Fatal Switch have announced Black Sky Anthem, their second full-length record, due June 26, 2026. The Montreal nu-metal band recorded the album at Uplift Recording Studios with producer Kevin Jardine, who has worked with members of Korn, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Faith No More, Mastodon, and Sepultura, among others. Jardine is perhaps best known as a founding member of Slaves on Dope.
The album is the first Fatal Switch record written and recorded with a fixed lineup: Steve Tobin on vocals, Ralph A. Samah on drums, David Vigliotti on bass, and Max Rope on guitar. The band wrote and discarded over 50 songs during the process before arriving at the final tracklist. The lyrical range is wide, covering corporate corruption (“STFU”), betrayal (“Break”), grief (“Between You and I”), Nietzschean philosophy (“OVERMAN”), and institutional failure (“What Would a Hero Do?”).
Alongside the announcement, the band have released a new single, OVERMAN x Scott Storch. Storch, a veteran producer with credits across Dr. Dre, Beyoncé, and The Roots, co-wrote the track. “Working with Scott Storch brought that concept into focus in a way we couldn’t ignore,” the band said of the collaboration. Two earlier singles, Apex and B-R-E-A-K, have already been out since earlier this year.
Fatal Switch’s debut, Doctors & Demons, landed the band Stingray Loud rotation, festival spots at Canadian Music Week and Indie Week, and a commissioned theme for Apex Wrestling. Black Sky Anthem arrives with considerably more infrastructure behind it.
Pre-orders are open now.
