My Chemical Romance have returned with the shock launch of new song ‘The Foundations Of Decay’. Test it out under.

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The reunited emo legends are set to kick off a UK and European tour subsequent week, together with huge exhibits in Milton Keynes with Placebo With Fever and extra. Forward of these big gigs, the band have shared their first new materials in eight years with the observe ‘The Foundations Of Decay’.

The song begins as a slow-burning and emotive quantity, with frontman Gerard Means softly singing: “See the person who stands upon the hill, he desires of all of the battles received / however destiny had left its scars upon his face, with all of the harm that they had accomplished.”

The hypnotic, proggy observe then builds right into a refined emo crescendo. In the course of the six-minute epic, Means additionally seems to touch upon the 9/11 assaults, having beforehand mentioned how this led to the formation of My Chemical Romance.

Within the new song, Means sings: “And he was there, the day the towers fell / And so he wandered down the highway / And we might all construct towers of our personal / Solely to watch the roots corrode / However it’s a lot too late / You’re within the race / So we’ll press / And press ’til you’ll be able to’t take it anymore.”

“Beginning Mychem was a direct results of every little thing we skilled and witnessed throughout these horrific occasions,” Means beforehand wrote of the assaults on the Twin Towers in New York. “The world modified that day, and the subsequent day we set about making an attempt to change the world.

“Mychem has all the time been greater than its components. Even when the band took time away the MCRmy was there spreading the work and dwelling the message of ​“Preserve Your self Alive!” As we speak we’re collectively older and wiser, however nonetheless there to keep on once we hear the decision. The previous 20 years have been about therapeutic, dusting off and getting again up, and dwelling life to our highest potential. On this monumental anniversary allow us to all take into consideration these we misplaced that day and the times since. Preserve these family members shut and their reminiscences alive by pondering ​“what would they’ve needed us to be doing at this time?”⁣

He continued: “Proudly dwelling and respiration our true genuine selves? Being type and compassionate to each other? Being artistic, distinctive, and extraordinary? Perhaps simply making an attempt to be higher than you have been yesterday?

“We’ve discovered that when unsure, love is and all the time would be the reply. Thanks for displaying us love and for strolling by our facet these previous 20 years. We really are stronger collectively and grateful you’re right here with us. Romantically yours,⁣ MCR⁣.”

Followers at the moment are speculating as to whether or not or not the band’s upcoming reunion exhibits will include extra new songs, and maybe a fourth album.

The band’s final new materials got here in 2014 with ‘Faux Your Personal Dying‘, beforehand described because the band’s “eulogy” following their cut up the 12 months earlier than.

“I think about “Faux Your Dying” to be the “final MCR song”, and to me, it’s completely the ultimate totally realized collaboration between the members of the band,” wrote Means on the time. “What was not so apparent on the time was that the song was, and would function, a eulogy for the band, although I ought to have recognized it from the lyrics. I feel internally I did, as I felt an odd sense of disappointment and loss after listening to again the phrases on prime of the music.”

He continued: “I additionally felt an odd sense of satisfaction in how sincere it was, and couldn’t keep in mind a band recording a song of this nature, being so self-aware. Ending felt like one thing sincere, and sincere all the time appears like one thing new. So it can exist, and it’s no cowardly act to launch one thing of this nature, however a service to those that believed in a band that didn’t compromise, and a wave goodbye to all. And sure, it’s fucking heartbreaking.”

Any remaining tickets for MCR’s MK gigs, in addition to their different UK and Eire dates this month, stay on sale right here. You may see the band’s upcoming tour dates under.

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16 – Eden Periods, St Austell
19 – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
21 – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
22 – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
24 – Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin
25 – Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin
27 – Victoria Park, Warrington
28 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
30 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Go to right here for extra particulars of My Chemical Romance’s different upcoming tour dates throughout Europe, Australia, Asia and the US.

MCR performed an historic reunion gig again in December 2019 in Los Angeles, earlier than most of their different comeback dates have been postponed due to the pandemic.

In a five-star evaluate of the gig, NME famous: “There have been tears, oh there have been loads of tears. It was bodily not possible to stand in that room and never perceive to the core of your being why this band means a lot to so many individuals.”