Parkway Drive Release Seventh Studio Album 'Darker Still'

Byron Bay metal juggernauts Parkway Drive have released their seventh studio album Darker Still. 

To mark the release of the feverishly anticipated record, the Aussie heavy music icons have shared the new focus track Ground Zero.

The opening track from Darker Still, Ground Zero opens the album in an anthemic way. The track erupts with galloping guitar solos, stadium-sized riffs, and the thunderous roar of McCall. It's a fist-in-the-air tour de force that will send adrenaline coursing through your veins from start to finish.  The band shares their inspiration for the track.

"Ground Zero, the first impact, this song is where it all begins, from the fragile opening to the anthem inspiring chorus. Welcome to the new era of Parkway Drive. Live like life depends on it.”

The most ambitious album of Parkway Drive's career, Darker Still, is being released by the band's own record label Parkway Records.  To celebrate the release, the first-ever Parkway Drive DigitalXPhysical Gallery and Pop-Up Store will be open for one day only on September 10 in Melbourne's OSHI Gallery.

The behemoth new single is also part of the collection of Parkway Drive songs soundtracking the 2022 NRL Finals Series on Fox League. Filmed at Allianz and Accor Stadiums, Fox League’s biggest promotional campaign yet sees Parkway Drive performing alongside several NRL teams vying for the premiership. The campaign is in full swing with colossal performances of Glitch and Darker Still ushering in the finals series last weekend.  

Speaking to The Music's Mary Vavaris vocalist Winston McCall shared his thoughts on the progression present on Darker Still “We could not have written this album 20 years ago, no fucking way!” he exclaims. “We created this album in a time where we couldn’t go on tour and really reflected on the creative part. Time just vanished. It was unlike the usual cycle when we would create something a little different, go on tour, grow a bit, create something new… no, this was like a full stop.”

Keeping with the new era of Parkway Drive, their current single Darker Still just scored across the board adds on Triple M Sydney and Melbourne, an incredible feat that sees the band continue to break new ground almost 20 years into their career.

Darker Still unfurls like the great rock concept albums, from Pink Floyd to, most comparably, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral, its 11 tracks taking in ruminations on society’s fear of death, isolation and a loss of humanity in its journey to redemptive enlightenment.