{"id":743805,"date":"2026-08-20T07:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:22:10","slug":"cult-of-luna-unveil-single-a-way-back-from-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743805\/","title":{"rendered":"Cult of Luna Unveil Single &#8220;A Way Back&#8221; from Upcoming Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/cult-of-luna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cult of Luna<\/a> have released \u201cA Way Back,\u201d the second single from the Swedish metal band\u2019s upcoming album In the Shadow of Your Shadow, due out November 6th via RED CRK Recordings. It follows the album\u2019s title track, which was released in June.<\/p>\n<p>Co-vocalist and guitarist Fredrik Kihlberg said of the track, \u201cI often find myself trying to describe a recurring feeling, the sensation of being lost, trapped, or both, and the struggle to find a way out. A way back to yourself, to a safe space, or simply finding a way to make it through when anxiety overwhelms you: at its core, that\u2019s what this song is about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Way Back\u201d is a heavy ballad, reminiscent somewhat of Metallica\u2019s \u201cNothing Else Matters\u201d or Pain of Salvation\u2019s quieter material. They show an excellent use of texture, with the simple melody and progression buffeted by well-layered acoustic and electric guitars, piano, synth, sound effects, and percussion. The song feels oceanic and vast with an earworm folk melody underpinning the slow brooding atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Founder, singer, and guitarist Johannes Persson said of the upcoming album, \u201cStagnation is the only thing that scares me. I\u2019ve said this in every interview I\u2019ve done for the past 25 years: I don\u2019t care whether or not people think we\u2019re repeating ourselves. As long as we feel like we aren\u2019t, we will continue to do this\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stream \u201cA Way Back\u201d and see the album artwork and tracklist for\u00a0In the Shadow of Your Shadow\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the Shadow of Your Shadow Artwork:<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/in-the-shadow-of-your-shadow.png\" alt=\"Cult of Luna In the Shadow of Your Shadow album cover\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1619255\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Shadow of Your Shadow\u00a0Tracklist:<br \/>01. In the Shadow of Your Shadow<br \/>02. Sadness Will Reign (feat. Joe Duplantier)<br \/>03. Landby<br \/>04. Breach<br \/>05. The Rift<br \/>06. A Way Back<br \/>07. One More Day (feat. David Eugene Edwards)<br \/>08. From Grey to Black<br \/>09. Burial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cult of Luna have released \u201cA Way Back,\u201d the second single from the Swedish metal band\u2019s upcoming album&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-743805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}