Butcher Babies Announce New Album Nightbloom

Butcher Babies have announced a new album, Nightbloom, due out October 2nd via Judge and Jury Records. It is their first studio album without founding co-vocalist Carly Harvey, who departed in 2024. The band has also released a new live action music video for their single “Blame It On the Wind,” which previously received an animated video in early June. Get Butcher Babies Tickets Here “Blame It On the Wind” is a far cry from the earlier material by Butcher Babies. The verse is a well-produced and slick mainstream rock track that then explodes in the chorus with djent guitars and a well-delivered screamed vocal from lead singer Heidi Shepherd. The solo in the bridge avoids technical flash but still makes interesting melodic choices, feeling closer to what a progressive band might do than something as ultimately approachable to this. It’s a strong hybrid of heavier rock and metal sounds borrowed from the underground applied to something more accessible. “Blame It On the Wind” is the album’s fourth single, following “Sincerity,” “Lost in Your Touch,” and “Black Dove.” Shepherd said of the making of Nightbloom: “Therapy sent me down a rabbit hole that I didn’t know existed. Over the co...