Michigan metalcore titans We Came As Romans have announced their highly anticipated new album, ‘ALL IS BEAUTIFUL…BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED’, a while ago. Time is flying fast and the release is almost upon us – Friday, August 22nd! The announcement arrived alongside the release of the album’s third single, “culture wound,” and its accompanying official music video. Following the defiant anthems “bad luck” and “no rest for the dreamer,” this track dives deep into the battle between our best and worst impulses.
“culture wound” confronts the fundamental question at the heart of human existence: are we inherently good or inherently bad? The track wrestles with the forces—both internal and external—that shape who we become, delivered through the band’s signature blend of crushing riffs and soaring melodies.
“culture wound is about taking a look inside and deciding which side of yourself is going to control your life. This song was written to question our human nature – is it inherently good or inherently selfish? Are we here to try and make something better for everyone or just survive for ourselves? All of the different “sides of ourselves” that we’ve discovered, struggled with, or left behind is really what this album is about, and our journey through all of those experiences is written in every song.”
Today, the band released the last single before the whole album will be out this Friday – “One By One”.
ALL IS BEAUTIFUL…BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED’ represents a profound creative evolution for WCAR. Born from introspection and shaped by the band’s own journey through triumph and tragedy, the album explores themes of existentialism, gratitude, loss, and the perpetual cycles of life. The record’s conceptual framework—inspired by philosophical notions of death and rebirth—manifests in its very structure, with the album looping seamlessly from end to beginning, symbolizing that endings lead to new beginnings.
The album emerged from an intensive creative process that saw the band turn inward, mining their shared experiences for authentic emotional truth. What began as a struggle to find direction after 2022’s grief-stricken, highly acclaimed ‘Darkbloom’, transformed into their most conceptually ambitious work to date. Each track ties to a specific moment or period in the band’s history, creating a sonic autobiography that spans their entire career while focusing unflinchingly on the future.
Track list:
- ALL IS BEAUTIFUL…
- bad luck
- lake of fire
- red smoke
- one by one
- culture wound
- where did you go
- no rest for the dreamer
- b2tm
- circling a dying sun
- knowing pain
- so lost (burning flowers)
- BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED
We Came As Romans will support the new album with their massive Bad Luck World Tour, the North American leg culminates in what is sure to be a historical homecoming when they play legendary venue, The Fillmore in Detroit on August 23rd, the day after the album is released. The tour then heads to Europe and the UK in the fall. The band will also appear at major festivals including Warped Tour, Inkcarceration, and When We Were Young.
BAD LUCK TOUR – EUROPE/UK
We Came As Romans
With special guests
Brand Of Sacrifice
September 26 – London, UK – Electric Brixton
September 27 – Manchester, UK – Club Academy
September 28 – Bristol, UK – Electric Bristol
September 30 – Tilburg, NL – 013
October 1 – Paris, FR – Le Trabendo
October 3 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich
October 4 – Cologne, DE – Essigfabrik
October 6 – Berlin, DE – Festsaal Kreuzberg
October 7 – Prague, CZ – Palác Akropolis
October 8 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
October 9 – Vienna, AT – Simm City
October 11 – Zurich, CH – Dynamo
October 12 – Saarbrücken, DE – Garage
October 13 – Munich, DE – Theaterfabrik
October 15 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal
Don’t miss out on being amongst the first to hear the new songs performed live. Get your tickets HERE.
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Source: Kinda Agency
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