Frozen Soul share new single ‘No Place of Warmth’ featuring Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance

Dallas’ beloved death metal / hardcore unit Frozen Soul announce No Place of Warmth – a monolithic, majestic and exigent collection of anthems built on the perfect blend of ferocity and subtle melody, allowing soaring guitar leads to guide a lantern through the dark chasm of merciless riffs. Across their third full-length studio album, Frozen Soul tells tales of the dark territories that come with dealing with the everyday struggle. It surveys the wasteland in the wake of their triumph and is an open letter to fans that decries life’s cold realities yet gives them the tools and the motivation to conquer on their own.

Album opener and title track “No Place of Warmth” features Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) is “about life at its coldest and the choice you have to let it consume you, or to use it to find warmth in a world that feels void of it. Life is always coming at you, and death doesn’t stop—you might slow it down, but it’s always coming—so you have to make the best out of it and march on” reveals Frozen Soul vocalist Chad Green.

Green collaborated with director Brendan McGowen to bring the concept of “No Place of Warmth” to life visually. Actor London Smith from Frozen Soul’s 2023 “Morbid Effigy” returns, this time to play Death. “The lead character attempts to keep her dagger with rosary beads away from Death, as a stand to say we won’t be afraid of what’s coming and we will live happy with the memories and experiences of our time here,” Green explains.

Of the collaboration he adds, “We met Gerard a couple of years ago and have become friends. I knew he had a love for metal, so I spun the idea to him about singing in a Frozen Soul song and he was stoked! Gerard is an amazing artist and musician whose creative vision has shaped generations and more to come.”

“No Place of Warmth (Feat. Gerard Way)” is available across all digital platforms and is the follow up to Frozen Soul’s 53 second anti-authoritarianism anthem “Absolute Zero” which was released earlier this month. No Place of Warmth sees its release May 8 via Century Media. See below for variants and more info.

Directed by Brendan McGowan, Produced by Vile Luxe, Makeup: Raven Faye, Starring Stephanie McReynolds & London Smith, Concept by Frozen Soul & Brendan McGowan

In five short years, Frozen Soul’s brand of all inclusive, in-your-face death metal has captured the attention of countless fans of extreme music globally. Their latest entry No Place of Warmth is their most definitive and defiant record to date. At the center of it all is vocalist Chad Green, whose sandpaper-y bellow sits somewhere between spiritual guide, dungeon master and soothsayer, delivering tales of unending battles and vanquishing foes. Musically, No Place of Warmth is staunchly death metal, leaning into the unchecked aggression of hardcore punk while maintaining the band’s Texas-sized sound mixing classic American death metal (Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Mortician, Mota Skuld) and early Earache ruination (Carcass, Bolt Thrower). 

No Place of Warmth sees Frozen Soul distilled to its primordial essence– a brigade of road-wisened soldiers who’ve been to the frontlines enough and know exactly how to attack in their next barbaric sortie. The result is a more menacing version of the band hellbent on shock and awe and maximal minimalism– across eleven new songs, Frozen Soul keep it brief and focused, emphasizing brutality but with an ear for hooks. No Place of Warmth is a pinnacle for the band, and a shining example of flawless execution, inline with classics like Tomb of the Mutilated, Cause of Death, Heartwork, and Hacked Up for BBQ. “Our mindset was to stop overthinking it and trying to write the most epic song,” recalls Green.

While the title No Place of Warmth may hint towards subject matter on a glacial terra incognita, ever-expanding and devoid of signs of life, the record is also very much the opposite. “Each song on this record has its own meaning and influences that helped make them what they are, but in their essence are written to give the listener that extra push and power they need to fight those everyday battles. These songs are built to say ‘We won’t be swept away by its winds; we can and we will move forward,’” says vocalist Green emphatically.

This time around they’ve brought a gang to join them. For their latest effort, the band grabbed a trio of incredible collaborators for inclusion– Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, Devin Swank from Sanguisugabogg and Rob Flynn from Machine Head. Though each adds their distinctive swagger to the LP, none can overshadow the mechanized killing machine behind Frozen Soul. “Anytime we have features, it’s with friends and bands that we love and respect who share the same feelings and emotion that we’re trying to get across in the song,” says Green. “Gerard, Rob and Devin all added their own unique styles and love into the songs and really helped bring them to life. It was an absolute pleasure working with them.”

Frozen Soul looked to noted producer Josh Schroeder and Random Awesome Studios to do the heavy lifting with No Place of Warmth, spending six weeks in Midland, Michigan for the recording. The session proved to be a bit different than those before, as Frozen Soul entered the studio’s halls with a bit of a blank slate, having used much of what they had written to date after years of focused touring and recording. As a result, the band wrote every night and during the day in Midland, working with Schroder to tune the songs and going off of instinct, instead of working and tuning an unfinished idea to death. “We took this opportunity to change and try new things– we would go into the basement of where we were staying and just write and immediately we started catching our groove,” states Green. 

Frozen Soul’s fresh and live theatrical take on old school death metal has earned them sold out tours and support slots with an array of heavy staples like Dying Fetus, Blood Incantation, Obituary, Amon Amarth, Killswitch Engage and Napalm Death just to name a few. Their breakout EP ‘Encased in Ice’ (2019) and two full-lengths ‘Crypt of Ice’ (2021), ‘Glacial Domination’ (2023), a festival of their own in Wrecking Ball Metal Madness, and now No Place of Warmth, cement Frozen Soul as a leading force of metal’s next generation. This April they cross the states with Sweden’s Avatar and Fleshgod Apocalypse. For tickets go here. See below for a full list of dates.

Frozen Soul Live Dates: 

Feb 27: Hamburg, GER – Inselpark Arena
Feb 28: Cologne, GER – Palladium
Mar 01: Tilburg, NET – 013
Mar 03: Lyon, FRA – Transbordeur
Mar 04: Paris, FRA – Élysée Montmartre
Mar 05: Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
Mar 06: Stuttgart, GER – Porsche-Arena
Mar 07: Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
Mar 08: Zurich, SWI – Halle 622
Mar 10: Milan, ITA – Live Club
Mar 11: Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX – Rockhal
Mar 13: Berlin, GER – Columbiahalle
Mar 14: Jena, GER – SPK-Arena Jena
Mar 15: Brno, CZE – Sono Centrum
Mar 17: Budapest, HUN – Barba Negra Red Stage
Mar 18: Krakow, POL – Klub Studio
Mar 19: Vienna, AUT – Gasometer
Mar 20: Dresden, GER – Messe Dresden
Mar 21: Munich, GER – Zenith

Feb 27 – Mar 21 w/ Heaven Shall Burn, The Halo Effect & The Black Dahlia Murder

US:

Apr 16: Sacramento, CA – Channel 24
Apr 17: Los Angeles, CA – Novo
Apr 19: Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
Apr 20: Albuquerque, NM – Revel
Apr 22: San Antonio, TX – Aztec
Apr 23: Oklahoma City, OK – Criterion
Apr 25: Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
Apr 26: Des Moines, IA – Val Air
Apr 28: Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
Apr 29: Moline, IL – The Rust Belt
Apr 30: Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
May 01: Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club Stage
May 02: Fort Wayne, IN – The Clyde
May 04: Huntsville, AL – VBC Mars Music Hall
May 05: Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
May 06: Knoxville, TN – Mill & Mine
May 07: Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
May 10: Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
May 12: Richmond, VA – The National
May 13: Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
May 15: New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
May 16: Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks
May 19: Wallingford, CT – The Dome
May 20: Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino

Apr 16 – May 20 w/ Avatar

Frozen Soul is:
Chad Green / Vocals
Michael Munday / Guitar
Chris Bonner / Guitar
Samantha Mobley / Bass
Matt Dennar / Drums