BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘LORE’ AHEAD OF UK RELEASE TOUR
BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE create huge, memorable rock music that combines heavy-hitting savagery with intense melodic beauty. Their technical, fearlessly complex grooves and gigantic sing-along choruses have already earned them a widespread fanbase. A ferociously tight live band, BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have toured Europe and the UK extensively, supporting Skunk Anansie, HED P.E, INME, Cellar Darling and Black Map as well as festival slots at Download, Standon Calling, Tech Fest, Mangata Festival, Teddy Rocks and Planet Rockstock. Following on from album releases with Long Branch Records and Season Of Mist, the band recently signed with Year Of The Rat Records landing support from BBC Radio 1, Spotify, Apple Music, Knotfest, Metal Hammer, PROG, and Kerrang and now release their new album ‘LORE’ on the 8th May 2026 ahead of a full UK release tour.
Paul Visser on ‘Skinwalker’ “This tune is one of the faster and more punchy tracks from LORE and it just seemed like the perfect statement of intent to open the album with. We love the riffs but the super melodic second verse is one of our favourite moments as a band. The song references the mythology surrounding Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, written from the point of view of one of the strange, shape-shifting creatures that people have reported sighting there. We really hope you enjoy this track and LORE as a whole journey – we think it represents some of our most focussed work so far, and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed making it as savage and as beautiful as possible.”
Catch the band on their upcoming UK release shows –
21 May 2026 – Derby, UK – The Victoria Inn
22 May 2026 – Leeds, UK – Boom
23 May 2026 – Birmingham, UK – Scruffy Murphys
24 May 2026 – Cheltenham, UK – Frog and Fiddle
28 May 2026 – Cardiff, UK – Fuel
29 May 2026 – Guildford, UK – The Star
30 May 2026 – Bournemouth, UK – Bear Cave
31 May 2026 – London, UK – New Cross Inn
Check out our 10/10 review of Black Orchid Empire’s amazing album ‘LORE’ HERE
BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE – Tristar
BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE – Scissormouth
BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE – The Labyrinth
BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE – Mirrorman
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