Loathe are back, but “do you accept the invitation?”
Nearly a year on from delivering their stunning “Gifted Every Strength” single, the U.K. metalcore-expanders have now officially unveiled plans to release their first album in 6 years. Though their A Stranger to You is out in the summer, they’ve just introducing us to a groove-bombed new wrecker called “Revenant.”
While last year’s “Gifted Every Strength” possessed jazzy flourishes, outside of a microdose of ambient synth in its final seconds, “Revenant” is a monster, through-and-through. Loathe lean into dissonant kick-mosh, while Kadeem France runs his throat raw while raging on the mic “with intent to kill.” The song also features contributions from NOWHERE2RUN’s Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose, who had France hop on their “Ant in the Afterbirth” track back in 2024.
You can sample the song via the shadowy performance video up above.
The full details are pending behind A Stranger to You, but it’s confirmed to be a 14-song effort containing both “Revenant” and “Gifted Every Strength.” The album, which follows 2020’s Let It In and It Took Everything, was produced by Erik Bickerstaffe, Sean Radcliffe and Feisal El-Khazragi, with mixing assistance from Ed Al-Shakarchi.
The record also features guest spots from Static Dress, Jordan Rakei, Mansur Brown and bucki sugar, and it’s said that Loathe will twist “shoegaze, prog metal, electronics, and massive breakdowns [into] something entirely their own.”
A Stranger to You sees release July 17th via SharpTone, and exclusive vinyl pre-orders on both “Natural Black Marbled” and “Orange Transparent Black Marbled”-vinyl (limited to 500 copies each) are available in Revolver’s shop. That’d be the cover art down below.
