Wayfarer opens pre-order for new album ‘Riders of the Setting Sun’ and share new single

Vesperian is proud to open the pre-order for WAYFARER’s forthcoming album, Riders of the Setting Sun. Alongside the pre-order launch, the band unveils the album’s new single “Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden” (track 7), paired with an official music video. A somber, melancholic centerpiece carried by an epic guitar solo, the song follows a weary traveler reckoning with doubt, betrayal, and the weight of his own mistakes as winter closes in — a hollow heart, carried in his wake, buried with his name.

With Riders of the Setting Sun, WAYFARER also step onto new ground. Produced for the first time by Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), with James Barone (Beach House) and Iver Sandøy (Enslaved) behind the recording and mix, the album folds threads of post-punk, American folk, and rock and roll into the sound the band has spent a decade building — a quiet but deliberate step beyond the extreme metal scene that first defined them.

The album’s artwork was created by the celebrated artist Tony Stella, renowned for his work within the film poster world. Stella‘s cover for Riders of the Setting Sun numbers among his final works before his passing earlier this year — WAYFARER and Vesperian are honored to have collaborated with him.

Riders of the Setting Sun tracklist:

1. The Dusklands (04:58)
2. Perdition’s Crossing (03:59) – feat. David Eugene Edwards
3. Black Roses & Early Graves (04:45)
4. Casey’s Last Ride (04:07) – feat. Kelly Schilling
5. Fell Spur (02:52) 
6. Grey Country (05:35) – feat. Munly J Munly
7. Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden (05:35)      
8. Prairies Of Babylon (05:15) – feat. Midwife

Riders of the Setting Sun will be available as Digipak CD, Tape, and Vinyl LP, the latter featuring a dedicated LP booklet and OBI strip. Listen to the new single and/or pre-order Riders of the Setting Sun here: https://tr.ee/vesperian_wayfarer

• Ltd. Digipak CD
• Ltd. tape with clear-orange tape shell and full-color J-card
• LP version with black vinyl, LP-booklet, and OBI strip
• Ltd. LP version with picture vinyl, die-cut cover, LP-booklet, and OBI strip (500 copies)
• Ltd. “high noon heat” LP version with red/gold-metallic splatter vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (700 copies, exclusive for Europe)
• Ltd. “prairie twilight” LP version with orange/red merge vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (700 copies, exclusive for North America)
• Ltd. “glowing embers” LP version with orange/gold/black splatter vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (500 copies, exclusive for North America)
• Ltd. “barren plains” LP version with clear + black/yellow vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (300 copies, exclusive for Bandcamp Europe and the Vesperian online store)
• Ltd. “exit wound” LP version with red/white splatter vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (300 copies, exclusive for Bandcamp US)
• Ltd. “Grand Mesa dawn” LP version with yellow/red ink spot vinyl, LP-booklet, poster, and OBI strip (300 copies, exclusive for Frozen Records, France)