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During an interview with Metal Global, Trivium’s Corey Beaulieu discussed the band’s new album plans. According to him, the group planning to release a new record in 2026.

Beaulieu said the following:

“We spent last year building our recording studio at our hangar. So we got that all up and running and stuff. And we’re always working on some new stuff. And since it’s been — 2021, I guess, was [when] the last record came out, or something like that, so it’s definitely our longest gap in records and everything. So, definitely new music will be on the horizon. We’ve been working on some stuff.

So, yeah, doing the ‘Ascendancy’ anniversary thing, and the next thing on our plate is preparing for a new record. And then, obviously, 2026 will be new record, touring, festivals and stuff like that. So, it’ll be another busy year, just like this year, but it’ll be kind of flipping the page to kind of the next chapter, new music and moving forward and go from nostalgia to new stuff. So, we’re looking forward to it.

When we were on break rehearsing for the ‘Ascendancy’ stuff, we kind of used playing ‘Ascendancy’ as our mojo to kind of inspire us to write new music and stuff like that, kind of take that vibe and energy and kind of use it to make new stuff. So, we’ve got some stuff cooking, kind of marinating, and with the new studio, we can kind of go in and start tracking whenever we’ve got stuff ready to go. So, hopefully — I don’t know — sometime mid-next year, I don’t know exactly, we have no like timetable, but definitely at some some point next year there’ll be a record announcement or something coming out. Yeah, we’re looking forward to it. By that time, it’ll be five or six years since we had a new record out. So it’s definitely time.”

He also added the following about releasing “What The Dead Men Say” and “In The Court Of The Dragon” within a year and a half of each other:

“Yeah, we did basically put out two records in a year, which is a lot, I guess, nowadays. So, doing that, we felt like we needed a little bit more of a breather space to kind of let everyone get excited and anticipation built up for new music. Since we did two records so quick, it felt like when we put out ‘In The Court Of The Dragon’, it was so quick, it seemed like maybe there wasn’t as much like hype or anticipation ’cause it was so soon after putting out a record. So it feels like having a little bit more space will get people a little more pumped up.”

[via Blabbermouth]