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A new Ceremony song

Posted by Loren on April 20, 2026

A new Ceremony song
photo by Joe Calixto

Ceremony, coming off a set at Coachella 2026, has sahred their first new song in five years: "Other Hells."

“‘Other Hells’ started as a meditation on the dualistic arts and the interplay of opposing forces in our lives: awake/asleep, physical/spiritual, inhale/exhale," vocalist Ross Farrar says in a statement from Relapse Records. "This is a constant theme in the work of Ceremony; beauty juxtaposed with the intensity of aggressive music, seeking to create a single, cohesive work through audible, visual, and structural elements. Amid the ongoing rise in politics that lean on tribalism and polarizing rhetoric in an attempt to divide, the song responds by aiming to unify, using punk's great liberatory force: the slam." 

The band, and Relapse, released Live at the Hollywood Palladium earlier this year. They'll be at Hellfest this June.

CEREMONY Tour Dates

Fri. June 19 - Clisson, FR @ Hellfest

A new Ceremony song
photo by Joe Calixto

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