When the reunion teaser for Nevermore dropped on December 27, 2024, a whole lot of us weren’t certain whether or not to hit replay or simply sit in silence. A one-minute clip, all shadowed figures and acquainted imagery, closed on the phrases “Resurrecting The Dream”, adopted by “A New Chapter Rises” and the 12 months “2025”. For a band whose identification is so tied to the voice and presence of Warrel Dane, the message felt each a promise and a problem.
In a brand new chat with Sefo of VegaTrem, guitarist Jeff Loomis pulled again the curtain on what this new period of Nevermore truly means, and he didn’t dodge the query that’s been gnawing at followers since that teaser went dwell: can you actually deliver again a band when its defining singer is gone?
“It was one thing that I have been speaking with to Van Williams for, I’d say, three years, about reforming Nevermore. The entire topic comes up, is it correct to [reform the band] when a singer passes away?, or no matter,” he continued (by way of Blabbermouth), referencing the December 2017 dying of founding Nevermore vocalist Warrel Dane.
“I believe it’s. I believe that there have been some issues that had been left unsaid, and I believe we had extra issues to say musically. It is unlucky that Warrel Dane handed away — he was one among my finest buddies — however I actually, actually imagine that Van and I and the remainder of the brand new band [will do the music justice], and we’re scheduling reveals already for 2026.”
However, who else is a part of the band at this level, you is perhaps questioning. Properly, the remainder of the gamers are being stored beneath wraps. Loomis is aware of precisely how on-line steel discourse works in 2025, and he’s pre-empting the dogpile.
“We’re withholding the names of the members of the brand new Nevermore, just because there’s a whole lot of on-line criticism these days about pointing fingers about, ‘Oh, it’s best to have gotten that individual or that individual,'” he defined. “We’re simply gonna wait till the primary present and have an announcement earlier than that, most likely someday in, I’d say, March. And we’ll announce the brand new members. They’re all extraordinarily proficient. They know the Nevermore materials and are large followers of the fabric. We picked people who find themselves glorious musicians. We actually hung out [looking for the right people]. And we went by way of about seven hundred submissions, and it took a very long time [to check everybody out].”
“And this began mainly a few 12 months in the past. So Van and I began in search of new musicians a few 12 months in the past. And since then, we have achieved a lot. There are new reveals which might be being scheduled. We’ve all these festivals which might be arising for ’26, and I am additionally engaged on writing a brand new album proper now for Nevermore. So a whole lot of thrilling stuff is arising for 2026. We’re simply so excited to get again on the market and play these songs once more that individuals wanna hear from our earlier albums, and a few new stuff, and simply type of a brand new course,” Loomis added.
And… what is going to this new model of Nevermore sound like? Loomis isn’t pretending they’re about to reinvent themselves as a distinct type of band. He’s leaning proper into what drew most of us within the first place: “It is gonna be a heavy album. It is gonna have all of the Nevermore qualities you’ll anticipate, with a heavy side. However yeah, we’re simply actually excited.”
The upcoming query right here is whether or not that weight shifts with out Warrel Dane on the mic. On that entrance, Loomis didn’t shrink back from how shut the brand new singer’s supply involves the unique.
“With all people’s enter within the band, it is gonna be actually cool. The musicians are completely unbelievable and are in a position to play all of the stuff completely, and the singer’s in a position to sing virtually precisely like Warrel. However he is obtained a dying steel voice, he is obtained totally different [ways] he can use his voice, and we wanna make the most of that. So, it is gonna be cool. However we’ll see what occurs.”
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