Boundaries are back in full force, announcing their new album ‘Yearning: the unbeautiful after’, set for release on July 17th via Sumerian Records, alongside the punishing new single ‘Death will follow me’.
If last year’s ‘Death Is Little More’ hinted at where the Connecticut band were heading, this feels like them doubling down, big time.
Grief at the core
There’s weight behind this one, not the usual metalcore theatrics, but something more personal and harder to shake.
“This time last year was one of significant sorrow for this band and many others,” vocalist Matthew McDougal explains (per press release).
“The tragic accident that took the lives of our friends so suddenly has since had us in a state of perpetual mourning. The evidence of such and of life’s unforgivable violence is found throughout this newest album. ‘Death will follow me’ merely begins to scratch the surface of this concept and its grief ripples throughout this entire record.”
It’s not just aggression for aggression’s sake, there’s something colder sitting underneath it.
Boundaries – Death will follow me (Official Music Video)
No interest in playing it safe
Working with producer Drew Fulk in late 2025, the band have shaped what sounds like their most focused release yet, fourteen tracks, no filler, and no interest in softening the edges (the way we like it).
“With the record, we aimed to be uncompromising and really plant our flag,” McDougal says.
“As more time passes, heavy music continues to lose its teeth. This genre is supposed to be threatening; it should have an edge and make you feel something. We tried to create an album with urgency.”
That frustration isn’t new, but here it feels sharpened into something deliberate.
What ‘Yearning’ actually means
The title isn’t just aesthetic, it cuts deeper into how the band are framing the record:
“The title, Yearning, is base level. What do you want from life, relationships, or whatever you spend time on? Time is the only resource with any real value; it’s the only thing you can’t get more of.”
He continues: “The subtitle, the unbeautiful after, refers to the eventuality of what you’ve spent your time doing. The main questions are ‘What did you give yourself to? What is important to you? Where did it lead you?’”
Features and release details
The album pulls in guest spots from Landon Tewers (The Plot In You) and Make Them Suffer, tying it neatly back into the heavier end of the current scene.
‘Yearning: the unbeautiful after’ lands July 17th, with pre-orders already live across vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats.
Boundaries ‘‘Yearning: the unbeautiful after’ Tracklist
- Malconscience
- Skies cast amber black
- May this pain never leave
- Torn wide open (ft. Make Them Suffer)
- Bitter ash, bitter love
- Unequal whole
- Death will follow me
- The leper’s ball
- Crowned and crucified (ft. Landon Tewers)
- Wasted angel
- Evidence of extinction
- Nothing, gathered
- Only endless
- Yearning: the unbeautiful after
Where this leaves Boundaries
There’s a lot of bands talking about keeping heavy music dangerous, fewer actually sound like they mean it, Boundaries might be one of the few still trying to prove it.
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