Keith Buckley – former frontman of Every Time I Die, in addition to on-again-off-again supergroup The Damned Things – has confirmed that he’s nonetheless engaged on music, having fashioned a brand new band in September.
The revelation got here in a tweet posted on Saturday (December 3), with the storied vocalist promising followers that they’ll “see [him] again in 2023”. He teased: “I’ve been recording songs with a new band since September and the new music has never been heavier. See you in the pit.”
Replying to commenters, he later confirmed that his forthcoming undertaking is unrelated to The Damned Things – the band he fronts alongside Alkaline Trio‘s Dan Andriano, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, and Fall Out Boy‘s Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley – and that it will not function non secular materials, however would see Buckley write lyrics equally to how he has in different initiatives.
“I’m not in a Christian band nor changing the way I write lyrics,” he wrote, replying to a Twitter consumer calling Buckley’s music ‘Christian metal’. “Reread the lyrics to ‘The Marvelous Slut’. I’ve always been struggling with my place in the universe.”
It’s heartbreaking not having TIDmas to stay up for, however trying past the Holidays I can promise you’ll see me once more in 2023. I’ve been recording songs with a brand new band since September and the brand new music has by no means been heavier. See you within the pit.
— Keith (@deathoftheparty) December 2, 2022
I’m not in a Christian band nor altering the best way I write lyrics. Reread the lyrics to The Marvelous Slut. I’ve all the time been battling my place within the universe.
— Keith (@deathoftheparty) December 3, 2022
Every Time I Die formally disbanded again in January, following greater than a month of conflicting experiences from the band and their circle. A yr in the past, Buckley introduced an impromptu hiatus from touring, which led to the band sharing a press release that defined they have been “working on things privately”.
All of Buckley’s bandmates then stop the band directly, resulting in statements from the frontman himself and former bassist Steve Micciche. Speaking on the band’s standing in February, too, Buckley mentioned the break up “broke [his] heart”, however regarded optimistically to his subsequent chapter: “I don’t know what the future holds, but I know that, right now, this is exactly where I fucking want to be, and I’m very thankful to be here.”
Every Time I Die’s final album was ‘Radical’, their ninth, which arrived final October on the again of singles like ‘Desperate Pleasures’, ‘Post-Boredom’ and ‘Planet Shit’.