“Monolith” by Death Lens

"Monolith" by Death Lens is Northern Transmissions Song of the Day. The track is off the band's forthcoming album What's Left Now?
Death Lens photo by Derek Perlman

Death Lens will release their new album titled What’s Left Now?, available April 24th via Epitaph Records. The LP is the follow-up to their 2024 album Cold World. What’s Left Now? was produced by Zach Tuch (Knocked Loose, Touché Amoré, Movements). Today they have shared the lead-single “Monolith”.

Vocalist Bryan Torres on lead single “Monolith”:

“Born with stones in my hands, I carry the weight my parents left behind. Forged under pressure, hardened by everything I had no choice but to bear.” He continues, “Monolith is born from a lifetime of hardship, weight and repetition. It’s my revelation that the role life gives you isn’t the only one you have to play. A testament to how being born with nothing became the source of my strength.”

What’s Left Now? is the product of two tumultuous years for Death Lens, both as people and as bandmates. The year Cold World dropped, the band toured for nine long months. However, all of that time on the road stress-tested the band as an interpersonal unit, and Death Lens ended up shedding two members from the subsequent growing pains. The band have added guitarist Ernie Gutierrez.

“Every time we feel like we’re gonna implode, we end up expanding,” Torres exclaims. “We thrive on stress and the energy of anxiety.”

What’s Left Now? is an honest record by a band who’ve always cut the bullshit. Growing up in lower-income homes 20 miles east of Los Angeles, Death Lens’ members weren’t afforded the privilege to effortlessly ascend in the music scene. They’ve had to grind for every opportunity they’ve gotten, and they continue to write music for people just like them. “Our messaging is towards those who always feel like they don’t have a voice,” Torres explains.

Death Lens
What’s Left Now?
Tracklisting
Epitaph Records

1. Monolith
2. Power
3. Out Of My Skin
4. Waiting to Know (feat. Militarie Gun)
5. Drown
6. Am I A Drug To You?
7. Saints In the Panic Room
8. Off The Edge
9. Useless
10. Last Call
11. Pulling Teeth
12. Debt Collector

Death Lens 2026 Tour Dates

Jan. 21 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
March 14 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
March 15 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
March 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
March 18 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
March 19 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
March 20 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
March 23 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
March 24 – Porland, OR – Aladdin Theatre
March 25 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest*
March 27 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall
March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
March 29 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
March 31 – Las Vegas, NV – Area15 Portal
April 1 – Phoenix, AZ – Walter Studios
April 3 – Dallas, TX – Ferris Wheelers
April 4 – Austin, TX – Mohawk

w/ Drug Church & White Reaper
w/Seahaven

Pre-Order What’s Left Now? by Death Lens HERE

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