Greyborn release new single and live session video for »Lonely Promises«; debut album »Insoluble« out November 20th via Mrs Red Sound & F2M Planet!
Limoges, France based heavy rockers Greyborn have released a live session video for the second single »Lonely Promises« taken from their debut album, »Insoluble«, due out on November 20th, 2026 via Mrs Red Sound and F2M Planet.
Tracklist:
01. Lonely Promises
02. Insoluble
03. Daffodils & Aftermaths
04. Silk Parade
05. Cold Metal Bowels
06. Sulfur Seeding
07. Ghost Pelt
Greyborn commented: “Our new single »Lonely Promises« is available now on all streaming platforms! We also shot and recorded a live session back in March 2026 that you can watch on YouTube. »Lonely Promises« is the opening track of our upcoming album »Insoluble«, out November 20 through Mrs Red Sound and F2M Planet. And it is now available for pre-order.
»Lonely Promises« regrets the rift between us that we so rarely manage to heal. Whether they be personal, between friends, within families or indeed… social – and this is, sadly, a very topical issue. It is an uncomfortable exercise to talk about a subject as self-centered as our music whilst serious events are unfolding in France. We are shy people and we rarely express our thoughts in public. But the fact your people are directly affected hits home, and to take this modest opportunity to speak out whilst ignoring it would have been deeply schizophrenic.
This is the first song we wrote after our previous guitar player announced his departure, so it is somehow one of our cornerstones. It’s also one of our flag-bearers cause it contains emotions that seem to resonate within us, melancholy, biterness, and a latent wrath – that finally explodes at the end of the song. »Lonely Promises« is about feeling we’re at a crossroads, feeling that ways are on the point to be parted. It’s about fear of letting things drift away. About the biterness of abandonning what we knew, about the will and envy of moving forward with confidence.”
Photo credit: Florent Pinsault
Courtesy of Shake Promotion:
Greyborn’s cold, disillusioned heavy rock is being released as a full-length album for the very first time! Following two brilliant EPs, the band have signed to Mrs Red Sound and announced the release of their debut album »Insoluble« on November 20th, 2026.
As a major milestone in Greyborn’s history, the new album »Insoluble« marks a lineup change: drummer-vocalist Théo Jude has swapped his drums for a guitar. The project takes on a whole new depth and seems to reveal far greater potential. Greyborn’s new album »Insoluble« skilfully straddles the boundary between different styles without ever wavering or veering into nonsense. The solid heavy foundation – at times doom, at times psychedelic, and even metal – is enhanced by clean vocals in a 90′ style. »Insoluble« has struck the right balance between simplicity and complexity, between impact and atmosphere. Themes of the ego, of abandoning oneself and others, of disappearance and fading away, feature prominently throughout the album.
»Insoluble« was recorded by Théo Jude and Guillaume Barrou, assisted by Thomas Marchand and Alexis Bardet, and mixed by Théo Jude. The mastering was handled by Thibault Chaumont of Deviant Lab.
Much like the album it represents, Greyborn’s new track »Cold Metal Bowels« straddles genres, featuring clear, pop-rock, 90-inspired vocals, yet with instrumentation that sounds purely stoner, doom and metal. The disenchantment is obvious and reflected in the meticulous crafting of atmospheres and themes, blurring the lines between reality and imagination. The apparent coherence is never quite what it seems.
Guitarist and singer Théo Jude explains: “In Greyborn, we aim to find our balance between pop and ‘metal’, between simplicity and complexity, between efficiency and atmosphere, melody and rhythm. Instinctively, the theme that emerged for »Cold Metal Bowels« is the concept of emptiness. Like many people, I feel trapped in a society and a system that I don’t understand but of which I am inevitably a part. To try and portray this lack of faith, this disillusionment, this feeling of being trapped with no possible escape, Seb and I decided to depict lonely characters, lost in everyday settings that have been rendered empty and strange.”
Greyborn emerged in 2021 from that space between light and darkness, somewhere amidst the damp, mineral-like chill of Limoges. Led at the time by a drummer-vocalist, the band forged its own balance, shaping its raw materials: crushing heaviness, contemplative violence, epic melodies, and hypnotic atmospheres that were by turns sombre and radiant.
»Leeches«, their debut EP released in 2022, saw them play around thirty gigs in France alongside Mondo Generator, Nebula, My Diligence, Pogo Car Crash Control… »Leeches« was followed by a second EP in March 2024, »Scars«. From »Leeches« to »Scars«, these releases weave a chronology and a causal link between the themes of the two EPs. Matthieu Giordano of The Heavy Chronicles listened to »Scars« and wrote that “the trio’s music intensifies with this second EP, which boasts a massive, raw sound. Full of heaviness and rage, more disjointed and yet just as refined, it’s the gifted and carefree little brother to »Leeches«. Grittier and far more confident in its spontaneity and stoner roots, this second effort pushes all the knobs into the red.”
In 2025, drummer-vocalist Théo Jude became guitarist-vocalist and, after a few gigs that cemented the new line-up, Greyborn recorded their debut album. Retaining the influences of their previous EPs, »Insoluble« also reveals a darker, more melancholic and aggressive face. It comes out on November 20th 2026, on Mrs Red Sound (vinyl, digital) and F2M Planet (CD).
Pre-orders available at THIS LOCATION.
Studio lineup:
Théo Jude – Guitar, Drums, Vocals
Guillaume Barrou – Bass, Backing Vocals
Live lineup:
Théo Jude – Guitar, Vocals
Guillaume Barrou – Bass, Backing Vocals
Thomas Marchand / Florian Olives-Demerson – Drums (rotating depending on the date)
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