NYC post punk duo Black Rose Burning unveil two new teasers for “When The Master Calls” and “Roses In The Dark,” standout cuts from their new album ‘The Fear Machine,’ a return to the darker, synth heavy pulse that defined their debut ‘The Year of the Scorpion.’ Made up of George Grant and Luis Infantas, the band blends shadowy synth work, melodic guitar lines and soaring vocals to create their signature sound. Produced, engineered and mixed by Grant, the album embraces a sci fi concept he imagined in childhood, centered on a world kept in perpetual fear to power a machine that feeds on human anxiety and agitation.
Grant says, “We tried to get back to the basics of the sound we make as Black Rose Burning… The Fear Machine comes back to balancing the interplay between keys and guitars, both working in tandem with quite a bit more subtlety concerning the guitars… I think we managed to have the same melodic sensibility, and we definitely brought the hooks.” The band taps into darker themes shaped by the current moment, weaving emotional tension into the record’s driving sound. Drawing from shared fascination with ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures, the album art nods to myth, astronomy and the cosmic questions fueling the band’s imagination.
With ‘The Fear Machine’ now available on major platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, Black Rose Burning prepares for an extensive 2026 tour, including long awaited European dates that will bring their atmospheric live show to new audience across borders.
TRACK LIST:
01 The Herald Of The Change
02 Winter Fields
03 Odysseus
04 Into The Black
05 The Fear Machine
06 Retro
07 When The Master Calls
08 Sadness
09 Roses In The Dark
10 Beautiful Disaster
11 Before The Wall