Staind have confirmed their ninth album, The Space Between The Darkness And The Light, for March 5th, 2027, sharing new single ‘Watch Me Break’ alongside the announcement.
The record arrives through Alchemy Recordings/BMG, with Erik Ron returning to produce the follow-up to 2023’s Confessions Of The Fallen. New single ‘Watch Me Break’ joins October’s ‘Ghosts’ on the ten-track album, which is now available to pre-order.
Although ‘Watch Me Break’ opens the album, it was the last song Aaron Lewis wrote for it. He said he knew he would be angry while working on it.
“It’s definitely pointed at this insane machine the music industry puts human beings in and expects them to come out normal,” Lewis said in a statement published by Revolver.
Across the album, Lewis returns to questions of faith and the conflict between light and darkness. He says some songs find him addressing God directly, with the album’s title reflecting those struggles.
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Lewis recorded the album with guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April and drummer Sal Giancarelli, working across Nashville, Los Angeles and Massachusetts, where Staind formed.
As previously reported, Mushok confirmed in May that Staind had finished a new record, although there was no firm release date at the time. It follows a much shorter wait than the 12 years between their previous two studio albums, which ended with Confessions Of The Fallen in 2023.
Speaking recently with Full Metal Jackie on KLOS’s Whiplash, as transcribed by Blabbermouth, Lewis said the new material was largely written before the band’s Break The Cycle anniversary tour. He said playing the older songs had not shaped the new material, which continues his longstanding practice of writing about personal struggles.
He described the album as heavy throughout, with perhaps one song that could qualify as a ballad, although its more aggressive moments had not been planned that way.
Pre-orders are available through Staind’s official store on CD and several coloured vinyl editions, with purchases including immediate downloads of both ‘Ghosts’ and ‘Watch Me Break’.
The Space Between The Darkness And The Light Tracklist
- Watch Me Break
- 100 Mile Stare
- Broken
- All Along
- Ghosts
- Pull Me Down
- Digging My Own Grave
- Why
- Free
- Get Away
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