blacktoothed deliver devastating new single 'Porcelain'

Leipzig-based modern metalcore band blacktoothed return with their devastating new single 'Porcelain', taken from their upcoming album Feral Bloom, set for release on 15th January. Delivering a brutally honest exploration of emotional emptiness, toxic dependency and the damage left behind when unresolved wounds begin to define every connection, 'Porcelain' offers another powerful glimpse into the darker and more vulnerable world of the upcoming record.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/d8mPWmvcLkA

Stream and pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/blacktoothed

Built around crushing riffs, relentless screams and one of the band’s most commanding choruses to date, 'Porcelain' finds blacktoothed confronting the darker side of human attachment. At its core, the song depicts love not as salvation, but as something desperately consumed in an attempt to fill an internal void. “Give me all you got / I need your constant love” immediately establishes a relationship shaped by dependency, with another person reduced to a substitute for everything that has already been lost.

As the track unfolds, that desperation turns inward. Old insecurities, self-deception and destructive habits blur the line between genuine affection and emotional survival. The narrator recognizes the damage being caused, yet remains trapped inside patterns they can barely identify, admitting: “In my mind, I can’t detect my lies.” It is a painfully self-aware portrait of someone searching for connection while simultaneously poisoning it.

Musically, blacktoothed mirror that internal conflict with a collision of raw aggression and striking melody. Punishing guitars and visceral screams give way to a gigantic chorus before the song reaches one of its defining moments: a breathtaking clean vocal duet between Hendrik Rathgeber and guitarist Matti Keitel. Their voices bring an unexpected vulnerability to the track, amplifying the contrast between its violent exterior and deeply fragile emotional core.

Catch the band live: 
25.09.2026 I Burnout Festival 2026 I Nienburg/Weser (DE)

blacktoothed online:
https://www.instagram.com/blacktoothed
https://www.facebook.com/blacktoothed
https://www.tiktok.com/@blacktoothed

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Get The Shot unleash brutal single 'Crucifixion Depiction' and announce upcoming EP

Canadian hardcore heavyweights Get The Shot return with a devastating new single 'Crucifixion Depiction', a brutal and deeply personal confrontation with loss, failure and the painful death of a dream. The track also marks the launch of the pre-order for the band’s upcoming EP of the same name, set for release on 23rd October.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/_A6S4JtXi34

Stream/Pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/gettheshot

'Crucifixion Depiction' pushes the band's forward while channeling one of the most difficult experiences we face as human beings: losing something that once gave our lives direction and meaning. Built on crushing riffs, merciless grooves and sheer physical intensity, the song turns grief into something violent, visceral and painfully tangible.

Rather than focusing solely on the death of another person, 'Crucifixion Depiction' explores another form of mourning, the moment a future you fought for collapses in front of you and you are forced to grieve the person you thought you would become. Lines such as “I’m losing everything / Is this the end of me?” capture the desperation at the heart of the track, while its imagery grows increasingly brutal as shattered ambition becomes a symbolic execution.

Musically, Get The Shot translate that inner conflict into pure hardcore violence. Punishing rhythms, suffocating heaviness and explosive vocal delivery collide in a track designed to hit with both emotional and physical impact. The stark “Nails. Hammer. Cross.” refrain reduces the song’s central metaphor to three brutal images before its final moments turn sacrifice, self-destruction and liberation against one another.

Catch the band live: 
​29.10.2026 I La Rayonne (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Lyon (FR)
30.10.2026 I L'Alhambra (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Paris (FR)
31.10.2026 I Corefest I Göppingen (DE)
01.11.2026 I Kulttempel I Oberhausen (DE)
02.11.2026 I Les 4 Écluses I Dunkerque (FR)
03.11.2026 I Kavka I Antwerpen (BE)
04.11.2026 I Naumanns I Leipzig (DE)
05.11.2026 I Cafe Central I Weinheim (DE)
06.11.2026 I Monkeys I Hamburg (DE)
07.11.2026 I Belvedere I Namur (BE)
08.11.2026 I La Laiterie (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Strasbourg (FR)
09.11.2026 I 007 Strahov I Prague (CZ)
10.11.2026 I Cassiopeia I Berlin (DE)
11.11.2026 I 2Progi (w/ Nasty, Crawlspace, Pintglass) I Poznan (PL)
12.11.2026 I Pink Whale I Bratislava (SK)
14.11.2026 I Sunset Bar I Martigny (CH)
15.11.2026 I Ebulition I Bulle (CH)

Get The Shot online:
https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc
https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc
https://www.tiktok.com/@gettheshot666

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ORBIT CULTURE unveil new single ahead of 'Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition)' and major touring run 

Photo Credit: Orbit Culture

While touring the world over the past year, ORBIT CULTURE worked on Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition), the director's cut of their cinematic and highly successful latest studio album, which will be released on 9th October via Century Media. Today, ORBIT CULTURE would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to their fans with the release of the new single and video, 'Nuclear God'.

Watch the video for 'Nuclear God' here: https://youtu.be/3sYZPOSPlBM

Pre-order here: https://orbitcultureband.lnk.to/DeathAboveLife-DeluxeEdition

The band comment: "'Nuclear God' was originally released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Death Above Life. When we started going through all the footage we had gathered from the summer festivals, we wanted to turn it into something that felt like a tribute to our fans and the community that has grown around this band. The relentless chaos of 'Nuclear God' perfectly matched those moments. Riivata took all of that footage and brought it together into the video you see today."

Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition) is available in the following formats:

Ltd. Deluxe transparent sea blue-golden yellow splattered 2LP Artbook
Ltd. 2CD Mediabook
Digital album

Both the vinyl and 2CD editions include four additional tracks and a 40-page booklet. For this special release, the band opened up their photo archives, offering an intimate collection of live shots and behind-the-scenes moments.

The release of the deluxe edition also marks the beginning of another touring cycle for ORBIT CULTURE. First, they will join Amon Amarth's "The Allfather Awakens Tour" alongside Soilwork in Europe. Immediately afterward, they will embark on the second leg of Trivium's "The Crown in the Grave Tour" in USA/Canada, which also features In Flames and Frozen Soul.

 "The Allfather Awakens" Tour UK dates:

9th Oct (UK) Manchester - O2 Apollo
10th Oct (UK) London - Eventim Apollo
11th Oct (UK) Wolverhampton - Civic Hall

Orbit Culture are:

Niklas Karlsson - guitar / vocals
Richard Hansson - guitar
Fredrik Lennartsson - bass
Christopher Wallerstedt - drums

Orbit Culture online:
https://deathabovelife.com
https://www.orbitculture.com
https://www.instagram.com/orbitculture
https://www.facebook.com/OrbitCulture
https://www.youtube.com/user/OrbitCultureOfficial
https://twitter.com/orbitculture
https://www.tiktok.com/@orbitcultureofficial

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Dutch hardcore punks John Coffey release haunting grunge single 'Not Alone'

Photo Credit: Nick Helderman

Dutch rock powerhouse JOHN COFFEY return with 'Not Alone', the deeply personal title track of their upcoming album, released 9th October via Long Branch Records.

While the band famously captured global attention years ago with an iconic viral beer-catch moment, the story behind this new release stems from a far more profound human connection.

Dedicated to Niels van den Ham - a father of three who met the band through that viral moment and tragically took his own life two years ago - 'Not Alone' transforms personal struggle and grief into a rallying cry for mental health and community. Drawing a direct line between the solidarity of the mosh pit and everyday life, the track serves as a stark, powerful reminder that no battle needs to be fought in isolation.

Watch the video to 'Not Alone' here: https://youtu.be/dmbsQs1071c

Stream the new single and pre-order the album here: https://johncoffey.lnk.to/notalone

The band state: "Two years ago, when we had just started writing what would become our new album, we learned that Niels van den Ham had taken his own life.

"Niels was a father of three. We got to meet Niels through a moment that went viral years ago. After his death, people close to Niels reached out to us. They told us about the struggles he had been carrying, much of which seemed to remain hidden behind his big smile. We kept thinking about that.

"About how heavy life can become when you’re carrying something alone. How exhausting it can be to fight the same battle inside your own head, over and over again. How scary it can feel when you start believing that this is forever. That nothing will change. That you are the only one who feels this way.

"We wrote 'Not Alone' as a reminder that thoughts are not permanent. That speaking up can matter. To a friend. To family. To a stranger. To anyone.

"Because connection matters.

"It’s why the loud-music scene has always meant so much to us. You step into a room full of strangers. Then someone falls, and the people around them pick them up. Someone jumps from a stage, trusting dozens of hands to catch them. Bodies crash into each other, people scream the same words, and for a moment, a room full of strangers carries each other. That feeling is real.

"This song is for Niels and for everyone carrying weight on their shoulders: You’re not alone."

John Coffey built a reputation as one of the most explosive live bands in Europe - even becoming an internet sensation with the legendary “beer catch”. From Graspop to Sziget, Wacken to Pinkpop, Vainstream to Jera On Air, 2000trees and Hurricane/Southside - the Dutch group have played several of the biggest festivals, sold out the Melkweg in Amsterdam and even launched their own punk rock festival - Coffey Fest - to celebrate community and uncompromising music.

Never shying away from the world around them, John Coffey actively use their platform to speak out on social justice and political urgency. Armed with new music, a fierce activist ethos, and upcoming European tour dates, the band proves that engagement and heavy rock ’n roll are a perfect match.

John Coffey are:

David Achter de Molen (Vocals)
Alfred van Luttikhuizen (Guitar, Vocals)
Christoffer van Teijlingen (Guitar, Vocals)
Richard van Luttikhuizen (Bass, Vocals)
Carsten Brunsveld (Drums)

John Coffey online:
https://www.instagram.com/johncoffeymusic
https://www.tiktok.com/@johncoffeymusic
https://www.facebook.com/johncoffeymusic

Tracklisting:

1. Hang the choir
2. Not Alone
3. Push Push Push
4. It's you
5. Do not teach
6. Call of the bear
7. I don't care, I won't give up on you.
8. Time is up now
9. Hope in - Fear out
10. All bark, no bite

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Future Static rage about oppression in the world today on new single 'Swing'

Photo Credit: Beth Morrison

Australian breakthrough heavy act Future Static have unveiled their powerful new single 'Swing', taken from their new album Ornaments & Memories, out 6th November via Wild Thing Records. 

Watch the video to 'Swing' here: https://youtu.be/1g4Y1UyUT1g

Pre-order the new album here: https://orcd.co/ornamentsandmemories

'Swing' was written in reaction to the US Supreme Court repealing Roe v Wade and in anger at the political pendulum swing to the right in Australia and across the world, creating laws that reduce the rights of women, minorities and all oppressed people. The lyrics express resentment at the lack of empathy of the politicians and powerful people creating and lobbying for these laws and causing harm. The unrelenting riffs and crushing breakdowns only emphasise the fury.

Bassist Kira Neil comments: “'Swing' is for anyone feeling targeted and unsupported by the unjust systems of the world. We see you, we’re with you and we’re angry as hell”.

Future Static’s eagerly awaited second album displays a darker and more philosophical side than their debut LP Liminality, exploring internal and external conflict, growth, change and love. Amongst bouncy riffs and soul crushing breakdowns, passionate guitar solos and leads, dramatically stacked vocal parts and frantic drum fills, this album is musically and thematically inspired by the ebbs and flows of living in a rapidly accelerating world.

Melbourne five-piece phenomenon Future Static are carving their position among the one of the most exciting forces in modern metalcore. Following the success of their #1 Australian AIR-charting debut album Liminality (2023), the band have rapidly risen through Australia’s heavy scene and beyond, earning critical acclaim from Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, and Triple J, whilst touring extensively across Australia; including supporting Babymetal, Electric Callboy, Jinjer, Enter Shikari, Don Broco, Lacuna Coil and TesseracT. International touring has included EU/UK headline shows, supporting Ankor and Humanity’s Last Breath, and multiple prestigious European festival appearances; including Sziget (HU), Radar (UK), Reeperbahn (DE) and Euroblast (DE).   

Blending technical precision with melodic chaos, Future Static's sound is both striking and emotionally raw - a reflection of personal struggle, resilience, and self-discovery. Led by their breathtaking lead vocal tandem, a magical chemistry of electrifying front-woman Amariah Cook and bassist Kira Neil, and backed by guitarists Ryan Qualizza and Jack Smith, and drummer Jackson Trudel’s intense musicality and blazing fury, Future Static have taken Australia’s live circuit by storm.   

Future Static are:
Amariah Cook - Lead Vocals
Kira Neil - Bass / Vocals
Ryan Qualizza - Guitar
Jack Smith - Guitar
Jackson Trudel - Drums

Follow Future Static:

Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | Twitter | Spotify
 
Follow Wild Thing Records:
Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify | YouTube

Tracklisting: 

1. Ephemeral
2. There's Nowhere Else To Go
3. Swing
4. Dream Suite
5. The Picture in You
6. Off The Map
7. Ornaments & Memories
8. State of Mind
9. Odyssey
10. Waterworks
11. Subcritical Flow
12. Lux

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Vesperian welcomes THE MOSAIC WINDOW and releases new single 'What Sage Could Not Cleanse'

Photo Credit: The Mosaic Window

Vesperian is pleased to welcome THE MOSAIC WINDOW, the black metal project of Andrew Steven Brown, to the roster.

On the band's next album, Answered Prayers — out 13th November 2026 — Brown pulls back from the more polished, prog-tinged death/black hybrid of 2024's Hemasanctum and returns to the band’s original core: first and second wave black metal, filtered through atmospheric rasps of despair and phantasmal, buried death growls. Across ten tracks, its nihilistic concept unfolds — humanity erased retroactively, centuries before the Industrial Revolution, as the only cure for a poisoned world.

Alongside the announcement, the band share the album's first single, 'What Sage Could Not Cleanse'. An older composition, it anchors Answered Prayers' back-to-roots direction: raw, stripped of any polish, a statement of intent — no ritual can purify what's already beyond saving.
 
Stream 'What Sage Could Not Cleanse' here: https://tr.ee/vesperian_themosaicwindow

Find the video to the song here: https://youtu.be/PPHt_ZuVOww
 
Answered Prayers was mixed and mastered by Alex Sedin (Ghostalgy Productions), with Dmitry Kim (Jinjer and others) on session drums.

The cover artwork was done by Luciana Nedelea (Mare Cognitum, Sepulchral Curse and others).

THE MOSAIC WINDOW are:
Andrew Steven Brown – all instruments, vocals

THE MOSAIC WINDOW online:
https://www.instagram.com/themosaicwindow/
https://themosaicwindow.bandcamp.com/
www.vesperian.world
www.instagram.com/vesperian.world/

Track list:

01 - Premonition of the Prophecy 
02 - The Fog Carries Plague    
03 - Serpentine
04 - Lightning Be Thy Guide 
05 - What Sage Could Not Cleanse  
06 - Blood and Chains
07 - Unsheathing the Fall of Man    
08 - Crusader  
09 - Echoes of Answered Prayers
10 - Devotion to my Burning Desire

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Chicago shoegaze four-piece Sleepwalk announce new album

Photo Credit: Max Rubin

Five years on from their last full-length, Chicago’s Sleepwalk return with their most expansive and emotionally charged record yet. View From The Outside arrives 13th November via MNRK Heavy, finding the four-piece pushing their collision of shoegaze, ’90s alternative rock and post-hardcore into stranger, heavier and more atmospheric territory. 

Today, they unveil ‘Sandbox’, a driving, textured first glimpse of an album that moves between dreamlike beauty and raw frustration, confronting isolation, disillusionment and the increasingly surreal reality of the world outside.

Watch the video for 'Sandbox' here: https://youtu.be/lAAGh2WqWRU

Pre-save View From The Outside here: http://sleepwalk.ffm.to/viewfromtheoutside

"'Sandbox' is about our frustration with the normalisation of conspiracy theory thinking that is proliferating throughout our culture as well as anger with the current administration/general MAGA movement," explains vocalist and guitarist Ryan Davis.

It is an appropriately uneasy introduction to View From The Outside, an album that exists somewhere between the dream state and the waking world, where chiming guitars, battered rhythms and wistful melodies collide with the uncomfortable business of being alive right now.


Sleepwalk have always occupied the space between things. Shoegaze without the shoegaze clichés. Post-hardcore without the obligatory aggression. Alternative rock with enough strange corners to keep it from settling comfortably into nostalgia. On View From The Outside, those contradictions become the point.

The band's fourth full-length finds them moving decisively beyond the nu-gaze beginnings of their earlier work, expanding their palette without losing the hooks, heaviness or emotional directness that brought listeners to them in the first place. There are moments of towering guitar noise and bruising post-hardcore; dreamy passages that feel almost weightless; flashes of ’90s alternative rock; and, unexpectedly, even trip-hop.

“We wanted to explore some sub-genres that weren’t explored in the same way before,”
says guitarist Tyler Gargula. “There’s dreamy things that weren’t as intricate; more rocky things that are now very clearly rock focused; and even trip-hop on the album’s closing track.”

The result is an album of dramatic shifts and subtle moods, weathered without being sentimental, melancholy without becoming miserable and adventurous without forgetting how to write a great song.

There is a distinctly Chicagoan DNA running through it, too. The album was recorded over twelve days at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois, the studio of Hum guitarist and vocalist Matt Talbot, an especially fitting setting given Hum's influence on Sleepwalk's sound. Once again, the band worked with producer Zac Montez (Whirr, Cloakroom), whose fascination with electronic music brings another dimension to Sleepwalk's already densely layered sound.

Formed in 2015, Sleepwalk built their reputation by seamlessly combining the visceral and cerebral. Lush, fuzzy guitars and reflective vocals, propelled by hardcore-inflected rhythms, saw the band draw comparisons to Hum, Failure, Quicksand and fellow Chicago legends The Smashing Pumpkins, while their live shows alongside Glassjaw, Thursday and Nothing introduced their strange, heavy little world to an increasingly devoted audience.

Now, with MNRK Music Group behind them, Sleepwalk are entering their next chapter. View From The Outside is heavier. Stranger. More considered. More ambitious. But at its centre remains the same idea that has always made Sleepwalk compelling, heavy music for the lighthearted, made by people trying to find something beautiful while everything around them gets progressively weirder.

And sometimes, the best place to do that is from the outside.

Sleepwalk are:
Ryan Davis - Vocals/Guitar 
Tyler Gargula - Guitar/Vocals
Victorino Ordonez - Bass 
Marcus Johnson - Drums 

Sleepwalk online:
Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Facebook | Bandcamp

Tracklist:

1. Point Break
2. Sandbox
3. In Flames
4. Suckerfish
5. Jan 22
6. The Lighthouse
7. Cold Front
8. Shell
9. Dreamlessness
10. Pushback

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Belgian prog metal quintet Hippotraktor reveal new single 'Builder of Eden' 

Photo Credit: Sam Coussens

Belgian post-metal quintet Hippotraktor have today revealed their new single 'Builder of Eden', featuring Loic Rossetti, former vocalist of The Ocean.

The single is taken from the band's forthcoming album Annihilist, due 2nd October via Pelagic Records.

Watch: https://youtu.be/3vgbDfNNXk4

Stream: https://orcd.co/hippotraktor-annihilist

The band comment: "For 'Builder of Eden', we joined forces with one of our biggest inspirations, Loïc Rossetti (ex-The Ocean Collective), to create one of the most monumental and heavy tracks on the album. 

"The song follows our nameless protagonist as he violently defies his creator, breaking free from the empty burden of existence thrust upon him.

“‘We are all hypothetical legends, regressed. Overprivileged sons trapped in a numb, mechanical dream.’”

Since emerging from Mechelen, Belgium, Hippotraktor have steadily carved out a singular artistic identity guided by an enduring commitment to exploration. Their music unfolds through carefully sculpted contrasts, where immense rhythmic force exists alongside delicate melodic detail. Moments of overwhelming intensity dissolve into passages of quiet reflection, suspended stillness erupts into visceral power and sonic chaos; their sound is a meticulously crafted interplay between movement and heaviness. Every composition feels organic, themes emerge gradually and transform unexpectedly, as deconstruction, precision and instinct are in constant negotiation. Their sound is defined by intention; every eruption, moment of restraint and subtle shift is embedded in an atmosphere of purpose.

To the joy of ear-splitters and deep-feeling appreciators of post rock, Hippotraktor will release their third studio album Annihilist on 2nd October via Pelagic Records.

Once again Annihilist showcases the band's ability to balance crushing physicality with emotional nuance, whilst pushing further into highly cultivated experimentation. For Hippotraktor, immense sonic weight coexists with remarkable clarity and depth, and through the many shifting passages and moments Annihilist becomes a journey of awe, dissolution, melancholia and rampaging power. At the heart of this album is a sense of collective inspiration. Guitarist Chiaran Verheyden's compositional vision provides the framework for music that is both intricate and instinctive, yet Hippotraktor's identity is forged through the dialogue between all five musicians.

Although often associated with progressive metal, post-metal and sludge, Hippotraktor resist classification. Their music draws freely from multiple traditions while remaining unmistakably their own, blending rhythmic complexity, cinematic atmosphere and deeply human expression into a sound that feels both expansive and immediate. From the visceral, roaring opening of 'Builder of Eden', to the deconstructed finale of 'Courageous Apathy', this album exhibits the vast arsenal at Hippotraktor's disposal.

As an album Annihilist is not only gripping in every moment and turn, but their balance of the intimate and titanic feels deceptively effortless; a testament to their galvanised abilities. Technical accomplishment is never presented as spectacle; every note exists in service of atmosphere, narrative and emotional resonance. Annihilist is undeniably heavy, yet drenched in groove and bittersweet tenderness. It is progressive without becoming self-indulgent, atmospheric without sacrificing immediacy, and emotionally expansive without relying on sentimentality. Hippotraktor craft immersive sonic environments that invite complete surrender, where intricate musicianship and instinctive expression become indistinguishable.

Line Up:

Stefan De Graef – Vocals
Chiaran Verheyden – Guitar
Jakob Fiszer – Bass
Lander De Nyn – Drums
Kristof Du Jardin – Guitar and Vocals

Online:
Official Website
Label Page
Instagram
Facebook
Bandcamp

Track list:

1. I Breathe, I Am
2. Courageous Apathy
3. Builder of Eden
4. Oblivion Walker
5. Annihilist
6. Everything Is Permissible
7. A Different Now

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Wayfarer enter the dark heart of the American West with new album 'Riders Of The Setting Sun'

Photo Credit: Manon Hure

Denver’s Wayfarer will release their new album Riders Of The Setting Sun on 20th November via Vesperian, marking a bold new chapter for the acclaimed Dark Americana band. Alongside the announcement, the band have unveiled the album’s second single and video, 'Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden'. Their most accessible and expansive record to date, Riders Of The Setting Sun sees Wayfarer push their distinctive blend of American West mythology, folk, rock ’n’ roll and post-punk into darker, stranger and more cinematic territory.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/DqvV8MTppzE

Stream and pre-order Riders Of The Setting Sun here: https://tr.ee/vesperian_wayfarer

A sombre, melancholic song, ‘Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden’ follows a weary traveller wrestling with doubt, betrayal and the weight of his own mistakes as winter closes in. An epic guitar solo brings the song to its emotional peak, as he carries his hollow heart into the darkness, eventually burying it alongside his name.

For Wayfarer, the American West has never been merely a backdrop. It is a character. A memory. A wound. Formed in Denver, Colorado, the band have spent more than a decade developing a sound as vast and unforgiving as the landscape that surrounds them, building a singular strain of Dark Americana from the mythology, history and haunted beauty of the Western United States.

For the first time, Wayfarer have joined forces with visionary producer Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), with recording and mixing contributions from James Barone (Beach House) and Iver Sandøy (Enslaved). The result is a record that feels simultaneously ancient and unfamiliar, a strange collision of Western dust, nocturnal highways, widescreen guitars and songs that sound as though they have been waiting for decades to be uncovered.

It is Dark Americana, but not the sepia-toned kind. This is the America after the sunset. The ghosts. The gamblers. The drifters. The dead. The beautiful things that should probably have been left buried.

Adding further weight to the album's lineage, Riders Of The Setting Sun features a remarkable cast of collaborators including David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower, Wovenhand), Munly J Munly, Midwife and Kelly Schilling (Dreadnought), while Steve Von Till (Neurosis) provides the spoken introduction to 'The Dusklands'.

The album also features Wayfarer's own take on Kris Kristofferson's 'Casey's Last Ride', a song that sits naturally within the band's dark Americana world, its tale of loneliness, regret and a man disappearing into the night echoing the album's broader fascination with the darker corners of American mythology.

With album artwork created by celebrated artist Tony Stella, whose distinctive film-poster work has become synonymous with some of cinema's most iconic visual worlds, the artwork for Riders Of The Setting Sun feels less like an album cover than the poster for a lost Western, a film that perhaps never existed, but somehow feels familiar. It would also become one of Stella's final works before his passing earlier this year.

Riders Of The Setting Sun is therefore not simply another Wayfarer album. It is a record about endings, departures and the things we carry with us when the road finally runs out.

A record about the American West, not as postcard, but as ghost story. A record where Dark Americana rides into the sunset and doesn't look back.

Riders Of The Setting Sun
will be available on Digipak CD, cassette and vinyl LP, with the vinyl edition featuring a dedicated LP booklet and OBI strip.

Watch previous single 'Perdition's Crossing' here: https://youtu.be/R7Ukxm9qA2I

Wayfarer are:

Joe Strong-Truscelli: Guitars
James Hansen: Bass
Shane McCarthy: Vocals, guitars
Isaac Faulk: Drums

Discography:
Children Of The Iron Age (2014)
Old Souls (2016)
World’s Blood (2018)
A Romance With Violence (2020)
American Gothic (2023)

 Wayfarer online:
Instagram | Facebook | Bandcamp |Youtube

Tracklist:

1. The Dusklands - feat. Steve Von Till
2. Perdition's Crossing – feat. David Eugene Edwards
3. Black Roses & Early Graves
4. Casey's Last Ride – feat. Kelly Schilling
5. Fell Spur
6. Grey Country – feat. Munly J Munly
7. Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden    
8. Prairies Of Babylon – feat. Midwife

Riders Of The Setting Sun will be available digitally and in the following physical versions:

  • Ltd. Digipak CD

  • Ltd tape with clear-orange tape shell and full-color J-card

  • LP version with black vinyl, LP-booklet, and OBI strip

  • Ltd. LP version with picture vinyl, die-cut cover, LP-booklet, and OBI strip (500 copies)

  • Ltd. "high noon heat" LP version with red/gold-metallic splatter vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (700 copies, exclusive for Europe)

  • Ltd. "prairie twilight" LP version with orange/red merge vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (700 copies, exclusive for North America)

  • Ltd. "glowing embers" LP version with orange/gold/black splatter vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (500 copies, exclusive for North America)

  • Ltd. "barren plains" LP version with clear + black/yellow vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (300 copies, exclusive for Bandcamp Europe and the Vesperian online store)

  • Ltd. "exit wound" LP version with red/white splatter vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (300 copies, exclusive for Bandcamp US)

  •  Ltd. "Grand Mesa dawn" LP version with yellow/red ink spot vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (300 copies, exclusive for Frozen Records, France)

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