Royal Blood today unveil their long-awaited fifth studio album, Dead Company, released via Warner Records, featuring latest single 'Mother Never Told You'.
Dead Company marks a powerful new chapter for the duo, who last released an album in 2023. Following a period away from the spotlight, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher entered the studio in 2025 with no deadline, no distractions and a simple ambition: to see what was possible with two people, 12 notes and infinite outcomes.
Self-produced by Royal Blood, they set out to make an album as raw, human and visceral as possible. Dead Company strips everything back to its core. Immediate and uncompromising, it captures Royal Blood at their most powerful.
Listen to ‘Mother Never Told You’ on Seagulls Sounds.
The band adds, “After putting the Royal Blood engine in neutral for a couple of years, we’ve been building up the revs and are playing faster and harder than ever with this album. Written and recorded with the stage in mind, we cannot wait to play it live for years to come.”
Since they first emerged 12 years ago when they released one of the fastest-selling rock debuts of the century, Royal Blood have made one hell of an impact: each of their four albums has hit Number One in the UK, shifting over 1 million records, becoming an arena-filling, festival-headlining tour de force, and forerunners of the guitar rock revival we’re seeing today.
The band have had a big year so far, announcing their new album in August before selling out a small run of intimate UK shows and making a surprise appearance at Reading Festival. They also recently joined Zane Lowe on his Apple Music show and were special guests on the newly launched SNL UK. They kick off October with an appearance on Later… with Jools Holland. Following a run of album release shows, Royal Blood return to the road in November for a UK tour, with unpeople and Xcerts joining them as special guests on selected dates.
