From Ashes to New – Reflections Tour 2027

By late 2023, From Ashes to New was at a creative crossroads. The group wrapped up demos for 16 songs for what was to be its fifth studio album. However, instead of sprinting towards the finish line and completing the record, the band decided to scrap those demo sessions.

 

“For a year, it was just like, ‘This is terrible,’” From Ashes to New frontman Matt Brandyberry says. “And then we threw it all in the trash.”

 

The process went against everything From Ashes to New did before. Usually, they’d have a set number of songs they’d go into the studio with, record those songs, and maybe have one or two leftover. Scrapping a session and mainly starting anew (they kept two songs) was liberating.

 

For years, From Ashes to New has captured the hearts and minds of music listeners worldwide. The band’s streaming figures are in the billions, they have successfully sold out tours, and they have performed alongside some of the biggest names in rock. Yet even so, something wasn’t working, and it forced them to dig deep creatively.

 

When From Ashes to New scrapped those sessions, the band collectively knew they had to make something that remained true to their traditional sound, yet broadened the tent to capture the ears and focus of a fresh audience. In this case, it means furthering the sound into alt-metal. 

 

Once From Ashes to New had its Eureka moment, the group sat down and had the most successful sessions of its career. Tearing through a five-week tracking process, the newly armed confidence is clear throughout the songs that will encompass its next album, titled Reflections. Making an album unlike any they’ve done before helped keep their perspective fresh.  

 

Thematically, Reflections explores two distinct themes: heaven and hell, while taking a deep look inside oneself. The album revolves around the idea of falling from grace and trying to reach a place in life that feels like you’ve made it, only to be dragged right back down to a purgatory where that state is the present. 

 

This is reflected in “Drag Me,” a rollicking track that features a chorus unlike anything the band has done before. The lyrics focus on what happens when you give in to all your negative thoughts. The pulsating, industrial-driven beat of “New Disease” sees the band at its most urgent, with every word and note keeping listeners on edge.

 

It continues throughout Reflections, in particular on songs like the deeply personal “Forever,” its companion track, the emotionally intense “Die for You,” a song about feeling like you’ve done everything you can for someone, and it’s still not good enough, and ends in betrayal. and the Brandyberry-charged “Villains.” The songs see From Ashes to New at its creative pinnacle. Infectious melodies, intense instrumental breakdowns that create a cinematic element unlike any of the band’s previous work.