Holy Wars have returned with the hauntingly cinematic new single “Ceremony.” The latest track touches on dark meditations of sacrifice, where devotion and self-erasure blur into ritual, before quietly questioning the cost of surrender. Sonically “Ceremony” is a whirlwind experience, weaving pummeling guitar riffs, driving rhythms pulsating synths and dynamic crescendos behind vocalist Kat Leon’s soaring and impassioned vocals that reach for the stars. Stream the new single here.
“Ceremony” arrives alongside the official announcement of the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album Shadow Work/Light Work, due for release on April 24th, 2026 via Pale Chord/Rise Records BMG. This new chapter follows the band’s incendiary late 2023 EP Cult Classic, and finds the band at their most grandiose form yet.
Shadow Work/Light Work is a concept record on grief and overcoming trauma, while returning to the band’s darker and more vulnerable roots and ushering in a new era of hope, light, and ultimately triumph over tragedy. The album title represents a powerful duality of light and dark within the record, both lyrically and thematically. This also extends to the sonic nature of the record, with tracks spanning the heaviest material of their career to date, paired equally with some of their most tender, uplifting, and melodically rich compositions yet, all while remaining entirely cohesive.
In a world where it is often easy to become numb, Holy Wars want you to feel everything on Shadow Work/Light Work and upon the first listen, it will be clear that Holy Wars have finally arrived, and it is only a matter of time before they reach the stratosphere.
SHADOW WORK/LIGHT WORK out April 24th
Tracklist:
Side A: Shadow Work
1. O Death
2. I Feel Everything
3. Shadowalker
4. Crucify
5. Skin Deep
6. I.F.O.Y.G.
Side B: Light Work
7. Proof of Existence
8. Kill The Light
9. Ceremony
10. Everything You
11. Holy Unholy12. Metamorphosis
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