My Chemical Romance

The last song the group released was "Fake Your Death," a track they recorded for their unfinished fifth album but instead released on a greatest hits album in ...

Prepare your eyeliners, for kings of emo My Chemical Romance are back with a surprise new single after eight years.

After disbanding in 2013, MCR was scheduled for a 2020 reunion tour all through North America and Europe, but the pandemic forced them to put their touring plans on hold. It was released without warning and comes as the band prepare to kickstart their long-awaited reunion tour. I’ll literally sit there and I will write as close as possible to what I think are gonna be either the final lyrics, or at least what I’m comfortable singing at that moment.”

A refuge from the rumble of the Twin Towers was found in the narrative mind of frontman Gerard Way and the band's crude guitar tracks, informed by local emo ...

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Two years after performing one reunion concert in Los Angeles, My Chemical Romance is officially back with a six-minute guitar-shredding epic titled "The ...

Next year, the band will play a string of shows throughout Australia and New Zealand. The greatest hits album was released a year later, and aside from a tenth-anniversary reissue of their signature album The Black Parade in 2016, the band remained publicly inactive for six years. In October 2019, MCR told fans via Twitter that they'd privately reunited in 2017 "to see what would happen" and announced the Los Angeles reunion concert, which was then extended to a small planned tour throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. North American and European dates were announced in January 2020, but all of their planned shows were then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Sounds: The reunited New Jersey band unleash a mountainous new beast of a tune in advance of summer live appearances.

But perhaps more important than what’s to come is the urgency of the now, and with it the news that My Chemical Romance’s fire still burns with a mighty fervor that can fill arenas and festivals. We’ve gotten a lot of expected news from My Chemical Romance lately, including a tour that hits Boston in September and headlining gigs at festivals like Firefly and Riot Fest. But yesterday (May 12) we received something relatively unexpected — a mountainous new beast of a six-minute song called “The Foundations of Decay,” which serves as their first new music in eight years. It follows a one-off single “Fake Your Death,” included on 2014 greatest hits album May Death Never Stop You, and could lead to the New Jersey band’s first new album since 2010.

Before you ask, yup, the new six-minute track, "The Foundations Of Decay," sounds like My Chemical Romance.

The band will also headline this year’s Riot Fest with The Misfits and Nine Inch Nails. The last new track from Gerard Way and the boys came in 2014. Gerard Way has a pretty good thing going with The Umbrella Academy, which Way created, so he’s probably pretty busy anyway.

My Chemical Romance have returned with their first new single since 2014, titled "The Foundations of Decay."

The band is about to embark on a reunion tour with dates in North America and Europe, which was originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic. Since the disbanding of My Chemical Romance, each member — Gerard Way, Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero and bassist Mikey Way — has continued to pursue music. The song is produced by Way, Doug McKean and lead guitarist Ray Toro.

The Foundations of Decay” arrives ahead of the band's reunion tour, which begins next week.

The greatest hits compilation was released a year after My Chemical Romance initially broke up. Listen to “ The Foundations of Decay” below. “The Foundations of Decay” is produced by Doug McKean, Gerard Way, and the band’s guitarist Ray Toro. McKean also served as the track‘s recording engineer.

Emo rock darlings My Chemical Romance returned Thursday with a new single, "The Foundations of Decay." Fans took to social media to share their love.

“We've shared the stage with people we admire, people we look up to, and best of all, our friends" the band continued. “And now, like all great things, it has come time for it to end. And as the vermin crawls, we lay in the foundations of decay." MCR’s last album, “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s rock albums chart and spawned the top 5 rock single “Sing.” “We've gotten to go places we never knew we would. Of course, MCR fans were ecstatic over the new song.

Crying to your favorite sad song? A cathartic feeling. Crying because your favorite band from your teens just released a new song and, holy shit, ...

Crying because your favorite band from your teens just released a new song and, holy shit, it is so good? Crying to your favorite sad song? Crying because your favorite band from your teens just released a new song and, holy shit, it is so good?