Evergrey Architects of the New Weave

EVERGREY, Sweden's chart-topping metal poets, unleash the next chapter of their dark sonic world, transforming inner fire into something unstoppable: Their 15th (!) studio album, Architects Of A New Weave, will be released on June 5, 2026, via Napalm Records, just days before EVERGREY join heavy metal kings Iron Maiden as special guests for two select dates on their "Run For Your Lives World Tour." Architects Of A New Weave is a wake-up call, a leap into the unknown, into burning worlds and resonating guilt, only to ultimately break free with untamed power. It rejects self-pity and rises heavy and cinematic, never hiding in darkness. EVERGREY deliver an album brimming with urgency, intensity, and transformation. In addition to various exclusive formats, Architects Of A New Weave includes a bonus album with the additional tracks "Heights" and "One Heart," as well as an album mix of the previously released single "OXYGEN!" (2025). The package is rounded out by a demo version of "Longing," an instrumental version of "Leaving The Emptiness" (both new songs), a live version of the hit single "Falling From The Sun" from the previous album, Theories of Emptiness (2024), and the sequel to "Ominous" from A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) (2022). Tracks such as "The World is on Fire," "Leaving The Emptiness," "Heaven," and "The Prophecy," along with the title track "Architects Of The New Weave," allow for complete immersion in EVERGREY's sonic sphere, where choruses pierce through dark storm clouds like sunlight. Full of powerful riffs, soaring melodies, and haunting vocals, the band lays bare the truth: sometimes yearning, heavy on their shoulders, sometimes weightless, fearless, and unstoppable. Scars symbolize survival; every end contains a beginning. In the second half of the album, Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver, Cemetery Skyline) joins forces with Tom S. Englund on "A Burning Flame," their voices blending into a dialogue between two Gothenburg icons. Architects Of A New Weave was produced by Tom S. Englund and Vikram Shankar and mixed by Adam "Nolly" Getgood. Chaos doesn't claim victory--because you win. You step forward and weave together faith, identity, connection, and the shape of tomorrow into something stronger, brighter, and unbreakable. What EVERGREY conjures is melodic, progressive, and dark metal in its purest form: heavy enough to move mountains, anthemic enough to raise your fist. It carries the truth straight to your core: nothing can break you, no pain, no darkness, no storm. You possess the power to transform fragments into true beauty. Have you ever felt the inner urge--whether a loud, demanding cry or a soft whisper--to write your story on your own terms, without apologies and with full responsibility? Then Architects Of A New Weave is your soundtrack, your battle cry, and your anthem, with which you take control and shape your future. Whether it marks the beginning of a new era for EVERGREY, stands as a powerful, standalone statement, or redefines their path as a crucial bridge chapter--Architects Of A New Weave is pure motivation. It shows that EVERGREY not only survive adversity but rise above it and evolve. Every challenge, every setback, every wound becomes the oxygen that fuels their music. The darker the storm that once threatened to break them, the more powerfully they draw from that pain, transforming what hurt yesterday into the vibrant heart of their songs today.

Source: Napalm Records Website