Black Veil Brides are back, and they brought a record with them.
The band announced their seventh studio album, Vindicate, today via Spinefarm Records. It drops May 8. The title track is streaming now, accompanied by a music video directed by George Gallardo Kattah — the same director behind their previous single "Certainty." Pre-orders are live.
The video has been described as "somewhere between an old silent movie and some really terrible stuff happening" — Kattah's aesthetic in full, fully earned. It's a strong visual companion to a song that sets the tone for what the album is trying to say.
What Andy Biersack Says It's About
Vocalist Andy Biersack released a statement alongside the announcement that does more heavy lifting than most album introductions:
"This record is rooted in the feelings of revenge and vindication. These are emotions that can either push us forward or hold us back. There's a duality to them. They can fuel growth, drive ambition, and help us rise above what's tried to break us, but they can also become destructive if we let them consume us."
He continued: "Each song explores a different side of that struggle. Sometimes it's about getting even with someone else, sometimes it's about confronting ourselves and our past, our pain, or the things that were done to us. At its core, though, this album is about resilience. It's for anyone who's ever had their dreams doubted or their fire challenged by people who couldn't see their vision."
That's not a throwaway press release. Biersack is describing Vindicate as a record with a real emotional logic — a through-line that ties the tracks together rather than a collection of singles bolted into an album format. Whether the music delivers on that framing is the question the May release will answer.
The Context: Where BVB Is Right Now
Black Veil Brides have spent the last several years in a productive stretch. The Phantom Tomorrow (2021) was their most conceptually ambitious record since Wretched and Divine, and it demonstrated that the band still had something to prove to themselves, not just their fanbase. Vindicate as a title suggests they're not done working through that energy.
The band's audience — the one that built itself around Biersack's early message of outcasts finding community — has grown up. They're in their late twenties and early thirties now, and a record about revenge, resilience, and confronting the things that tried to break you lands differently for that demographic than it did when it was abstract teenage defiance. BVB has the unusual advantage of an audience that has aged alongside its themes.
Tour Dates
A North American run accompanies the release, kicking off April 25 in Riverside, California, and running through May 30 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The tour features support from From Ashes To New, TX2, and As December Falls. Festival appearances include Welcome To Rockville (May 9, Daytona Beach) and Sonic Temple (May 16, Columbus, Ohio).
Full routing:
- Apr 25 — Riverside, CA — Municipal Auditorium
- Apr 26 — Reno, NV — Grand Sierra Resort
- Apr 28 — Seattle, WA — Showbox SoDo
- Apr 30 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
- May 1 — Denver, CO — Fillmore
- May 2 — Omaha, NE — ASTRO
- May 4 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues
- May 5 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
- May 6 — San Antonio, TX — The Aztec
- May 8 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle
- May 9 — Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome To Rockville
- May 11 — Greensboro, NC — Piedmont Hall
- May 12 — Norfolk, VA — The Norva
- May 14 — Philadelphia, PA — Fillmore
- May 15 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
- May 16 — Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple
- May 17 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore
- May 19 — Indianapolis, IN — Egyptian Room
- May 21 — Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore
- May 22 — Chicago, IL — Ramova Theatre
- May 23 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee
- May 25 — Toronto, ON — History
- May 26 — Montreal, QC — M-Telus
- May 28 — New York, NY — Palladium Times Square
- May 29 — Silver Spring, MD — Fillmore
- May 30 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium
Get tickets at Ticketmaster. Pre-order Vindicate on Amazon or direct from the band. Strüng makes limited-edition festival bracelets for Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville — use code Metal Mantra for 20% off. For more upcoming tours and shows, check the Metal Mantra tours archive.
