It's a great day for 156/Silence fans! Today, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania atmospheric metalcore powerhouse has released their new album 'From A Distance' via Pure Noise Records. 'From A Distance' is the quintet's sixth full-length and their most recent album release since 2024's critically acclaimed 'People Watching'. In celebration of today's news, the band has dropped the official music video for the album title track "From A Distance" featuring the inimitable Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer, who also appears in the video. When asked about the inspiration behind the song, the band shared:
"Love. Love is the most important thing in the world no matter what. Through all the bad and evil, there will always be more good. Even if it’s from a distance, the love we share is worth more than anything."
'From A Distance' is available now on all streaming platforms at the link here. Watch the "From A Distance (ft. Alex Reade)" music video below.
Having recently wrapped the 'It's Not You, It's Me' tour with Chiodos just last week, 156/Silence will next kick off their 'From A Distance'US headlining tour with Aviana, Heavensgate, and Fromjoy as support. The 20-date headlining run begins next Wednesday, September 9, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and concludes in the band's hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, October 3. During the headliner, the band will also be bringing the heat at this year's Louder Than Life festival on Sunday, September 20. Never ones to rest on their laurels, 156/Silence will then cross the pond to hit the road on the EU/UK Flowers Tour with The Devil Wears Prada in October, and kick off the new year touring Australia alongside Thrown in February 2027. Dates are already selling out, so be sure to get your tickets at the link here before it's too late.
'From A Distance Tour' US Headlining Dates with Aviana, Heavensgate & Fromjoy:
Wed Sep 9 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs - Sold Out
Thu Sep 10 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows - Selling Fast
Fri Sep 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore - Sold Out
Sat Sep 12 - Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage - Selling Fast
Sun Sep 13 - Richmond, VA @ Canal Club - Selling Fast
Tue Sep 15 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall - Selling Fast
Wed Sep 16 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Thu Sep 17 - Winter Park, FL @ The Conduit - Sold Out
Fri Sep 18 - Jacksonville, FL @ Albatross
Sat Sep 19 - Greenville, SC @ Radio Room - Selling Fast
Tue Sep 22 - Dallas, TX @ Puzzles Deep Ellum - Selling Fast
Wed Sep 23 - San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
Fri Sep 25 - Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room - Sold Out
Sat Sep 26 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory - Selling Fast
Sun Sep 27 - Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post - Selling Fast
Tue Sep 29 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater - Sold Out
Wed Sep 30 - Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar - Selling Fast
Thu Oct 01 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies Rock Club - Selling Fast
Fri Oct 02 - Detroit, MI @ TSDMAAC (Sanctuary) - Selling Fast
Sat Oct 03 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving - Selling Fast
Louder Than Life Festival 2026
Sep 20 — Louisville, KY — Kentucky Expo Center
EU/UK Flowers Tour Dates with The Devil Wears Prada, Novelists and Oversize:
Oct 7 - Munchen, DE @ Backstage - Low Tickets
Oct 8 - Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
Oct 9 - Hamburg, DE @ Docks
Oct 10 - Eindhoven, NL @ Effenar
Oct 12 - Vienna, AT @ Simm City - Low Tickets
Oct 13 - Leipzig, DE @ Felsenkeller
Oct 14 - Prague, CZ @ Archa+
Oct 16 - Cologne, DE @ E-Werk - Low Tickets
Oct 17 - Antwerp, BE @ Zappa
Oct 18 - Paris, FR @ Élysée Montmartre - Low Tickets
Oct 20 - Bristol, UK @ Electric
Oct 21 - Leeds, UK @ Project House
Oct 23 - London, UK @ Electric Brixton
Oct 24 - Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall - Low Tickets
Oct 25 - Birmingham, UK @ Institute 1
AU Tour Dates with Thrown, Boundaries and Volatile Ways:
Feb 3 - Perth, AU @ Freo Social
Feb 5 - Adelaide, AU @ The Gov - Final Tickets
Feb 7 - Melbourne, AU @ Forum - Final Tickets
Feb 10 - Canberra, AU @ UC Hub
Feb 11 - Sydney, AU @ Liberty Hall - Final Tickets
Feb 12 - Newcastle, AU @ King St Bandroom
Feb 13 - Brisbane, AU @ The Tivoli - Final Tickets
ABOUT 156/SILENCE
156/Silence makes intense, foreboding, and haunting music. Their songs are cinematic, blending brutality with intellect. They draw on real and imagined terror, all woven into melody and power. Vocalist and lyricist Jack Murray, guitarist and primary songwriter Jimmy Howell, guitarist Ryan Wilkinson, drummer Kyle O’Connell, and bassist Mike Ernst form a formidable unit, forged through shared passions and losses since the band’s earliest incarnation first formed in Pittsburgh in 2015.
2024’s crowd pleaser, People Watching, was a watershed moment, boasting breakout anthems “Better Written Villain” and “Character Development (Cold Start).” Distorted Sound wrote, “There is enough in the band’s repertoire to not only keep you entertained but also keep you guessing.”
From a Distance, its spiritual sequel and the band’s first album with Pure Noise Records, ups the ante with gut-wrenching depth and atmosphere. Their sixth album is dark and ponderous yet triumphantly self-assured. (It follows the devastating standalone single “Our Parting Ways,” released in 2025 in loving tribute to longtime bassist Lukas Booker, who passed away unexpectedly earlier that year.)
The group’s reputation as a live force of nature was earned on the road, where they deliver audience connection and sonic devastation while touring with the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Chiodos, Fit For A King, Counterparts, Silent Planet, and The Acacia Strain, among other contemporaries.
Produced by Josh Schroeder (King 810, Lorna Shore, The Plot In You), From a Distance finds 156/Silence heavy as hell, while leaning into atmosphere, mood, and emotional impact even harder. The group reverently namechecks classic game scores like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and the heady concepts of prestige TV like Twin Peaks (a sample from Apple TV’s Severance opens the album).
Murray’s lyrics remain keenly observational, personal, and incisive. From a Distance serves as a bold thematic companion to its predecessor. While earlier records often documented tension at close range, From a Distance observes from a wider vantage point, examining social behavior, celebrity worship, intrusive thoughts, and interpersonal connection with steely focus.
That authenticity is crucial to the band’s ever-growing audience.
No two 156/Silence albums are alike, from the unhinged frenetic chaos of Undercover Scumbag (2018) to the gloriously savage and technical Irrational Pull (2020), which Metal Hammer likened to Converge and Botch. The diverse ruminations found in Narrative(2022) took things even further. BrooklynVegan called that album “bolder and richer” and “an exciting step forward for [the] band.”
People Watching continued the prolific outfit’s tradition of steadfast evolution and innovation. Revolver praised the dark melodic edge of the Animal Farm-inspired “Better Written Villain,” declaring, “156/Silence may have just penned an instant classic of their own canon.”
As Howell points out, they’d never really tried singing choruses and hooks prior to People Watching. “It went so well that we decided to double down on that.” From a Distance also features guest appearances from some formidable vocalists: Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada, Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer, and Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism. It also cranks up the soundscapes.
“I look toward bands we love that grew with their listeners, like Thrice and Bring Me The Horizon,” Howell says of their continuing creative mission. “They have a sound, but they grow and change. Some bands are comfortable repeating the same thing again. I don’t want to do that. I want to make you feel the way you do when you hear one of those important bands, without sounding like them.”
Murray describes the title track as “a love song” and “probably the most Twin Peaks-inspired song.”
From a Distance cuts deeper into People Watching’s lyrical heart. “Proxy Idols” tackles celebrity worship. “Order & Entropy”contemplates maintaining focus amid the utter devastation of things falling apart. “Swept from Under (Call of the Void)” sees Murraywrestling with intrusive thoughts. “They tell you to hurt yourself, even when you don’t feel bad,” he says. “It’s just the ever-looming shadow of weird and intrusive thoughts, and negativity, of just being swept from under by the void.”
From straightforward hard rock to synth-heavy experimentation and all the way back to the band’s deadly mathcore roots, 156/Silencehave established themselves as unbound by any genre limitation.
“We could go anywhere now, and that’s the goal,” Howell says. “Nothing is ever off the table.”
