BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:204302@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260826T073439Z DTSTART:20260829T190000Z DTEND:20260829T233000Z SUMMARY:Monolord with Khemmis DESCRIPTION:Monolord are a Swedish doom/stoner power-trio known for their massive\\, earth-shaking riffs\\, hypnotic grooves\\, and emotionally he avy atmospheres. Formed in Gothenburg in 2013\\, the band—guitarist/voc alist Thomas Jäger\\, drummer Esben Willems\\, and bassist Mika Häkki quickly rose to the forefront of modern doom with a run of globally prai sed 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\\, Væn ir\\, Rust\\, and No Comfort\\, cemented their reputation for blending cr ushing 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—produce d by legendary engineer Sylvia Massy and released via Relapse Records.\\n Khemmis\\nAfter eleven years of releasing albums and touring the world\\, Colorado’s Khemmis have become a pillar of the modern metal scene.\\n When we started this band\\, we had no expectations\\, no assumptions we just wanted to play heavy metal\\,” says guitarist/vocalist Ben Hut cherson. “The older I get\\, the more I appreciate how rare it is in li fe to have relationships that last this long and offer a sense of stabili ty and reassurance in a world that increasingly is horrifying and unsuita ble for human life. And so\\, in many ways\\, this band is a home.”\\nS ome artists strive for a legacy\\; Khemmis felt born with one. Upon relea sing their 2015 debut Absolution\\, the Denver-based four-piece felt like old souls whose towering\\, spiritual doom metal connected with metalhea ds the world over. This was further cemented by 2016’s Hunted\\, which won the band international acclaim and was declared Album Of The Year by Decibel. 2018’s rollicking Desolation\\, 2020’s devotional Doomed Hea vy Metal MLP (featuring a fan-favorite cover of Dio’s “Rainbow In the Dark”) and 2021’s searing Deceiver only reinforced the band’s mono lithic sound and diehard following.\\nIt makes sense\\, then\\, that the Khemmis behind Khemmis–—Hutcherson\\, fellow vocalist/guitarist Phil Pendergast\\, drummer Zach Coleman\\, and newly-appointed bassist David S mall—is different in many ways. While the band has often felt synonymou s with the Denver metal scene\\, Pendergast and Coleman have since moved away to Washington and North Carolina respectively.\\nAnd yet\\, Khemmis today feel more like the band they’ve always wanted to be than ever bef ore. They believe not only in the power of the music they’re making\\, but their bandmates’ ability to make it with them.\\n“We have so much trust in each other\\,” says Pendergast. “Me and Zach moving away\\, in some ways\\, actually strengthened that\\, cause it’\\;s kind of proven to ourselves that when we get back together\\, we can trust each other to do what we need to do. We’\\;ve been able to reconnect to t hat sense of just how badass it is that we get to even do this.”\\nhttp s://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/atlanta/events/monolord-with- khemmis-2026-08-29 LOCATION:artsatl.org URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/atlanta/events/monolord-with-khemmis-2026-08-29 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR