Manchester, UK-based five-piece GUILT TRIP — Jay Valentine [vocals], Jak Maden [guitar], Sam Baker [guitar], Tom Aimson [drums], and Lily Kilcoyne[bass] — have released their new album ARMOUR OF ANGELS, via Roadrunner Records.
Listen and purchase here. They also share the video for the explosive album opener "One By One." The video features footage culled from the band's Winter 2026 U.S. tour with Malevolence — which marked their first time headlining America. If you've yet to experience a Guilt Trip moshpit or live show, then this video will put you front and center, experiencing all of the explosive energy and metallic maelstrom the band is known for.
Watch it here.
"We are proud to unleash our brand new record Armor of Angels on the world," the band enthuses. "We put everything Guilt Trip lives and breathes into this LP and we are excited to finally share what we have been working on over the past three years. We believe these songs embody our journey from the very beginning to now, everything we have experienced over the past decade translated into twelve tracks. The first of which is 'One by One,' just under 4 minutes of riffs, grooves, and aggression Guilt Trip have come to be known for. Thank you for your unwavering support throughout years, we hope you can enjoy and relate to these songs as much as we do."
GUILT TRIP LIVE:
WITH DYING WISH + FESTIVALS:
6/19 — Grasspop Metal Meeting — Dessel, BEL*
7/13 — Louisville, KY — Headliners Music Hall
7/14— Joliet, IL— The Forge
7/16 — Cadott, WI — Rock Fest*
7/18 — Mansfield, OH — Inkcarceration*
7/19 — Indianapolis, IN — HI-FI Indy
7/20 — St. Louis, MO — Off Broadway
7/21— Wichita, KS— Wave
7/22 — Oklahoma City, OK — Beer City Music Hall
7/24— Albuquerque, NM— Backstage At Revel
7/25 — Tucson, AZ — 191 Toole
7/26— Pomona, CA — Warped Tour*
7/30— Xtreme Fest — Le Garric, FR*
8/5— Brutal Assault — CZ*
8/8— Leyendas Del Rock — ES*
8/21 — V and B Fest — Chateau Gontier Sur Mayenne, FR*
8/22— Lowlands Fest — NL*
*Festivals
ABOUT GUILT TRIP:
Historically, Manchester, UK breeds a certain toughness. As a pillar of the 19th century Industrial Revolution in Northern England, factories and warehouses line much of the city's rain-baptized topography. A hardworking lot who shoot straight without apology, its denizens traditionally take an incredible amount of pride in where they come from. Embodying the grit and gusto of Manchester, UK, Guilt Trip bring a blast of homegrown intensity to their hybrid of hardcore and metal. The five piece slide striking melodies in between throat-slitting thrashy riffs and earth-splitting breakdowns. Guilt Trip started to forge a seething signature style without comparison back in 2015. They dropped the Unrelenting Force EP [2016] followed by River of Lies [2019]. The latter spawned "Thin Ice," which reeled in 7.1 million Spotify streams and counting. 2023's Severance marked a turning point. It boasted popular collaborations with LANDMVRKS and Malevolence. KERRANG!hailed their "unique brand of hardcore that sees them delve into elements of thrash, old-school hardcore and fist-pumping metal." Beyond sharing the stage with everyone from Sylosis to While She Sleeps, they lit up festivals, including Download and Hellfest. Attracting Roadrunner Records to their corner, the musicians decamped to StudioOWZ in Clarbeston Wales with producer and engineer Adam "Nolly" Getgood [Periphery] during early 2025 to record their debut LP for Roadrunner Records, Armour Of Angels. They bulldozed the way for the release with the God Forgives EP, which incited the applause of Rock Sound, BLUNT, and CLASH. With Armour Of Angels, they're primed to make Manchester proud as they make a lasting imprint on heavy music.
