Monolord Close Out Their Tour With a Sold-Out Night at The Regent Theater

Monolord closed out a six-week run with a sold-out night at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles on June 27, and it was a proper send-off. This was the final show of the tour, and the Swedish doom trio made it count, bringing Acid King and Mizmor along for a night of pure low-end worship. If you like your riffs slow, massive, and loud enough to rattle your ribcage, this was the room to be in.

Mizmor

Mizmor opened the night with the kind of set that feels more like a ritual than a performance. The solo project of A.L.N., Mizmor blends black metal despair with the crushing weight of doom, and live it becomes this slow, suffocating wall of sound. It set the tone perfectly, pulling the room into a darker headspace before the heaviness really settled in.

Acid King

Acid King brought the fuzz. The San Francisco stoner-doom institution, led by Lori S., has been dealing in hypnotic, heavy riffs since the early 90s, and their set was all warm, enveloping distortion and slow-burning groove. It was the kind of set that makes you close your eyes and just let the low end carry you, and the crowd was more than happy to go along for the ride.

Monolord

Then Monolord brought it home. The Swedish trio deals in enormous, downtuned riffs and towering fuzz, and on the last night of the tour they sounded absolutely massive. Every song felt like a slow avalanche, patient and crushing, with just enough melody buried in the murk to keep you locked in. Closing a six-week run in a sold-out room, they left nothing on the table. A perfect ending to a night built entirely around the weight of the riff.

All photos by Joma Mandocdoc.