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Following their biggest year in over three decades together, GRAMMY® Award-nominated, multiplatinum, and iconic Massachusetts rock band STAIND proudly present their ninth full-length studio album, The Space Between The Darkness And The Light, out March 5, 2027 via Alchemy Recordings/BMG.
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Today, they draw audiences deeper into this space with the release of a crushing new single entitled “Watch Me Break“out now.
Listen HERE. Watch the visualizer here.
The group — Aaron Lewis [vocals, guitar], Mike Mushok [lead guitar], Johnny April [bass, backing vocals], and Sal Giancarelli [drums] — crafted the record alongside producer Erik Ron [Godsmack, Bad Omens, Papa Roach] who helmed 2023’s acclaimed Confessions Of The Fallen. In the middle of achieving massive TikTok virality and selling out their entire 2026 arena run, the songs took shape throughout 2026 in Nashville, Los Angeles, and back where it all began in Massachusetts.
For these lifelong musicians, The Space Between The Darkness And The Light represents the creative apex of their story so far, channeling the unrelenting grit of sweaty Western Mass club gigs in the nineties and refining it with three decades of elite songcraft and the experience of uplifting audiences in packed arenas everywhere. The result is an album that lives and breathes in the middle of extremes, screaming out over sharp seven-string riffs and captivating with timeless melodies and open-hearted lyrics. It unravels anxiety, faces personal trials and tribulations, examines faith, and reaches out for connection with pure and powerful truth. Their music has dominated radio, ignited pits at festivals, and soundtracked millions of social media posts. However, The Space Between The Darkness And The Light is where STAIND and countless fans everywhere are right at home.
Lewis shared,”The struggle in the middle of dark and light is so fucking present throughout the entire album. It almost named itself. The title fit this collection because the songs are stuck in the conflict between opposite ends of the spectrum. There are a couple of songs where I’m straight up talking to God. To me, that’s The Space Between The Darkness and The Light.”
“Watch Me Break” offers a glimpse at what to expect. Its soft keys slip beneath the undertow of a thick distorted riff as Lewis growls, ”I was this crown, the one you gave me with no regard for if I wanted this at all.” His whispers dissolve as a hypnotic hook rings out. It’s simultaneously one of the band’s heaviest cuts and among its most unshakable. Fans of Tormented and Dysfunction will no doubt feel seen and heard…
”It was the last song I did because I knew I was going to be pretty angry throughout the whole thing,” added Lewis. ”It’s definitely pointed at this insane machine the music industry puts human beings in and expects them to come out normal.”
STAIND bulldozed the way for the album with the single ”Ghosts.” It has already amassed millions of streams and dominated airwaves as the #1 Most Added Single at Rock Radio of 2026 during its first week of release. It quickly vaulted to the Top 10.
Revolver spotlighted the ”Low-tuned, knuckly, and harmonic-popping intro riff from guitaristMike Mushok, broodingly contemplative and personally forlorn lyrics from vocalist Aaron Lewis.”KERRANG! applauded how it’s ”built on a big nu-metal riff and with a touch of appropriately haunting atmosphere.” Consequence of Sound noted the ”heavy riffage by guitarist Mike Mushok alongside singer Aaron Lewis’ instantly recognizable nasal resonance, with a surprising guttural scream from the frontman.”Listen to”Ghosts.” Watch the video here.
