Zeal & Ardor share ‘Hide In Shade’ visualizer

ZEAL & ARDOR isn’t just a band; it’s a living and breathing entity. Like any other sentient being, it consumes, evolves, and transforms from one season to the next. It has only sharpened its claws, lengthened its teeth, and steeled its nerves over the years, growing more undeniable and unpredictable in the process.

The band will drop its fourth album, the self-produced GREIF, on August 23. Pre-order it here.

Zeal & Ardor are beyond pleased to announce their return to North American soil with a headline tour that kicks off November 23 in Philadelphia and runs through December 18 in Dallas. Gaerea and Zetra will support. Tickets are on sale now. Get tickets here.  

Zeal & Ardor have also shared their newest single “Hide In Shade.” Watch the visualizer and listen here.

With its layered vocal harmonies, handclaps, metallic roar, and an overall fire in its belly, “Hide In Shade” represents everything fans love about the band.

“We would be remiss if we didn’t share something closer to what we are known for,” the band states. “This is that. Where the sun shows all we hide in shade. Stay strange.”

Rather than stagnating, basking in global acclaim garnered from three previous albums – Devil Is Fine [2017], Stranger Fruit [2018] and Zeal & Ardor [2022] – Manuel opted to shake things up for GREIF.

Instead of creatively flying solo again, this time Manuel Gagneux [guitar, vocals] welcomed his bandmates into the studio, featuring three voices for the first time and emboldening the sound from every angle. As such, the musicians – Tiziano Volante [guitar], Marc Obrist [vocals], Denis Wagner [vocals], Lukas Kurmann [bass], and Marco Von Allmen [drums] – spread their wings alongside him. Decamping to Marc’s studio Hutch Sounds in Switzerland, the record came to life in just five months.

GREIF will be available on CD, transparent vinyl and digitally. Check https://www.zealandardor.com/. 

GREIF track listing:

1. the Bird, the Lion, and the Wildkin
2. Fend You Off
3. Kilonova
4. are you the only one now?
5. Go home my friend
6. Clawing out
7. Disease
8. 369
9. Thrill
10. une ville vide
11. Sugarcoat
12. Solace
13. Hide in Shade
14. to my ilk

See Zeal & Ardor at:

10.08.2024 FR – Cercoux, Festival 666
16.08.2024 DE – Sulingen, Reload Festival
28.08.2024 DK – Copenhagen, Amager Bio
29.08.2024 DE – Hamburg, Edel Optics Arena*
31.08.2024 DE – Berlin, Zitadelle*
03.09.2024 DE – Stuttgart, Beethoven Saal*
05.09.2024 DE – Nurnberg, Kia Metropol Arena
07.09.2024 CZ – Trutnov, Boijste Amphitheater*
09.09.2024 HU – Budapest. Barba Negra Openair*
11.09.2024 AT – Vienna, Arena*
12.09.2024 AT – Linz, Posthof
13.09.2024 DE – Munich, Zenith*
15.09.2024 BE – Antwerpen, Lotto Arena*
17.09.2024 FR – Paris, Zenith*
19.09.2024 DE – Cologne, Palladium*
21.09.2024 NL – Amsterdam, AFAS Live* (sold out)
22.09.2024 UK – London, Sheperd’s Bush Empire
04.10.2024 IT – Milan, Santeria
05.10.2024 CH – Lucerne, Metal Storm Festival
12.10.2024 NL – Nijmegen, Soulcrusher Festival

*supporting Heilung