Sixteen years is a long time. Long enough for bands to dissolve, for scenes to shift entirely, for the kids who wore out You Come Before You on their first CD players to have kids of their own. Poison The Well just walked back through the door anyway — and they brought receipts.
Peace In Place, the band's fifth full-length and first new record since 2009's The Tropic Rot, is out now via SharpTone Records. Alongside the release, the band has shared the official video for "Weeping Tones," directed by Anthony Altamura.
What 'Peace In Place' Is
Ten tracks. Melodic hardcore built on the same bones that made The Opposite of December… A Season of Separation a foundational text for an entire generation of metal and punk crossover. The cover art — a mold of Moreira's own teeth — tells you something about the record's relationship with vulnerability and exposure.
Vocalist Jeffrey Moreira didn't sugarcoat it when asked about the album's emotional core: "Peace In Place is probably the most pissed record we've ever made. After stepping away from POISON THE WELL, it felt like all the emotion from that time — frustration, heartache, disappointment — compressed into something heavy and unavoidable. But anger isn't what drives us. Connection is. Sometimes that connection starts in darker places, and having an outlet for those emotions is how we find our way forward."
He continued: "This record lives across that entire spectrum. It's about turning something negative into something honest, putting it into the world, and realizing that even in anger, we're still capable of moving forward, relating to each other, and finding some form of peace — if not happiness, then at least a place to stand."
That's not the quote of a band going through the motions. That's a band that came back because they had something specific to say.
'Weeping Tones' and What It's About
"Weeping Tones" is the third single from the record, and Moreira was direct about its subject matter: "There's a quiet loss of control that comes from feeling like you can't fully be yourself anymore. When you have to shrink who you are just to avoid judgment or conflict, it starts to feel like something is being taken from you. That's what 'Weeping Tones' is about."
The video doesn't resolve that tension cleanly. Altamura's direction holds onto both the weight of that diminishment and the defiant thread running through it — the idea that what can't be taken is your ability to give energy to the people who actually matter.
"This video reflects that struggle, but also holds onto something stronger — the one thing no one can take from you: your ability to give your love and energy to the people who matter most."
The Tracklist
Peace In Place runs ten tracks:
- Wax Mask
- Primal Bloom
- Thoroughbreds
- Everything Hurts
- Weeping Tones
- A Wake of Vultures
- Bad Bodies
- Drifting Without End
- Melted
- Plague Them The Most
"Thoroughbreds" was the lead single, built around Moreira's observation about what actually breaks lifelong bonds: "Beasts of burden are hard to break — not because they're strong, but because they're stubborn. 'Thoroughbreds' is about realizing that some lifelong bonds don't fail early; they fail after you believed they were there to stay."
The Return in Context
Poison The Well went on hiatus after The Tropic Rot in 2009. They came back for touring in 2015 and 2021 — milestone anniversaries — but new music felt like it might never materialize. Over 100 million streams across their catalog. The Opposite of December on every definitive metalcore list worth mentioning.
The decision to record wasn't a strategic pivot. Moreira described it plainly: "Joining POISON THE WELL at 18 and chasing music shaped how I approach life. Coming back 16 years later — unsure if I could still do what I once left behind — only reinforced how strong our bond is and how much this band has given me."
That's the difference between a legacy cash-in and a real record.
Spring 2026 Tour With Converge
The album comes with a full headline tour. Converge provides support across the run, with Balmora, SPY, The Armed, and The Barbarians of California filling different segments. Full routing below.
Poison The Well Spring 2026 Tour Dates:
- April 2 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 3 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 4 — Pontiac, MI — The Crofoot (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 6 — Pittsburgh, PA — Preserving Underground (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 7 — Toronto, ON — HISTORY (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 9 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 10 — Queens, NY — Knockdown Center (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 11 — Philadelphia, PA — Fillmore (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 12 — Baltimore, MD — Nevermore Hall (w/ SPY, Balmora)
- April 25 — Las Vegas, NV — Sick New World (festival)
- May 7 — Denver, CO — Summit (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 9 — Austin, TX — Stubb's Outdoors (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 10 — Houston, TX — House of Blues (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 12 — Phoenix, AZ — Nile Theater (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 13 — Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 15 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 16 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory North Park (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
- May 17 — San Francisco, CA — The Regency Ballroom (w/ The Armed, The Barbarians of California)
Grab tickets via Ticketmaster before the tour starts in two weeks.
Peace In Place is available now on Amazon and through all major streaming platforms. Physical editions — including a red/black tri-stripe vinyl via SharpTone — are available at the label's store.
Sixteen years is a long time. Metalcore moved on, built new pillars, absorbed and reinvented. Poison The Well walked back anyway. Peace In Place sounds like a band that needed to make this record — not one that wanted to remind you they exist.
