French psych/blues/heavy rockers Birdstone premiere new single and lyric video »Vultures« from upcoming album »IV«
French psych/blues/heavy rock trio Birdstone premiere new single and lyric video »Vultures« taken from their upcoming studio album, »IV«, scheduled for release on October 16th, 2026 via Harpyes Records.
Tracklist:
01. No One Else
02. Blackhand
03. Largo
04. Vultures
05. Fade and Disappear
06. Swell
Courtesy of Shake Promotion:
Mysticism, heavy rock, blues rock… The formula from the flying band Birdstone, hits the mark! The track »Vultures«, accompanied by its lyrics video, is arriving this Friday, September 18th and heralds the imminent release of their new album »IV« on October 16th, 2026 via Harpyes Records.
»Vultures« officially premiered at Outlaws Of The Sun!
The band comments: “»Vultures« is like the hallucinatory swan song of a horde of sated birds of prey, continuing to revel in the carrion on which they thrive. It is a frenetic and ironic anthem, almost joyful, in which grotesque brokers, drunk with consumption, sing at the top of their lungs about the destruction of society.
Musically, the song is rooted in a mechanical effervescence, a sustained production rhythm like the industrialization of a new world that is emerging too quickly, too strongly.
With it come the first bankers, the first vultures, on a land already inhabited, on peoples rendered invisible. Let the monsters sing until they are exhausted, in the hope that their greed will reveal the emptiness it tries to cover up.”
Photo credit: Kevin Heuzard
French heavy-blues trio Birdstone unite the soulful energy of blues with the power and richness of heavy-rock. At the crossroads of mythological themes, esotericism and simple human passions, they narrates the inner struggles of human beings, as well as their mystical aspirations. Basile, Edwige and Benjamin draw their inspiration from rural life, just as the bluesmen did in the Delta in the late 19th century. Mourning, loneliness, doubt, corruption, but also rage and hope are all impulses and guides in the interweaving of the trio’s melodies and lyrics, constantly navigating between grandiloquence and intimacy.
Their debut EP »The Cage«, released in February 2017, establishes the foundations of the band’s musical universe: a kind of mystical trance, mixing the fiery spirit of rock with spiritual and religious topics. Their debut album »Seer« (February 2019) has paved the way for the band’s international development.
In 2022, just as the old world was crumbling, Birdstone released a new chapter: »Loss«.
Relentlessly and purposefully drawing inspiration from blues, soul and rock, the album »The Great Anticipation« – released in 2024 – takes The Black Angels, Greenleaf and The Devil and the Almighty Blues and puts them through the mill to create a fresh, powerful sound.
The band performed at major festivals such as Hellfest, Terres du Son and the American Tours Festival, as well as supporting acts including Mars Red Sky, TriggerFinger, Monkey3 and King Khan & The Shrines.
Birdstone’s new album »IV« will be released on October 16th, 2026 via Harpyes Records. Pre-order HERE.
Birdstone European Tour 2026-2027:
24.10.26 FR Poitiers, Le Cluricaume
29.10.26 FR Niort, Rise & Fall
31.10.26 FR Vallet, Westwill Festival
10.11.26 AT Vienna, Rhiz – Bar Modern
11.11.26 HU Budapest, Szimpla
12.11.26 CZ Brno, Metro Music Bar
13.11.26 AT Linz, Ann and Pat
14.11.26 AT Feldbach, Glam
17.11.26 DE Weimar, C.Keller
19.11.26 FE Tours, Le Temps Machine
06.02.27 FR Méobecq, Brenne Bar
11.02.27 CZ Brno, Unleaded Coffee
12.02.27 DE Passau, Zauberberg
14.02.27 FR Nantes, AK Shelter
Birdstone is:
Basile Chevalier-Coudrain – Vocals, Guitar
Edwige Thirion – Bass
Benjamin Rousseau – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well