US heavy psych rockers M.E.L.T. to release first live album »5YBOM: Live At The Sanctuary« on November 20th; live video for »Shame« streaming now!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based heavy psych rock trio M.E.L.T. has announced their first live album, »5YBOM: Live At The Sanctuary«, scheduled for release on November 20th, 2026.
Watch a live video for the track »Shame« below!
Tracklist:
01. Ride
02. I Thought I Was Alone
03. Problem Child
04. Chemical Warrior
05. Innervate / Obliterate
06. Volcano
07. Empire Of The Swine
08. Skeleton Girl / Swamp Water
09. Tranquilized
10. Shame
11. Sight To See
12. Alien Parade
13. Sword Or The Scepter / The Future / Hive Mind
14. Gnomeskull
15. Reanimator
Says the band: “After months of spectral reconstruction and nucleomagnetic stabilization, mission control has authorized the declassification of »5YBOM: Live At The Sanctuary«, a monumental document containing the first absolute omniphonic capture of neurosonic data emitted from the mothership’s terrestrial laboratory. Intergalactic digital deployment is scheduled for November 20, 2026 to coincide with the flight crew’s final atmospheric descent of Earth year 2026 at Spirit.
On the evening of July 25, 2026, the flight crew, an expedition of mission specialists, and astral voyagers from across the known universe achieved a state of collective hypercortical synchrony through a volatile confluence of protonic riffage, biogravitational ultrarhythms, and pyschofuzznautic resonance of sufficient magnitude to permanently alter the Sanctuary’s atomic architecture.
Through the production alchemy of Nate Campisi, the aptitudinal calibration of mastering physicist Just-Records, and the cosmochromic design of Em, the resulting relic preserves the sound and consciousness of the Sanctuary, immortalizing an epoch of flight crew experimentation. Program temporal cellular alignment with stardate November 20, 2026, permeate the waveform, and prepare to get melted.”
Pre-order: abandcalledmelt.bandcamp.com
M.E.L.T. is a Pittsburgh-based fuzz rock band formed by Joey Troupe, JJ Young, and James May – three seasoned musicians with a diverse range of experience in the music industry. In 2021, M.E.L.T. released their self-titled debut and performed live for the first time, quickly making a name for themselves in Pittsburgh music for their lively stage presence and extraterrestrial-inspired aesthetic.
All songs written and performed by M.E.L.T.
Recorded live at Mr. Smalls Sanctuary, Pittsburgh, PA on July 25, 2026.
Engineered and Mixed by Nate Campisi, Mr. Smalls Recording
Mastered by Dan Yost, Just Records
M.E.L.T. is:
Joey Troupe – Guitar
James May – Bass
J.J. Young – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well