MALEVOLENCE Push Emotional Limits With ‘Salt The Wound’ Ahead Of U.S. Tour
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Steel City’s fiercest export gets raw, melodic, and heavier than ever as they storm toward their American invasion
British metallic hardcore juggernauts MALEVOLENCE aren’t just sharpening their riffs, they’re cutting straight to the bone. The Sheffield crew has dropped their latest single, ‘Salt The Wound’, a searing fusion of vulnerability and sheer sonic weight. The track lands ahead of their new album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, set to hit on June 20 via MLVLTD and Nuclear Blast Records, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the year’s most emotionally charged releases in heavy music.
A Different Kind of Brutality
Where previous singles ‘Trenches’ and ‘If It’s All The Same To You’ hit with unrelenting ferocity, ‘Salt The Wound’ slows things down, but only to twist the knife deeper. The song leans into melody without surrendering an ounce of MALEVOLENCE’s power. Frontman Alex Taylor explained the duality in a statement that echoes the band’s evolving ethos:
“‘Salt The Wound’ is the product of us making a conscious decision to bridge the two faces of Malevolence. On one hand we have the heavy aggressive side, and on the other we have the slower melodic songs, so we wanted a song that could combine the two.”
That contrast bleeds into the track’s stunning visuals. Filmed entirely in Sheffield and its surrounding countryside, the music video showcases bleak industrial decay, crumbling abbey ruins, and vast hilltops—underscoring the band’s ties to home even as they set their sights abroad.
“From the moment I heard the guitar solo Josh had written for this song, I pictured him on a mountain top doing the solo, so we made it happen, Malev style!” Taylor adds.
Take a look at the video here:
Crossing the Atlantic
With Where Only The Truth Is Spoken on deck, MALEVOLENCE are gearing up to bring their hybrid brand of blistering riffs and hard earned introspection to U.S. audiences this summer. They’ll be joining Lamb of God and Mastodon on a massive North American run, giving stateside fans a taste of their crushing live energy.
U.S. Tour Dates
Here’s where to catch MALEVOLENCE in the flesh:
July 19 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre
July 20 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
July 21 – San Antonio, TX @ Boeing Center at Tech Port
July 23 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
July 24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
July 26 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre
July 27 – Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion
July 29 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
July 30 – Airway Heights, WA @ BECU Live at Northern Quest
August 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Great Saltair
August 2 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
August 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
August 6 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
August 7 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
August 9 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Echo Beach
August 10 – Montreal, QC @ Place Bell
August 13 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
August 14 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
August 15 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
MALEVOLENCE have long worn their steel-toed roots with pride, but Where Only The Truth Is Spoken promises to elevate their songwriting and emotional range in ways few bands in the genre dare. ‘Salt The Wound’ is more than a new track, it’s a mission statement.
