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Howl Owl Howl Return With Everybody Wants Her and a February 2027 Tour

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2 days ago

November 13, 2026

Darius Rucker singing into a microphone on stage

Three longtime friends with three defining careers in American rock are back together with new music and a run of shows. Howl Owl Howl, the supergroup of Darius Rucker, Mike Mills and Steve Gorman, have a new song out now and a seven-date tour set for February 2027.

Howl Owl Howl, the rock supergroup featuring GRAMMY-winning Hootie & the Blowfish singer and country star Darius Rucker, R.E.M. multi-instrumentalist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mike Mills and The Black Crowes co-founder and lauded media personality Steve Gorman, is back with new music, with “Everybody Wants Her” available everywhere now. The three longtime friends continue to bring their collective musical influences and decades of experience together on the new offering ahead of a just-announced Feb. 2027 run of shows.

Some 30 years in the making, the band offers what Consequence describes as “roots rock with an alternative flair, led by the raspy and expressive vocals of Rucker and fluid, flexible rhythms courtesy of Gorman and Mills.”

Written by Rucker, Gorman and Mills with Edwin McCain and Tom Bukovac, and produced by Howl Owl Howl alongside Matty Alger, “Everybody Wants Her” showcases another side of the group’s collaborative spirit following 2025’s “My Cologne.”

“We’re so happy to share this song,” enthused the trio. “It has felt, from day one, like the perfect representation of the band. The shows will be rocking and, most assuredly, rolling as well. We can’t wait!”

Alongside the new release, Howl Owl Howl will bring its music to the stage for a seven-date run in the new year. The string of shows kicks off Feb. 3 in Milwaukee, Wis., before making stops in Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; Asheville, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Knoxville, Tenn; and Memphis, Tenn. Tickets will be available to the general public via HowlOwlHowl.com beginning tomorrow, Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. local time.

Tour Dates

About Howl Owl Howl

As a true supergroup drawing on three of the most impactful careers in American rock, Howl Owl Howl is an elusive musical creature: a brand-new band with an old school rock ‘n’ roll soul. Founded by GRAMMY-winning Hootie & the Blowfish frontman/multi-Platinum country star Darius Rucker, R.E.M. co-founder/Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mike Mills and The Black Crowes co-founder and former drummer/lauded media personality Steve Gorman, Howl Owl Howl was born from friendship and the pure joy of collaboration, and is now powered by the world-class instincts of true originals who are far from done making noise. Infusing roots rock with an open-minded alternative flair, the band was 30 years in the making, matching a fluid, feel-oriented rhythm section to the barrel-chested vocal rasp of an iconic frontman. After moving in the same orbit through their hard-touring ’90s heyday, their new music captures the group’s wide range of sonic influence in melody-driven freeform style. From punchy garage rock and jangle pop to throwback soul, blues, and beyond, self-penned songs veer from deeply personal to colorful and quirky, on a set steeped in the rebellious passion and forever-young philosophy of rock…yet designed in a different phase of life. With more maturity and humility – but the same us-against-the-world swagger each member brought to their genre-defining first act – the near-mythical group hits the road again in 2027, swooping into a new era.

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

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17 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.