, Desertfest, Psycho Las Vegas, and Roadburn. Their records, »Empress Rising« (2014), »Vænir« (2015), »Rust« (2017), »No Comfort« (2019), and »Your Time To Shine« (2021), cemented their reputation for blending crushing fuzz with melodic undercurrents and immersive repetition. Monolord now begin their next chapter with »Neverending«, produced by Sylvia Massy and arriving via Relapse Records on May 29.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well