Urne - Setting Fire To The Sky (Preorder 30/01/26)

Urne - Setting Fire To The Sky (Preorder 30/01/26)

Label: Spinefarm - SPINE800825P - 5401148008258 
Format: LP, Album, Turquoise
Country: UK
Released: 30th Jan 2026
Genre: Metal
Style: Metal

Description
London three-piece Urne – Joe Nally (bass, vocals), Angus Neyra (guitar) and James
Cook (drums) – have spent the last few years whipping up a firestorm of grit, swagger
and grandiosity. Snarling hardcore, extreme inflections, and a strong sense of heavy
metal’s inherent classicism, all burn together within Urne’s burial chamber and propel
the band forward.
Like the best metal albums, ‘Setting Fire to the Sky’ is about the culture itself. ‘Be Not
Dismayed’ is in part an invitation for younger fans not to be intimidated by the big
blokes, battle jackets and patches crowding around them at gigs and festivals. ‘The
Ancient Horizon’ is about never forgetting the forefathers of the scene, from Ritchie
Blackmore to Ronnie James Dio. (Urne released a righteous interpretation of Dio-
fronted Sabbath highlight, “I”, in early 2025.
Produced by SikTh co-vocalist Justin Hill, ‘Setting Fire to the Sky’ has a freshness
and bite that will tear through the uniform and often flat-sounding metal scene.
The album’s first single is the nine-minute-plus undulating epic, ‘Harken The Waves’,
with guest vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders. On it, his and Nally’s voices blend
to form a duet cresting the surface of the song.
With forthcoming album ‘Setting Fire to the Sky’, set for release in January 2026, their
incandescent form of modern metal promises to become a supernova. Debut album
Serpent & Spirit (2021) pierced the malaise of the pandemic years like a giant
Luciferian star rising, or maybe falling, in the sky. Produced by Gojira’s Joe
Duplantier, 2023’s A Feast on Sorrow sharpened Urne’s blade and made for a raw
excavation of grief at losing loved ones, and the horror of a vanishing sense of
oneself.

Tracklist

1. Be Not Dismayed
2. Weeping To The World
3. The Spirit, Alive
4. Setting Fire To The Sky
5. The Ancient Horizon
6. Towards The Harmony Hall
7. Harken The Waves (feat. Troy Sanders)
8. Breathe (Feat. Jo Quail)
9. Nocturnal Forms (CD
and Digital ONLY bonus track)