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Alexisonfire Announce New Album Bleed It for March 19, 2027 and Share Lead Single “Push The River”

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16 hours ago

November 14, 2026

Alexisonfire standing together in a studio portrait: George Pettit, Dallas Green, Wade MacNeil, Chris Steele and Jordan Hastings

Canadian post-hardcore veterans Alexisonfire are back with their most adventurous record yet. Bleed It, the band’s new album, arrives March 19, 2027 via Dine Alone Records, and the band is previewing it with the lead single and video “Push The River,” out now, ahead of a 2027 co-headline tour with Poison the Well.

Thursday 12th November 2026 sees the beloved post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire announce their brand new album Bleed It, due for release on March 19th 2027 via Dine Alone Records. The announcement is led by the release of lead single and video “Push The River.”

The band comments on the new track: “Push The River” is a hopeful track, lyrically. It speaks to setting aside differences, taking accountability, and moving forward together. The music came together very naturally. This one started as a single riff that Wade brought in. We ran with it and developed it into something that feels like classic Alexisonfire — just a little more… sexy. The video is an homage to our favourite movie — Patrick Swayze’s Road House. It features a cameo by Jay Baruchel, who is an absolute legend, and was shot in Wade’s dad’s barn, the same barn where we shot the video for “The Northern” all those years ago.”

Bleed It is available to pre-order now on multiple physical formats, including CD, standard black vinyl, and web store exclusive variants such as a deluxe picture disc with a signed art card and a D2C exclusive opaque blue vinyl. Exclusive merchandise bundles are also available, and the band has launched a new D2C store as part of the rollout.

The album arrives on the heels of a landmark year for Alexisonfire. 2026 saw the band notch a #1 single at Canadian Alternative Radio and a #2 single at Canadian Active Rock Radio, release a brand new live album, and complete a sold out arena tour across Canada — further cementing their place as one of the most enduring and influential bands of their generation.

To make Bleed It, Alexisonfire — George Pettit (vocals), Dallas Green (guitar, vocals), Wade MacNeil (guitar, vocals), Chris Steele (bass) and Jordan Hastings (drums) — reunited with producer Karl Bareham, who had previously worked with the band on 2022’s Otherness. The result is an album that is arguably the band’s most adventurous record to date, featuring a huge range of material from some of the heaviest songs they have ever made through to some of the lightest and most ambient.

Speaking on the creation of the album, Wade MacNeil says: “If we keep pushing ourselves, the music will be better, and that’s what we set out to do with Bleed It. We wanted to find that magic, that spark, where you are like — ‘oh yeah, this is special.’ That, to me, is what making records should feel like, and I feel we found it over and over again while making this record.”

George Pettit adds: “There was an undeniable feeling among the band that we had something special. We had this energy of, let’s see how far we can push things, because it’s going to be way more fun than going in and making the same record again. It was kind of a mission statement for the whole process: how do we have the most fun doing this, while still being true to what our band is? We were all feeding off of that.”

Dallas Green adds: “In the past, we’ve always set out with a plan. ‘This is the sound we’re going to achieve, this is the kind of record we’re going to make.’ With this record, there was no plan. We were throwing ideas around in a room, feeding off of each other’s energy. It was a beautiful, natural thing, and I think that comes across on the record. We just kept saying, ‘Let’s see what else we could get out of this song. Let’s see how far we can push it.’ And we ended up with a track list of songs that are all very different from one another, and yet make sense as an entire body of work.”

Bleed It Track Listing

1. The World Stopped Turning
2. Push The River
3. Oblivion Wave
4. Breathe In Colour
5. The Well
6. Complicit
7. Comatose
8. Heaven Can Wait
9. No Rest
10. Bleed It

2027 Co-Headline Tour With Poison The Well

Alexisonfire and Poison the Well will hit the road together in 2027 with support from Touché Amoré. Alexisonfire closes each show unless otherwise noted.

25th March — Los Angeles, CA — The Wiltern *
26th March — San Francisco, CA — The Masonic *
28th March — Portland, OR — Moda Center *
29th March — Seattle, WA — Paramount Theatre *
31st March — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union Event Center *
1st April — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom *
3rd April — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory *
4th April — Chicago, IL — The Salt Shed *
6th April — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount *
7th April — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
9th April — Toronto, ON — Coca-Cola Coliseum ^
10th April — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit ^
12th April — Philadelphia, PA — The Met Philadelphia ^
13th April — Washington, DC — The Anthem ^
15th April — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy ^
16th April — Orlando, FL — Walt Disney Theater ^
17th April — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^

* = Poison the Well closes. ^ = Alexisonfire closes. Support from Touché Amoré.

Alexisonfire are the only band to have won a JUNO Award with all independently released albums and a radio hit on each album. Since forming in Ontario, Canada in 2001, the band has achieved platinum certification in Canada and gold in Australia, with over half a billion global streams. Across five full-length albums and multiple EPs, they have built one of the most loyal and enduring fanbases in heavy music.

EMPATH, Built From Volbeat, Rising And Anti-Ritual Members, Drop Their Self-Titled Debut Album

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16 hours ago

November 14, 2026

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EMPATH's four members in a black and white portrait against a dark background

Copenhagen has a new heavy rock band with serious pedigree. EMPATH, formed by members of Volbeat, Rising and Anti-Ritual, have released their self-titled debut album today, November 13th, on Indisciplinarian — a dark and dreamy take on heavy rock built on atmosphere, melody and crushing dynamics.

EMPATH is the sound of a new, dark and dreamy heavy rock band from Copenhagen, Denmark — one that revolves around atmosphere, presence and empathy. The constellation may be new, but the four members carry solid experience from bands such as Volbeat, Rising and Anti-Ritual.

In a digital and efficiency-driven age, where humanity is increasingly giving way to mechanical coldness, EMPATH — as the name suggests — is about presence, empathy and humanity. This ethos runs like a common thread through the band’s self-titled debut album, released today, November 13th, 2026, on LP, CD, cassette and digital formats via Indisciplinarian.

Across nine songs, EMPATH blends elements of progressive metal, doom, sludge and post-rock into a sound that is as dreamy and melodic as it is heavy and riff-driven. The music was recorded live with producer Lasse Ballade (Halshug, Slægt, Eyes) at Ballade Studios in Copenhagen, with vocals tracked at Grapehouse Studios by Morten Grønnegaard. Ballade also handled mix and mastering, while the artwork was created by illustrator Jon Gotlev (Nohr).

The album was first introduced by the single “Waves,” followed by “Vessel,” both pointing toward the band’s balance of melodic clarity and dense, riff-driven weight. EMPATH plays its debut show on December 11th at Hotel Cecil in Copenhagen.

EMPATH Track Listing

1. In Absence
2. Waves
3. Vessel
4. In Formation
5. In Bloom
6. In Thought
7. In Dissent
8. In Memory
9. In Return

Before forming EMPATH, guitarist/vocalist Morten Grønnegaard played with Volbeat on the albums Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies and Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie. Bassist Christian Qvortrup played in the epic doom metal band Rising, while drummer Jakob Krogholt toured and recorded with Anti-Ritual.