BLOOD MONOLITH: Band With Current/Former Nails, Ulthar, Undeath, Genocide Pact Members Posts First Live Shows With Jarhead Fertilzer; The Calling Of Fire Debut Out Now On Profound Lore Records

photos by Melissa Petisa

Emerging extreme/death metal outfit BLOOD MONOLITH – formed by current/former members of Nails, Undeath, Ulthar, Genocide Pact, and other notable bands from across the extreme metal underground – today announces the band’s first live performances. The band will support their allies in Jarhead Fertilizer for a weekend assault on the Northeast, hitting Washington, Philadelphia, and New York City August 21st through 23rd. See the announced dates below. More extensive tour plans are being orchestrated for 2026.

BLOOD MONOLITH East Coast Assault 2025 w/ Jarhead Fertilizer:
8/21/2025 Pie Shop – Washington, DC [tickets]
8/22/2025 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA [tickets]
8/23/2025 TV Eye – Queens, NY [tickets]

BLOOD MONOLITH arrived with the subtlety of an atomic warhead this year with their debut, The Calling Of Fire. Formed in 2023 by guitarist/vocalist Shelby Lermo (Nails, Ulthar, ex-Vastum), the goal of BLOOD MONOLITH was to create something even uglier, weirder, and more aggressive operating out of his new home base in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area. Guitarist Tommy Wall (Undeath) joined Lermo, and the music for the band’s debut LP was soon written. The addition of bassist Nolan (Genocide Pact, Shitstorm) and drummer Aidan Tydings-Lynch (Deliriant Nerve, Brain Tourniquet) rounded out the lineup.

Engineered by Shelby Lermo and Matt Michel (Goetia, Left Cross, Antichrist Siege Machine) who also mixed the tracks, mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recordings (Ulthar, Maul, Obsequiae), and adorned with cover art by legendary Rudimentary Peni frontman Nick Blinko, The Calling Of Fire is a testament to all things musically frenzied and extreme, a brutally succinct statement of nihilism in a world beyond salvation.

**BLOOD MONOLITH’s The Calling Of Fire early is out now on CD, LP, and digital formats and streaming at Profound Lore HERE**.

“…supremely deviant and sonically devastating… a menacing bone-breaker of vintage OSDM bomb-blasts, detuned savagery and whimsically grotesque gutturals… like a bloodthirsty Cimmerian warlord crushing enemies out on the battlefield.” – Revolver Magazine

“…punishing, gritty, DM beholden to the thrash-scorched formative days, yet retaining a modern approach to technique and tone. Let’s just hope that this is not a one-off, as BLOOD MONOLITH has the potential to make a significant dent in the scene.” – Decibel Magazine

“…BLOOD MONOLITH understands that death metal should bring devastation above all else, and they deliver a brutally efficient, riff-centric package of violence that leaves little or no room to get comfortable. After all, life’s too short for easy listening death metal.” – Last Rites

“…violent from the moment you hit play…” – MetalSucks

“…it is clear that these individuals are not taking their music lightly. No, they go straight for the jugular, with an unstoppable energy centered around a death metal foundation… The Calling Of Fire relishes this tradition, as it becomes its next brutal chapter.” – PopMatters

“…a spine-tingling and head-spinning delivery of chaos. Abyssal roars slowly and malignantly vent the words while the guitars pulsate in mad fevers, the bass rumbles like subterranean earthquakes, and the drums go nuts.” – No Clean Singing

“If you need a complete aural ass beating this morning, look no further… BLOOD MONOLITH is coming out of the gate violent as hell…” – Metal Injection