Sunk Loto Launch Into New Era With Single 'Dead Shadows'

It’s a new year and time to enter a new era for Sunk Loto.

The Australian metal pioneers have just dropped their new single, Dead Shadows—their first taste of new music since 2024’s God Complex—which marks the first music video to feature the band since 2003.

Produced by Sunk Loto and heavy hitter Forrester Savell—known for his works with Karnivool, Make Them Suffer, and Animals As Leaders—with engineering by Luke Palmer (Dead Letter Circus, Boo Seeka), Dead Shadows is packed with interesting guitar melodies and plenty of intensity that the band is known for.

“Following the Between Birth and Death 20-year anniversary tour in late 2023, we got back together early in 2024 with a handful of ideas that quickly turned into four new tracks, including Dead Shadows,” the band commented in a statement.

They continued, “We headed into the studio with Forrester Savell to bring them to life soon after. Dead Shadows felt like the right first single after a few years away. It sits right in that space between where we’ve come from and where we’re heading, and it really lets Jas’ vocals shine.

“We’re looking forward to sharing some new music after 30 years as a band.”

You can check out the single below.

Sunk Loto are touring in support of Dead Shadows in August with a sold-out, intimate run across the East Coast.

Back in March, the band teased that more new music is on the way, which fans will hear on the Dead Shadows run. “We’re going to be playing a spread of old and new, songs we haven’t played live in years, our new single and more from the forthcoming release,” they said. “We can’t wait, see you there!”

Following their formation in 1997, Sunk Loto released two albums – 2000’s Big Picture Lies and 2003’s Between Birth And Death – before disbanding in 2007.

After a 15-year hiatus, Sunk Loto resurfaced in 2022 and played a short run of shows along the East Coast. In August 2023, they announced that guitarist and co-founder Luke McDonald was no longer in the band, and a few weeks later, revealed that I Built The Sky’s Ro Stevenson had joined the band as a full-time lead guitarist.

In October 2023, Sunk Loto released the single The Gallows Wait, their first new music in almost 20 years. A year later, they dropped the track God Complex.

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