Three Days Grace have issued their first new song with Adam Gontier on vocals since 2013. “Mayday” is the first track to surface from what is expected to be a new album in 2025.
As was recently revealed, Three Days Grace have reunited with Gontier but are also keeping vocalist Matt Walst who has fronted the band since Gontier left during the Transit of Venus album cycle. The last song released from the Gontier era was “Misery Loves My Company” that was issued as a single in May 2013.
About “Mayday”
The new song “Mayday” kicks off with a killer bass line before Matt Walst’s screams and some more electronic backing blow up the intensity. Walst and Gontier trade off vocals in the new track.
The band says of the song’s lyrical direction, “This song is a reflection of the current state of the world, an unsettling mix of disillusionment, exhaustion, and denial. The sense that we’re all on the brink—emotionally, socially, and environmentally— yet we refuse to admit defeat. So even though we feel like we are barely surviving, we keep on moving forward, one foot in front of the other.”
Check out the Circus Head-directed video and the song’s lyrics below. “Mayday” is currently available via multiple platforms.
It should also be noted that both Adam and Matt will be guests on the Loudwire Nights radio show this evening (Nov. 22). You can listen live every weeknight at 7PM right here; the shows replay every day.
Three Days Grace, “Mayday”
Three Days Grace, “Mayday” Lyrics
We’ll never say, we’ll never say mayday
Welcome to the end, just take a numberJust get used to the influence you’re underIt’s the same old story ofWanting it all but it’s never enoughThe more you know, you know, you knowNothing
We walk like dead people who haven’t died yetWe ride like passengers without a pilotWe be losing our minds, but we all try to hidе itIt’s hard to keep fighting when you’re barely surviving
(Wе’ll never say, we’ll never say mayday)
Just wait in line for your rights and your privilegeThen follow the leader right off the cliff’s edgeAll your dreams are down belowBuried under broken bonesThe more you know, you know, you knowNothing
We walk like dead people who haven’t died yetWe ride like passengers without a pilotWe be losing our minds, but we all try to hide itIt’s hard to keep fighting when you’re barely surviving
Calm down, we’ll be okayJust some turbulence, we’re on our wayWe’re going down, but not todayWe’ll never sayMayday
We walk like dead people who haven’t died yetWe ride like passengers without a pilotWe be losing our minds, but we all try to hide itIt’s hard to keep fighting when you’re barely survivingWe walk like dead people who haven’t died yetWe ride like passengers without a pilotWe be losing our minds, but we all try to hide itIt’s hard to keep fighting when you’re barely surviving
But we’re still aliveWe be losing our mindsWe’ll never say, we’ll never say maydayWe’ll never say, we’ll never say mayday
Three Days Grace in 2025
The group is currently continuing work toward a new studio album. “Mayday” is the first single off the record, with an album announcement expected soon.
Meanwhile, the band has started setting up their first shows back with the two vocalist lineup. They’re playing as direct support to Disturbed on the band’s 25th anniversary of The Sickness album trek that’s taking place in late February and March. Sevendust rounds out the bill.
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They’ve also booked several festivals for 2025 including appearances at Sick New World, Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville and InkCarceration in 2025. See all of their scheduled dates and get Three Days Grace ticketing info through their website.
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