With their sixth album already recorded and Australian shows approaching, Alexisonfire have dropped another clue about what’s next.
Alexisonfire have shared a cryptic teaser featuring the words “BLEED IT” and the date 19 March 2027. With their sixth studio album already recorded, the Canadian post-hardcore favourites have given fans plenty to speculate about, but little in the way of answers.
The video appeared on the band’s official Instagram on Tuesday (10 November), showing its members in sepia-toned slow motion, accompanied by a spoken-word passage over low ambient feedback. It closes with “BLEED IT” in red lettering and the date 03.19.27, while the caption offers nothing beyond those same two words.
As Lambgoat reports, it’s unclear whether “BLEED IT” refers to an album, a single or something else altogether.
What is confirmed is that the follow-up to 2022’s Otherness was already well advanced months before the teaser appeared.
Speaking to Exclaim! in July, vocalist George Pettit revealed the band had spent roughly two years writing the record, including two and a half weeks recording at Sonic Ranch in Texas. Other members subsequently worked on the material in Los Angeles. At the time, the album was in the final stages of mixing, with mastering and release plans still to follow.
Pettit also made it clear the band weren’t interested in repeating themselves. Despite spending much of 2026 celebrating the 20th anniversary of Crisis, he insisted their next record would be something different.
“There are a lot of people out there who would love for us to make another Crisis,” he told Exclaim!. “But you won’t hear us make another Crisis.”
Australian fans will get the original, though. Alexisonfire are scheduled to perform Crisis in full at Good Things Festival this December, bringing the anniversary celebrations to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
And the band have already given audiences a glimpse of what’s coming next. During their second Crisis anniversary show in Toronto on 15 August, Alexisonfire debuted an unreleased track titled ‘Dogs of Chernobyl’ in the encore.
Fan-filmed footage subsequently surfaced online, although the song’s inclusion on the forthcoming album remains unconfirmed.
Watch the live debut of ‘Dogs of Chernobyl’ below.
Why 19 March Matters
The date in the “BLEED IT” teaser also falls just six days before Alexisonfire begin their next US tour.
According to Dine Alone Records’ official announcement, the band will kick off a co-headlining run with Poison the Well in Dallas on 25 March 2027, with Touché Amoré supporting throughout.
The timing is intriguing, although there’s no confirmation the teaser and tour are directly connected.
For now, Alexisonfire haven’t revealed what “BLEED IT” means or whether 19 March is a release date. But with a new record in the works and at least one unreleased song already making its live debut, there’s plenty happening beyond the anniversary celebrations.
Australian audiences will see the band first, when they bring Crisis to Good Things Festival in Melbourne on 4 December, Sydney on 5 December and Brisbane on 6 December.
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