Untitled With Drums, the alt-rock quartet from Clermont-Ferrand, France, release the music video for “Matter”, the first single from their forthcoming studio album “Made Flesh”. The release marks the official announcement of the album, set for release on August 21st, 2026, via Season of Mist.
Watch the music video for “Matter” below.
“Matter” is about the almost irrepressible need to put oneself above everything else, to be the only one who counts. The track locks in hard and doesn’t let up, riff and groove working together with the kind of economy that only comes from a band completely sure of what they’re doing. The vocals deliver the perspective of someone utterly consumed by their own centrality: “I wanna be important / I wanna be my own Sun / I’ve got to be the only one to matter now”. It doesn’t condemn so much as expose; a mirror held up to a reflex most would rather not recognize in themselves.
It’s the first taste of “Made Flesh”, Untitled With Drums’ second full-length. Across ten tracks, the album maps a free-flowing, first-person exploration of the human psyche: egocentrism, denial, toxicity, instrumentalized faith, without metaphysical abstraction or easy resolution.
Untitled With Drums formed in Clermont-Ferrand in 2014 and released their debut album, “Hollow”, in 2020 to widespread coverage across French and international specialist press, including New Noise, CVLT Nation, Rock Hard, and Guitar Part. The record brought them to Hellfest 2022, the Nuits de Fourvière festival opening for the Deftones and Baroness, and London’s Desertfest. Following the “Symbols” EP at the end of 2025, “Made Flesh” finds the band consolidated as a four-piece, their sound sharpened and their intent more focused than ever.
Pre-order & pre-save “Made Flesh” here.
Tracklist:
1. Above My Head (3:29)
2. Shame (3:29)
3. Matter (3:44)
4. Gray (4:19)
5. Space (4:57)
6. Change for You (4:31)
7. Oblivious (3:13)
8. Parasitic (3:30)
9. Been So High (3:00)
10. Cry (4:30)
That Untitled With Drums didn’t throw in the towel during the COVID era is nothing short of a miracle. While their debut album, “Hollow”, had the misfortune of being released just days before the lockdown was declared in France in March 2020, the praise from the specialized media allowed it to soar above the fray. This propelled this heir to Failure, Quicksand, and Cave In to the stages of Hellfest 2022 and the Nuits de Fourvière festival, opening for the legendary Deftones, as well as London’s Desertfest. This was enough to build confidence, gather strength, and prepare the ground for a worthy successor to their first album, as well as to the “Symbols” EP released at the end of 2025. This was merely an appetizer before “Made Flesh”, their sophomore album, through which the Clermont-Ferrand-based band pushes their hybrid of alt rock and 90s post-hardcore to new heights.
Recorded and mixed under the guidance of Cyrille Gachet (Fange, Year Of No Light, The Great Old Ones…) and then mastered by Alan Douches (Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Converge…), “Made Flesh” grew out of a long and intense period of songwriting, fraught with self-doubt and soul-searching. But above all, it testifies to a compositional intent focused on efficiency and a better showcasing of everything that constitutes the band’s sonic DNA. Only one single guiding principle here: ensuring that these 10 new tracks resonate personally. This is Untitled With Drums as its members want you to hear them — not as you might expect. Far from being weakened by their reformation as a quartet, it is precisely their unbreakable bonds forged more than a decade ago that constitute their strength, more alive with symbiosis than ever.
While the power of Lucas D.’s riffs is heightened, the ethereal soundscapes he weaves are even more expanded. They blend seamlessly with Nicolas Z.’s synthesizers, now more prominent than ever. Rémy D.’s drumming provides the songs’ backbone, delivering grooves with assertive nuances without neglecting more intricate patterns. This array of strengths wouldn’t be complete without bassist Martin L.B..’s vocals, never failing to deliver an infectious emotional intensity. This energy serves “Made Flesh”’s thematic focus: a satirical outlook on our times delivered from a multitude of perspectives, like donning and dropping one mask after another.
With this sophomore album, Untitled With Drums establish themselves as the beacon of a French rock scene struggling to take risks, too often settling for crude heaviness. Theirs cuts deeper — straight to the flesh.
Line-up:
Martin L.B. — Bass, Vocals
Lucas D. — Guitar
Nicolas Z. — Keyboards
Rémy D. — Drums
Additional Recording Line-up:
Etienne Marchal — Additional Guitars
Recording Studio:
Halle du Jeu de Paume (Vic-le-Comte, France).
Production Credits:
Produced and Mixed by Cyrille Gachet.
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.
Cover Art:
Martin Le Borgne
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