Only Heavy Metal

Gothenburg 14th of May 2024
"Over the last couple of years, my passion within music has gradually shifted from touring and playing live shows to the creative aspect of being in the studio: writing songs, recording, producing, and mixing. It has reached a point where I no longer find joy and excitement in touring, making it difficult to continue. It has felt like I was traveling away from something rather than toward something whenever we would go out to play. Instead, I want to dedicate my time, focus, and energy to writing, producing, and mixing. Therefore, I will no longer be performing gigs or tours as a drummer.
It's important for me to clarify that the lack of passion for playing live is solely the reason for my decision. It wouldn't be fair to the band or to myself to continue doing something that doesn't excite me or bring me happiness.
Equally important for me to mention is that I still hold just as much love for the guys in the band as before. They will always be like older brothers to me, having taken me under their wings since I was 17 years old. I have nothing but love and respect for them!
It feels like I’m going out with a bang in the most positive sense. I’m so proud of what the five of us have accomplished together with ’Theories of Emptiness’. The album truly feels special in so many ways and I hope that it will translate and resonate with you guys just as much as it does to me, and, I will still be involved in Evergrey in terms of songwriting and production.
With all this being said, we have an incredible drummer ready to take over for me in 2024, and I can't wait to hear and see him play! He's truly exceptional, and I'm sure you'll love him because behind the drums, he's a beast!

EVERGREY, Gothenburg’s masterminds of melancholia, offer up another outburst of beautiful darkness and turn their inner fire into something unstoppable: their intense fifteenth album, Architects Of A New Weave, will be released on June 5, 2026 via Napalm Records, just days before the band takes the stage as special guest to the undisputed kings of heavy metal, Iron Maiden, for two shows on their Run For Your Lives World Tour.

Swedish Progressive Metal Masterminds EVERGREY Drop New Single
“The World Is On Fire” and Introduce New Guitarist Stephen Platt!
Swedish progressive metal masterminds EVERGREY share another single off their new album, Architects
Of A New Weave, out June 5, 2026 via Napalm Records. Full of regret, “The World Is On Fire” stages
personal emotions as global pain, the apology reverberating, resonating. Enormous, cinematic melodies
pull the listener upward, driven by riffs with genuine weight and bite, while vocals dripping with raw,
unflinching truth give voice to a deep, aching sense of longing.
That longing finds its most intimate expression in the dead of night—when you pull your loved one close,
just to feel them breathe—and are confronted with a devastating realization: the promise of a safe
tomorrow is a lie you can no longer keep. “The World Is On Fire” comes with an official music video and
also marks the official introduction of guitarist Stephen Platt (Scar Symmetry), who had already been
touring with EVERGREY as a live guitarist in 2025. He now officially joins as a full-time band member.