Metalcore band POISON THE WELL have officially returned with Peace In Place, their first new studio album in more than 15 years. The record arrives March 20 via SharpTone Records and marks a powerful new chapter for one of the most influential bands in heavy music.
Alongside the album announcement, the band has released the video for the new single “Thoroughbreds”, a track that captures everything fans have long associated with POISON THE WELL. From urgent, riff-driven intensity to soaring melodies and crushing breakdowns, the song reflects both the band’s legacy and their renewed creative fire.
Vocalist Jeffrey Moreira describes the emotional weight behind the reunion and the record. “Joining Poison the Well at 18 and chasing music shaped how I approach life. Coming back 16 years later, unsure if I could still do what I once left behind, only reinforced how strong our bond is and how much this band has given me. I’m grateful to do this again with my friends, and to share a record made with honesty, intention, and connection at its core.”
“Thoroughbreds” explores the strain that builds within lifelong bonds. “Beasts of burden are hard to break, not because they’re strong, but because they’re stubborn. ‘Thoroughbreds’ is about realizing that some lifelong bonds don’t fail early; they fail after you believed they were there to stay,” Moreira explains.
As a full statement, Peace In Place is the band’s most intense and emotionally charged work to date. Moreira says the album is fueled by years of unexpressed tension, frustration, and heartbreak that built up during the group’s long absence. “Peace In Place is probably the most pissed record we’ve ever made. After stepping away from Poison the Well, it felt like all the emotion from that time, frustration, heartache, disappointment, compressed into something heavy and unavoidable. But anger isn’t what drives us. Connection is. This record lives across that entire spectrum.”
The album artwork was created in collaboration with Frank Maddocks, known for his work with Linkin Park and Deftones, adding another layer of visual identity to the band’s long-awaited return.
POISON THE WELL first reshaped metalcore with their landmark 1999 debut The Opposite of December… A Season of Separation, a release that remains one of the most celebrated and influential albums in the genre’s history. Their impact only deepened with later releases like You Come Before You, and despite going on hiatus after 2009’s The Tropic Rot, their influence has only grown through decades of touring, reissues, and millions of streams worldwide.
Now reunited and reenergized, the band channels the spirit of their classic material through a more seasoned and emotionally raw perspective on Peace In Place, proving that their voice in heavy music remains as vital as ever.
Peace In Place will be released March 20 via SharpTone Records.
Peace In Place Track Listing:
- Wax Mask
- Primal Bloom
- Thoroughbreds
- Everything Hurts
- Weeping Tones
- A Wake Of Vultures
- Bad Bodies
- Drifting Without End
- Melted
- Plague Them The Most
POISON THE WELL are:
Jeffrey Moriera – Vocals
Ryan Primack – Guitar
Vadim Taver – Guitar
Christopher Hornbrook – Drums
Noah Harmon – Bass