BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:222@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:MONOLORD + DOPELORD DTSTAMP:20260524T231220Z DTSTART:20261017T170000Z DTEND:20261017T200000Z DESCRIPTION:MONOLORD are a Swedish doom/stoner power-trio known for their m assive\,\nearth-shaking riffs\, hypnotic grooves\, and emotionally heavy a tmospheres. Formed\nin Gothenburg in 2013\, the band—guitarist/vocalist Th omas Jäger\, drummer Esben\nWillems\, and bassist Mika Häkki—quickly rose to the forefront of modern doom\nwith a run of globally praised albums and relentless touring across Europe\,\nNorth America\, South America\, and m ajor festivals like Hellfest\, Desertfest\,\nPsycho Las Vegas\, and Roadbu rn. Their records\, including Empress\nRising\, Vænir\, Rust\, and No Comf ort\, cemented their reputation for blending\ncrushing fuzz with melodic u ndercurrents and immersive repetition. Now one of\nheavy music’s most cons istent and beloved bands\, Monolord are gearing up for\ntheir next chapter with a new album arriving in 2026—produced by legendary\nengineer Sylvia Massy and released via Relapse Records.\n\nDOPELORD released their debut M agick Rites in 2012\, a record that flaunted their\nlove of vintage heavy rock and proto-metal\, which The Sludgelord noted for its\n"huge unstoppab le riffing in every song." 2014’s Black Arts\, Riff Worship & Weed\nCult w as a leap forward in songcraft\, and as the band got serious\, they began\ ntouring abroad in Western Europe. Critically-acclaimed 2017 album "Childr en of\nthe Haze" found their formula for drawn-out psych-sludge behemoths perfected\, as\nconfirmed by The Heavy Chronicles\, which proclaimed\, “No thing will be the same\nagain. There used to be doom\, now there is Dopelo rd.”\n \nAs if heralding the actual end times\, fourth LP "Sign of the Dev il" arrived on\nMarch 10\, 2020\, just as the covid-19 pandemic took terri fying hold of the planet\nand called the knowable future of humanity into question. Supremely confident in\ntheir infectious bludgeon and thematic o vertness\, DOPELORD presented a record\nthat stepped more fully than ever into both melody and rebellious\niconoclasm. Naming "Sign of the Devil" th eir album of the week\, Worship Metal\ncheered it as\, “a torrent of ear-p leasingly suffocating riffs which crush all in\ntheir path\," adding\, "Sa tan would be pleased."\n \nDerailed from their aggressive live schedule fo r two years\, DOPELORD blasted out\nthe “Reality Dagger" EP in 2021 before setting to work on their boldest\nstatement yet. On October 6th\, 2023\, their fifth album "Songs for Satan" will\ninduct the mighty foursome as on e of Europe's heaviest and most faithful doom\npurveyors of the new era\, crushing everything on their path under the Blues\nFuneral Recordings bann er.\n URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/monolord-dopelord LOCATION:Gebäude 9 - Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 127\, 51063 Köln STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Stoner Rock,Doom X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

MONOLORD are a Swedish doo m/stoner power-trio known for their massive, earth-shaking riffs, hypnotic grooves, and emotionally heavy atmospheres. Formed in Gothenburg in 2013, the band—guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willems, and bass ist Mika Häkki—quickly rose to the forefront of modern doom with a run of globally praised albums and relentless touring across Europe, North Americ a, South America, and major festivals like Hellfest, Desertfest, Psycho La s Vegas, and Roadburn. Their records, including Empress Rising,  Vænir, Rust, and No Comfort, cemented their reputation for blend ing crushing fuzz with melodic undercurrents and immersive repetition. Now one of heavy music’s most consistent and beloved bands, Monolord are gear ing up for their next chapter with a new album arriving in 2026—produced b y legendary engineer Sylvia Massy and released via Relapse Records.

DOPELORD released their debut Magick Rites&nbs p;in 2012, a record that flaunted their love of vintage heavy rock and pro to-metal, which The Sludgelord noted for its "huge unstoppable riffing in every song." 2014’s Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult&nbs p;was a leap forward in songcraft, and as the band got serious, they began touring abroad in Western Europe. Critically-acclaimed 2017 album "Childr en of the Haze" found their formula for drawn-out psych-sludge behemoths p erfected, as confirmed by The Heavy Chronicles, which proclaimed, “Nothing will be the same again. There used to be doom, now there is Dopelord.”
 
As if heralding the actual end times, fourth LP "Sign of the De vil" arrived on March 10, 2020, just as the covid-19 pandemic took terrify ing hold of the planet and called the knowable future of humanity into que stion. Supremely confident in their infectious bludgeon and thematic overtness, DOPELORD presented a record that stepped more fully t han ever into both melody and rebellious iconoclasm. Naming "Sign of the Devil" their album of the week, Worship Metal cheered it as, “a torren t of ear-pleasingly suffocating riffs which crush all in their path," addi ng, "Satan would be pleased."
 
Derailed from their aggressive live schedule for two years, DOPELORD blasted out the “Reality D agger" EP in 2021 before setting to work on their boldest statement yet. O n October 6th, 2023, their fifth album "Songs for Satan" will induct the m ighty foursome as one of Europe's heaviest and most faithful doom purveyor s of the new era, crushing everything on their path under the Blues Funera l Recordings banner.

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