THE SILVER Announce Sophomore Album Looking Glass Hymnal Blue, Premiere New Single "Two Candles"

The Silver have announced their sophomore full-length album, Looking Glass Hymnal Blue, due out March 20, 2026 via Gilead Media. The record follows the band's 2021 debut Ward Of Roses and expands dramatically on its fusion of black metal, post-black atmospherics, and ornate heavy metal grandeur.

More than a collection of songs, Looking Glass Hymnal Blue is conceived as an immersive, ritualistic experience. Baroque riffing swells with operatic scale, while vicious black metal shrieks from vocalist N. Duchemin cut through the grandeur with surgical intensity.

The album's first single, "Two Candles," exemplifies this duality. Opening with eerie choral textures and bass, the track erupts into a storm of tremolo riffing before pivoting into a dramatic heavy metal stomp reminiscent of classic '80s steel, filtered through modern existential dread. Clean, haunting vocals from V intertwine with Duchemin's feral screams, culminating in a deconstructed midsection and a massive, arena-sized crescendo before spiraling back into darkness.

V comments on the track: "Two Candles burn, one for each face… It is a shattering of duality, a confrontation with the shadow, and a plea for union and consummation. Musically it reflects these themes—terror and longing, ecstasy and despair—ultimately reconciling the two musical 'faces' into union. Press play, and burn with me."

According to the band, Looking Glass Hymnal Blue builds directly upon the foundation laid by Ward Of Roses, but with greater confidence, ambition, and scale. "With Ward Of Roses we were discovering ourselves in real time," says V. "With Looking Glass Hymnal Blue, we already had the blueprint. From there, the only option was to make it bigger, more fearless, and more distinctly us."

Lyrically, the album explores fractured identity, internal reflection, and dreamlike suffering. Duchemin describes the record as "a beast of many faces," with each song representing a confrontation with self, memory, or perception.

Visually, the album is brought to life by acclaimed artist Paul Romano, who fully designed the artwork and packaging. Drawing on imagery of mirrors, refraction, duality, and mythological symbolism, Romano's work completes the album's unified aesthetic vision.

Looking Glass Hymnal Blue was recorded by the band alongside Richie DeVon in Philadelphia and mixed and mastered by Damian Herring. Pre-orders are available here.