Polyphia Unveil 5th Album

2026-08-28 by John Marinakis CONTRIBUTOR | 25 Comments
Polyphia will release their fifth studio album, Be Not Afraid on October 23 through Rise Records.

Created during sessions in Miami, Los Angeles and Dallas throughout 2024 and 2025, the record follows 2022's Remember That You Will Die. Polyphia worked alongside co-producer RJ Pasin and guitarist Spiro Dussias, adopting a more collaborative approach that saw the entire band develop ideas together in the studio.

Musically, Be Not Afraid combines progressive metal, electronic music and house rhythms while exploring the opposing forces of good and evil. Tim Henson described it as the band's most meaningful record, moving between uplifting passages and moments he finds genuinely frightening.

The announcement is accompanied by Power in the Blood, the album's second single following June's Can You Feel It. Its Caleb Young-directed video was filmed inside the São Francisco da Penitência Church in Rio de Janeiro, placing the band against the building's ornate Baroque interior.




The tracklist is:
1. Let There Be Light
2. With Eyes to See
3. Screwtape
4. Power in the Blood
5. They Know Not What They Do
6. Mark of the Beast
7. Can You Feel It
8. Near Death
9. J-Bomb
10. Deny the Flesh
11. Devil Get Behind Me
12. Fear God

https://www.rocking.gr/news/polyphia-announce-new-album-release-new-single-details/46647

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Epicenter
August 28th 2026
292 Comments


I'm hoping the production on the rest of the album is better than on this single, cause Jesus Fucking Christ, it sounds absolutely awful with that bass overriding everything. It's damn near impossible to discern anything else going on in the song.

Futures
Staff Reviewer
August 29th 2026
19212 Comments


this is one of the worst things i've ever heard in my life

Kusangii
August 29th 2026
9269 Comments


Wow that was terrible. What the fuck is this drum sound

OwMySnauze
August 29th 2026
2837 Comments


More pretentious unlistenable garbage… they gotta be a music industry plant at this point. That single can make ears bleed literally at high volume.

Kusangii
August 29th 2026
9269 Comments


That's genuinely one of the worst production jobs I have ever heard. What were they thinking?

Josh D.
August 29th 2026
18839 Comments


Good lord what a hot pile of shit.

Josh D.
August 29th 2026
18839 Comments


Not that anything they've ever put out is good, but this is like they listened to what Avenged Sevenfold just put out and said "hold my beer"

MO
August 29th 2026
24367 Comments


this band is the definition of a one trick pony, and its not even a very good trick

JayEnder
August 29th 2026
23603 Comments


Noodly guitars over a generic hip hop beat woah really breaking new ground here guys

The drums don't even sound real lol

Emim
August 29th 2026
40440 Comments


Band has always pissed me off

BAT
August 29th 2026
2437 Comments


i don't mind more electronic-centric production, buuut that mix is sounds like a cheap laptop speaker or likee, when your friends friend wants to show everyone their car stereo and it's just trebly bullshit but you don't want to kill the vibe cause he thinks it's great

Durrzo
August 29th 2026
3754 Comments


Absolutely heinous production, that bass is genuinely some of the most offensive shit I've ever heard. Actually unlistenable.

Doesn't help that they're still doing their some old obnoxious thing. I think Muse is a good album, but everything after is just soulless wank.

CatfishSoup
August 29th 2026
391 Comments


Man, all the musicians are top notch IMO...but this production ain't it. In a world where AI slop is running rampant, this kind of sound feels so artificial. What the hell is with the Call of Duty Montage bass boosting? It's like you're listening to a subwoofer from a car down the road. Awful.

keaton_86
August 29th 2026
1715 Comments


All their songs sound the same to me and they're all kinda forgettable.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
August 29th 2026
19241 Comments


the bass sounds like a fart machine. the production on this is something else. song is terrible to boot.

Gfunk839
August 29th 2026
732 Comments


I try steer away from overly critical commentary on this site about music that I don't even care about. But if we are talking about this or Statica - hold my beer. Genuinely awful. I feel like no one should listen to this, ever.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
August 29th 2026
19241 Comments


feels like an arms race for who can achieve the shittiest production in 2026



Gfunk839
August 29th 2026
732 Comments


"We are so good at playing our instruments, we have nowhere left to go. That's why we started using the the chirpy sound of bass clipping as a new texture in our mix." - Polyphia, Probably

Epicenter
August 29th 2026
292 Comments


I generally like Polyphia's music and there's certainly a scintilla of quality that is barely detectable here, but they need to get a producer that isn't RJ Pasin. They just do not mesh well and they need to not sign off of an obviously botched production job.

Beardog
August 29th 2026
7038 Comments


yeah this production is horrible

Verdr
August 29th 2026
175 Comments


Yes this sounds really terrible, but at least it's not AI

PickleVai17
August 29th 2026
319 Comments


For being such a talented band, I'm baffled that they sat in the studio listening to this absolute piece of shit song and thought "it's perfect!" I've lost a lot of respect for this band after hearing this garbage.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
August 29th 2026
30278 Comments


not music

ConorIsNotHere
August 29th 2026
1379 Comments


Statica doesn't seem that bad now

gravityswitch
August 29th 2026
2613 Comments


lmao those drums



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