Gallows (Blessthefall album)

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Gallows
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2025 (2025-09-05)
Recorded2023–2024
Genre Metalcore
Length34:12
Label Rise
Producer Hiram Hernandez
Blessthefall chronology
Hard Feelings
(2018)
Gallows
(2025)
Singles from Gallows
  1. "Wake the Dead"
    Released: May 24, 2023 [1]
  2. "Drag Me Under"
    Released: August 29, 2024 [2]
  3. "Mallxcore"
    Released: June 13, 2025 [3]
  4. "Fell So Hard, Felt So Right"
    Released: August 1, 2025 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [5]
Kerrang! 3/5 [6]

Gallows is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band Blessthefall. The album was released on September 5, 2025, through Rise Records. [7] [8] It is their first album without longtime drummer Matt Traynor and the first to be released after the band's split from 2020 to 2023.

Contents

Background and promotion

Blessthefall started writing songs for a new album as early as 2021, during their hiatus. [9] In 2023 and 2024, the ensemble published a music video for "Wake the Dead" and "Drag Me Under", respectively. [10] With the single and video release of "Mallxcore" in June 2025, the band announced their first album in seven years, Gallows, to be released on September 5. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric Lambert, Beau Bokan, Jared Warth, Elliott Gruenberg, and Hiram Hernandez, with additional writers noted.

Gallows track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mallxcore" 3:09
2."Wake the Dead" Tyler Smyth 3:07
3."Venom"Smyth4:27
4."Somebody Else" (featuring Caskets)
3:01
5."Drag Me Under" (with Alpha Wolf) Anthony Cappocchi 3:30
6."Gallows" 3:27
7."Light the Flame" 3:28
8."Fell So Hard, Felt So Right" (featuring Story of the Year) 3:02
9."Y.S.A.B." 2:53
10."This Ends With Us" 4:08
Total length:34:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. [12] [13]

Blessthefall

Additional contributors

References

  1. "Blessthefall Are Releasing A New Song This Week". The Rock Revival. May 22, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  2. "BLESSTHEFALL Shares Video For New Single 'Drag Me Under'". Blabbermouth.net. August 29, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  3. "blessthefall Prepare Comeback Record GALLOWS & Debuts 'mallxcore'". Wall of Sound. June 13, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  4. "Blessthefall release new song 'Fell So Hard, Felt So Right'". Distorted Sound. August 1, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  5. Anne Erickson. "Reviews - Gallows - BLABBERMOUTH.NET". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. Hickie, James (4 September 2025). "Album review: Blessthefall – Gallows". Kerrang! . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  7. James Weaver (June 14, 2025). "Blessthefall announce new album 'Gallows'". Distorted Sound. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  8. "BLESSTHEFALL Announces First Album In Seven Years, 'Gallows'". Blabbermouth.net. June 13, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  9. "Entering the Gallows With Blessthefall". September 4, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  10. Jessica Trail (September 4, 2025). "Gallows by BLESSTHEFALL". Loud Hailer Magazine. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  11. "blessthefall Announce New Album 'Gallows' And Drop Explosive Single 'mallxcore'". Rock Sound. June 17, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  12. Gallows (Media notes). Blessthefall. Rise Records. September 5, 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. "Gallows / Blessthefall / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved September 16, 2025.