Metal Anarchy

During an interview with Claro Música México, Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix offered an update on the band’s new album. According to him, it will arrive in 2026.

Shaddix said the following about the group’s latest single “Even If It Kills Me”:

“Oh, man. I’m so excited about this song. When we went back into the studio after touring on [PAPA ROACH’s latest album, 2022’s] ‘Ego Trip’, this was the first piece of music that the band had written. And Tobin [Esperance, PAPA ROACH bassist] sent me the song, and right off rip, from the moment I played it, I was, like, ‘Oh.’ ‘Cause sometimes when you hear a demo, it’s, like, ‘Okay, cool. Let me get into it.’ This one was, like, right when I started playing it, I was like, ‘Oh, this is special. There’s something in here.’ And then when the music, when the band comes in and just drops on the heavy riff, I was just, like — I turned it all the way up in the truck, just rocked it out. And so I knew the music was very special, so I wanted to do something that matched that energy. And I find myself, a couple weeks later, I’m in the studio cutting a vocal on this thing, and it took a couple evolutions to land exactly where we are in the finished product. And I really enjoy that creative process of taking something that’s inspiring and then trying to match it with my energy and my lyric and really take the song to another level. And, yeah, when we finished this one, I was, like. ‘All right. I’m excited to see what we do for a music video for this thing, ’cause I think like there’s something special in the sound of this one that would be cool to visually, what could this be?’”

He continued when asked who composed it:

“Myself, Jerry [Horton, PAPA ROACH guitarist], Tobin, Anthony [Esperance, PAPA ROACH touring guitarist] and Drew [Fulk], the producer himself. Five dudes in a room just making rowdy noise, man. It was a good time.”

He also added:

“[‘Even If It Kills Me’ is] the first piece of music that we’re releasing to eventually be on our next album. The album will be out in 2026. I just was in the studio before I came down here, and recorded two more songs. We’re gonna be releasing music throughout the year. And the stuff that we have coming that we haven’t released yet is just — it’s so good. I’m so happy.”

He went on to say that the record will “probably” feature “10 or 11” tracks:

“Usually that’s around where we sit, is around 10 or 11 songs in an album. I like an album to feel like you get in the car and you play that thing and it’s, like, by the time you get where you’re going, it’s, like, ‘We’re done.’ I don’t like to make records that are so long. I like an album that feels like it’s just quick and to the point. You know what I mean? We’re not that type of band that makes these 20-song albums or double LPs and shit like that. I’m, like, ‘Eh.’”

He also discussed the band’s current plans:

“So we’re gonna be ripping out there on a tour. We’re doing a U.S. tour right after I leave. We go down Guadalajara, go rip down there, and then we’ll go back up to the states and start a tour. We’re taking out RISE AGAINST and UNDEROATH in America. And then I’m going back in the studio this summer to finish up the album and then go back on tour, finish up a tour in America, and then next year we’ll be coming — Europe, Latin America, Australia, maybe Japan, but Southeast Asia; I’m hoping for Southeast Asia. But, yeah, it’s a world tour, man. I mean, I’m always on a world tour, dude. I never stop.”

[via Blabbermouth]