POISON THE WELL Announces First Record Since 2009, Streams "Thoroughbreds"

After more than a decade and a half of silence, Poison the Well are officially back. The metalcore titans have announced Peace In Place, their first new album since 2009's The Tropic Rot, set for release on March 20 via SharpTone Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have unveiled the album's first single, "Thoroughbreds," accompanied by a stark new music video directed by Chris Candy.

For a band whose influence looms large over modern hardcore and metalcore, Peace In Place feels less like a reunion and more like a reckoning. Vocalist Jeffrey Moreira, who originally joined Poison the Well at just 18 years old, describes the return as both uncertain and reaffirming.

"Coming back 16 years later — unsure if I could still do what I once left behind — only reinforced how strong our bond is and how much this band has given me," he says. "This record was made with honesty, intention and connection at its core."

That sense of hard-earned clarity courses through "Thoroughbreds," a song built around the slow realization that not all bonds fail quickly—some fracture only after years of assumed permanence.

"Beasts of burden are hard to break — not because they're strong, but because they're stubborn," Moreira explains. It's a theme that resonates deeply for a band whose history is inseparable from endurance, friction, and emotional weight.

As an album, Peace In Place channels those emotions into what Moreira calls "probably the most pissed record we've ever made." Frustration, disappointment, and heartache surface throughout the record, but anger alone isn't the endpoint. "Connection is," Moreira says. "Sometimes that connection starts in darker places, and having an outlet for those emotions is how we find our way forward."

The album follows 2024's surprise standalone single "Trembling Level," Poison the Well's first new song in 15 years, which signaled that the band's return wasn't just nostalgic — it was purposeful. Around the same time, the group officially welcomed bassist Noah Harmon and guitarist Vadim Taver as full members after years of collaboration, further solidifying the lineup.

Last year also saw Poison the Well celebrate the 25^th anniversary of their landmark debut, The Opposite Of December… A Season Of Separation, with a massive tour where they performed the album in full each night. Supported by Glassjaw, Better Lovers, and Teenage Wrist, the tour reaffirmed the band's lasting impact on heavy music — and made clear there was still unfinished business.