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For years,\u00a0From Ashes To New<\/strong>\u00a0has captured the hearts and minds of music listeners worldwide, making impact with a distinctive amalgam of alt metal combined with songs that bracingly capture their generation\u2019s anxieties.<\/span><\/p>\n They\u2019re a band that doesn\u2019t run from the darkness but instead embrace it. The Lancaster, PA band\u2019s streaming figures are in the billions, they\u2019ve successfully sold-out tours, and performed alongside some of the biggest names in rock. With their next album,\u00a0Reflections<\/strong>, out April 17 via Better Noise Music, the band have created 12 songs that brim with even more confidence and power than before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They have just released the album\u2019s third single, the potent \u201cVillain.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Listen to it at<\/span> Watch the video<\/span> Pre-order Reflections at<\/span> On \u201cVillain,\u201d rather than singing from the perspective of the person who knows their partner is so bad for them that it\u2019s toxic but they still stick around. Vocalist Matt Brandyberry flips the perspective. Here, he takes the other person\u2019s viewpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Villain\u2019 is a story about the magnetic pull between two people who know better, but dive in anyway,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>says Brandyberry.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s the moment when desire outweighs consequences, when you choose the chaos you swear you shouldn\u2019t want, and the \u2018bad guy\u2019 becomes the one voice you can\u2019t quiet. The song leans into that dark, intoxicating tension where temptation feels like truth, danger feels like comfort, and the line between thrill and destruction disappears. It\u2019s not about saving each other\u2026it\u2019s about surrendering to the part of yourself you pretend doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The 12-track album will mark the follow-up to 2023\u2019s\u00a0BLACKOUT<\/a>, which achieved the #1 spot on several iTunes and Spotify Rock and Metal charts across the globe. Two songs from REFLECTIONS were released last year: \u201cNew Disease,\u201d an unflinching song about the dangers of trend jumping (listen\u00a0HERE<\/a>, watch\u00a0HERE<\/a>), followed by the sonically intense and lyrically harrowing \u201cDrag Me\u201d (listen\u00a0HERE<\/a>, watch\u00a0HERE<\/a>). The latter track is the album\u2019s first song to go to radio and is just getting started on its run up the charts.<\/span><\/p>\n By late 2023, FROM ASHES TO NEW was at a creative crossroads. The group wrapped up demos for 16 songs for what was to be its fifth studio album. However, instead of sprinting towards the finish line and completing the record, the band decided to scrap those demo sessions. The process went against everything FROM ASHES TO NEW did before. Usually, they\u2019d have a set number of songs they\u2019d go into the studio with, record those songs, and maybe have one or two left over. Scrapping a session and mainly starting anew (they kept two songs) was liberating.<\/span><\/p>\n When FROM ASHES TO NEW scrapped those sessions, the band collectively knew they had to make something that remained true to their traditional sound yet broadened the tent to capture the ears and focus of a fresh audience. In this case, it means furthering the sound into alt-metal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The band\u2019s previous album, 2023\u2019s BLACKOUT, was a step in getting there and one that the band is proud of. However, this time around, FROM ASHES TO NEW has loftier expectations and goals. \u201cI wanted to take what we are good at and push it even further,\u201d<\/em> Brandyberry says. \u201cThat was the process for this whole record.\u201d<\/em> As always, the band continues to forge a strong bond with its fans. \u201cI think it\u2019s better to let people know we\u2019re right there with them and feel the same way,\u201d<\/em> he continues. \u201cJust because we have a cool job doesn\u2019t mean that life isn\u2019t hard.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n REFLECTIONS will be released as seven different configurations: CD, periwinkle vinyl, black\/white\/orchid vinyl exclusively on the band\u2019s official webstore, urchin vinyl exclusively at various indie record stores nationwide, violet\/black wave vinyl exclusively via GimmeMetal.com, silver\/black vinyl exclusively via Revolver magazine\u2019s website, and black\/white\/violet vinyl exclusively via Spotify Fans First.<\/span><\/p>\n TRACKLISTING<\/strong><\/span> CONNECT WITH FROM ASHES TO NEW<\/strong>
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1. Drag Me<\/span>
2. Forever<\/span>
3. Villain<\/span>
4. Die For You<\/span>
5. Black Hearts<\/span>
6. Upside Down<\/span>
7. (Not) Psycho<\/span>
8. Parasite<\/span>
9. New Disease<\/span>
10. Darkside<\/span>
11. Falling From Heaven<\/span>
12. Your Ghost<\/span><\/p>\n
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