Marianas Rest announce new album and unleash first single ‘The Colour of You’

Finnish doom-laden death metal force MARIANAS REST have officially announced the release of their highly anticipated fifth studio album, “The Bereaved”, set to drop on January 16, 2026, via their new label home Noble Demon. To mark the occasion, the band has released the first single and haunting music video for “The Colour of You” – a track that sets the emotional and sonic tone for what may be their most personal and devastating album to date.

Listen to the single HERE

“When we started composing The Colour we didn’t see it ending up as a love song, but here we are,” comments vocalist Jaakko Mäntymaa. “Like the whole album, this song deals with personal loss. Sometimes it may be healthier to forget than to cling on to memories no matter how cherished they are.”

Guitarist Nico Mänttäri adds: “At first we had an acoustic demo with some string arrangements that we didn’t exactly know what to do with. We went back and forth with a couple of ideas but it didn’t seem to hit the right nerve. Then when the idea of what the song could be about, it was a light bulb over the head type of a situation, and it took maybe half an hour to get the arrangement sorted.”

From the dark shores of the Baltic Sea, MARIANAS REST channel the deep melancholy of their homeland. Hailing from the southeastern Finnish town of Kotka, the band was formed in 2013 and has since become a powerful force in the world of melancholic death metal.

Their music is heavy and unhurried, blending elements of doom, death, and post-metal into a sound that is both crushing and beautiful. MARIANAS REST don’t just write songs – they create moods: haunting, immersive, and emotionally devastating. A journey into darkness that, strangely, feels both familiar and comforting.

Over the course of four albums – Horror Vacui (2016), Ruins (2019), Fata Morgana (2021), and Auer (2023) – the band has explored themes of isolation, despair, and conflict with uncanny timing. Fata Morgana was the closing chapter of a trilogy written before the pandemic but released at its peak. Auer was completed just before military unrest erupted in Europe – a coincidence too eerie to script.

In January 2026 the band will return with their fifth full length, “The Bereaved”, and a brand new record label deal with Noble Demon. It is a deeply personal tale of death and the many forms in which the end may appear. We meet these Finnish axemen in the midst of memorial, tortured by those do’s or don’ts of individuals left behind, even though some indeed pity the living and envy the dead. At such times, who is more blessed, the deceased or the bereaved?

Again, just like on their previous albums, the melodies are the key for a unique soundtrack for the ongoing struggle against the black clouds that seem to gather around us all every now and then.

When it comes to MARIANAS REST’s music, sometimes slow, deep and hard, on some occasions a bit faster and aggressive attacks, it sure does include that x-factor of Finnish DNA, that embraces melancholy and beauty on such level that makes one’s hair stand every single time.

In addition, the band will celebrate the release of the new album by touring Finland and Europe during the winter and spring of 2026.

Confirmed dates so far include:
29.11.2025 – John Smith Frozen, Jyväskylä
23.01.2026 – House Of Rock, Kouvola
24.01.2026 – Apollo, Turku
30.01.2026 – Sawohouse / Finland Underground, Kuopio
14.02.2026 – Kadotus Metal Fest, Jyväskylä

More to be announced soon.

MARIANAS REST are:
Vocals | Jaakko Mäntymaa
Guitar | Nico Mänttäri
Guitar | Harri Sunila
Bass | Niko Lindman
Keyboard | Aapo Koivisto
Drums | Nico Heininen