156/Silence
Release New Single And Official Music Video
“Swept From Under (Call of the Void)”
From Upcoming New Album
‘From A Distance’
Out September 4 via Pure Noise Records
Watch HERE | Listen HERE | Pre-Order HERE
‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ Tour With Chiodos Starting July 30
‘From A Distance’ US Headliner Starting September 9Ticket Info HERE
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania atmospheric metalcore quintet 156/Silence have released their latest offering, “Swept From Under (Call of the Void)“ and the official music video. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming new full-length, ‘From A Distance’, out on September 4 via Pure Noise Records. Elaborating on the inspiration behind the track, the band shared:
“The call of the void is the voice in our heads that wants to self-destruct even when we don’t feel bad. A compulsion to hurt ourselves even if we don’t want to. Being swept from under by intrusive thoughts.“‘From A Distance’ is available now for pre-order at the link here. Stream “Swept From Under (Call of the Void)“here and watch the music video here or in the thumbnail below.
FROM A DISTANCE
156/Silence
Track Listing:
1. Control Burns
2. No Arms
3. Order & Entropy
4. Swept From Under (Call of The Void)
5. An Early Exit
6. Collateral (ft. Tony Castrati of Crippling Alchoholism)
7. Cannon Fodder (ft. Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada)
8. Secret Room
9. Proxy Idols
10. Phoenix Dies
11. From A Distance (ft. Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer) 12. After Dusk
After taking Inkcarceration 2026 by storm last weekend, 156/Silence will next set their sights on the ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ Tour across North America with Chiodos, sace6 and Second Harbour beginning Thursday, July 30, with several headlining dates from Thursday, August 20 through Saturday, August 22 with Coldstate as support. Following, the band will kick off their ‘From A Distance Tour’ US headlining run with Aviana, Heavensgate and Fromjoy supporting. Dates are already selling out, so be sure to get your tickets at the link here before it’s too late.
It’s Not You, It’s Me Tour Dates with Chiodos, sace6 & Second Harbour
Thu, Jul 30 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Sat, Aug 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell @ The Complex
Mon, Aug 3 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Wed, Aug 5 – Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom
Thu, Aug 6 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Fri, Aug 7 – Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore
Sun, Aug 9 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
Mon, Aug 10 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
Tue, Aug 11 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis
Wed, Aug 12 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Fri, Aug 14 – St. Paul, MN @ Myth Live
Sat, Aug 15 – Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center
Sun, Aug 16 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Mon, Aug 17 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Wed, Aug 19 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
Sun, Aug 23 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
Tue, Aug 25 – Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom
Wed, Aug 26 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Fri, Aug 28 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
Sat, Aug 29 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
Upcoming 156/Silence Headlining One-Off Dates with Coldstate:
Thu, Aug 20 – Barrie, ON @ The Queens Night Club *Low Tix*
Fri, Aug 21 – Syracuse, NY @ Song & Dance
Sat, Aug 22 – Albany, NY @ Empire Underground
‘From A Distance Tour’ US Headlining Dates with Aviana, Heavensgate & Fromjoy:
Wed Sep 9 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs *Low Tix*
Thu Sep 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows
Fri Sep 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore *Low Tix*
Sat Sep 12 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage *Low Tix*
Sun Sep 13 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
Tue Sep 15 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Wed Sep 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Thu Sep 17 – Winter Park, FL @ The Conduit Sold Out
Fri Sep 18 – Jacksonville, FL @ Albatross
Sat Sep 19 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
Sun Sep 20 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life^
Tue Sep 22 – Dallas, TX @ Puzzles Deep Ellum
Wed Sep 23 – San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
Fri Sep 25 – Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room *Low Tix*
Sat Sep 26 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory *Low Tix*
Sun Sep 27 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post *Low Tix*
Wed Sep 30 – Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar *Low Tix*
Fri Oct 02 – Detroit, MI @ TSDMAAC (Sanctuary) *Low Tix*
Sat Oct 03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving *Low Tix*
^Festival Date
ABOUT 156/SILENCE
156/Silence makes intense, foreboding, and haunting music. Their songs are cinematic, blending brutality with intellect. They draw on real and imagined terror, all woven into melody and power. Vocalist and lyricist Jack Murray, guitarist and primary songwriter Jimmy Howell, guitarist Ryan Wilkinson, drummer Kyle O’Connell, and bassist Mike Ernst form a formidable unit, forged through shared passions and losses since the band’s earliest incarnation first formed in Pittsburgh in 2015.
2024’s crowd pleaser, People Watching, was a watershed moment, boasting breakout anthems “Better Written Villain” and “Character Development (Cold Start).” Distorted Sound wrote, “There is enough in the band’s repertoire to not only keep you entertained but also keep you guessing.”
From a Distance, its spiritual sequel and the band’s first album with Pure Noise Records, ups the ante with gut-wrenching depth and atmosphere. Their sixth album is dark and ponderous yet triumphantly self-assured. (It follows the devastating standalone single “Our Parting Ways,” released in 2025 in loving tribute to longtime bassist Lukas Booker, who passed away unexpectedly earlier that year.)
The group’s reputation as a live force of nature was earned on the road, where they deliver audience connection and sonic devastation while touring with the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Chiodos, Fit For A King, Counterparts, Silent Planet, and The Acacia Strain, among other contemporaries.
Produced by Josh Schroeder (King 810, Lorna Shore, The Plot In You), From a Distance finds 156/Silence heavy as hell, while leaning into atmosphere, mood, and emotional impact even harder. The group reverently namechecks classic game scores like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and the heady concepts of prestige TV like Twin Peaks (a sample from Apple TV’s Severance opens the album).
Murray’s lyrics remain keenly observational, personal, and incisive. From a Distance serves as a bold thematic companion to its predecessor. While earlier records often documented tension at close range, From a Distance observes from a wider vantage point, examining social behavior, celebrity worship, intrusive thoughts, and interpersonal connection with steely focus.
That authenticity is crucial to the band’s ever-growing audience.
No two 156/Silence albums are alike, from the unhinged frenetic chaos of Undercover Scumbag (2018) to the gloriously savage and technical Irrational Pull (2020), which Metal Hammer likened to Converge and Botch. The diverse ruminations found in Narrative (2022) took things even further. BrooklynVegan called that album “bolder and richer” and “an exciting step forward for [the] band.”
People Watching continued the prolific outfit’s tradition of steadfast evolution and innovation. Revolver praised the dark melodic edge of the Animal Farm-inspired “Better Written Villain,” declaring, “156/Silence may have just penned an instant classic of their own canon.”
As Howell points out, they’d never really tried singing choruses and hooks prior to People Watching. “It went so well that we decided to double down on that.” From a Distance also features guest appearances from some formidable vocalists: Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada, Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer, and Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism. It also cranks up the soundscapes.
“I look toward bands we love that grew with their listeners, like Thrice and Bring Me The Horizon,” Howell says of their continuing creative mission. “They have a sound, but they grow and change. Some bands are comfortable repeating the same thing again. I don’t want to do that. I want to make you feel the way you do when you hear one of those important bands, without sounding like them.”
Murray describes the title track as “a love song” and “probably the most Twin Peaks-inspired song.”
From a Distance cuts deeper into People Watching’s lyrical heart. “Proxy Idols” tackles celebrity worship. “Order & Entropy” contemplates maintaining focus amid the utter devastation of things falling apart. “Swept from Under (Call of the Void)” sees Murray wrestling with intrusive thoughts. “They tell you to hurt yourself, even when you don’t feel bad,” he says. “It’s just the ever-looming shadow of weird and intrusive thoughts, and negativity, of just being swept from under by the void.”
From straightforward hard rock to synth-heavy experimentation and all the way back to the band’s deadly mathcore roots, 156/Silence have established themselves as unbound by any genre limitation. “We could go anywhere now, and that’s the goal,” Howell says. “Nothing is ever off the table.”
