MONOLORD
MIZMOR
NOVA PDX
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 2026
21+
DOOR 7 / SHOW 8
Monolord are a Swedish doom/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 bassist Mika Häkki—quickly rose to the forefront of modern doom with a run of globally praised albums and relentless touring across Europe, North America, South America, and major festivals like Hellfest, Desertfest, Psycho Las Vegas, and Roadburn. Their records, including Empress Rising, Vænir, Rust, and No Comfort, cemented their reputation for blending crushing fuzz with melodic undercurrents and immersive repetition. Now one of heavy music’s most consistent and beloved bands, Monolord are gearing up for their next chapter with a new album arriving in 2026—produced by legendary engineer Sylvia Massy and released via Relapse Records.
מזמור, or Mizmor, is a one-man heavy music exploration that began in 2012 as a way of processing the mental and spiritual anguish I, A.L.N., underwent through my loss of faith in Christianity. Over the course of the proceeding decade, I slowly changed from struggling Christian, to agnostic, and finally to atheist. During this evolution I used Mizmor, which means “psalm,” “prayer,” or “melody” in Hebrew, as a form of therapy. The songs literally started as prayers to God, grappling with doubt and depression, much like some of the darker chapters of the book of Psalms. After some time the songs became more existential - primal and innate musings about cause, purpose, self, and god (in a more universal sense). Eventually Mizmor became about the absence of god and the healing I’ve experienced through accepting this. Nowadays my songs are about consciousness, ideas, mankind, and the future to name a few things (and still depression and anxiety, which I continue to battle). Mizmor will always be about following the most reasonable path given the current evidence and processing grief through creating and sharing art so that others may be helped with similar struggles.
Mizmor appears live with the help of Andrew Black, Blake Ferrin, and Nate Myers.
