Chelsea Wolfe has stepped back into the shadows with the release of two new songs – The Dark and Death is Not the End, offering the first look at what’s next from one of alternative music’s most distinctive voices.
Released via Loma Vista Recordings, the tracks mark Wolfe’s first new music since 2024’s She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She and begin the rollout toward her forthcoming ninth studio album.
Built around atmosphere, transformation and tension, the release arrives wrapped in the immersive world building Wolfe has become known for across her career.
Chelsea Wolfe ‘Death is Not the End’
“Who’s this that I’ve become now
A glimpse of what’s to come down
The line, the pathless path of sound
This stranger I become now
Follow me into these violet dreams”
Collaborators
Both songs bring together an impressive list of collaborators. Death is Not the End features guitarist Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple), while The Dark pairs Wolfe with drummer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Courtney Barnett) and bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Air, Beck).
The release follows days of speculation among fans after cryptic visuals and fragments of music surfaced online through Heretic Parfum’s campaign rollout, the reveal connected Wolfe to GHOSTS, the fragrance brand’s first collaboration with a musician, with her new material forming the sonic backdrop to the campaign.
Chelsea Wolfe ‘The Dark’
Across more than a decade, Wolfe has carved out a space entirely her own, blending doom metal, folk, industrial and electronic textures into music that feels cinematic and deeply personal.
Her catalogue has seen collaborations with Chino Moreno, Xiu Xiu and Converge, placements in Game of Thrones, and soundtrack work for A24 horror film X alongside Tyler Bates.
Momentum around this next era is already building, a secret pre order released to mailing list subscribers sold out in under 30 minutes, with buyers yet to discover exactly what they secured.
Wolfe will continue unveiling new material across the northern summer before launching an extensive 43 date headline run across the US and Europe through to the end of 2026.
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