{"id":98843,"date":"2025-05-07T23:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=98843"},"modified":"2025-05-07T23:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:22:01","slug":"parkway-drive-sacred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/parkway-drive-sacred\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkway Drive Return with &#8216;Sacred&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie metal titans\u00a0<strong>Parkway Drive<\/strong> have returned with an anthemic new track called\u00a0<em>&#8216;Sacred&#8217;<\/em>. The stomping number is the band&#8217;s first new material since 2022&#8217;s\u00a0<em>&#8216;Darker Still&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The song highlights\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Parkway Drive<\/strong>&#8216;s perseverance as they continue to celebrate their 20th anniversary. <em>\u201cThe mission statement for \u2018Sacred\u2019 is pretty damn simple. An anthemic wrecking ball of positive energy. Our lives and the way we exist in the world has been pushed further and further through the lenses and frames of negativity and hopelessness,&#8221;<\/em> explains vocalist Winston McCall. <em>&#8220;Obsession with everything we lack, everything we hate, everyone we blame, everything that keeps us down. We sell the unique parts of us most precious just to buy back manufactured pieces of self in order that we may feel whole again. \u2018Sacred\u2019 is our identity. \u2018Sacred\u2019 is our time. Never lose sight and never lose hope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2025 looks set to be a busy year for\u00a0<strong>Parkway Drive<\/strong>. It&#8217;ll begin with a sold-out symphonic show at the iconic Sydney Opera House next month, before a summer of North American shows. The Autumn will see them bring their 20th anniversary tour to the <a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/parkway-drive-uk-and-european-tour-2025\/\">UK and Europe<\/a>. In what is described as their &#8220;most ambitious production to date,&#8221; the tour will see them be joined by fellow Aussie&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Thy Art Is Murder<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>The Amity Affliction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Parkway Drive - &quot;Sacred&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8v4oxxvs8iY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97314\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Parkway-Drive-20th-UK-EU-Tour.jpg\" alt=\"Parkway Drive 20th UK EU Tour\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1749\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Parkway-Drive-20th-UK-EU-Tour.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Parkway-Drive-20th-UK-EU-Tour-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Parkway-Drive-20th-UK-EU-Tour-567x800.jpg 567w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Parkway-Drive-20th-UK-EU-Tour-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Parkway-Drive-20th-UK-EU-Tour-1089x1536.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/>October<br \/>\n4th OVO Arena Wembley, London<br \/>\n5th Utilita Arena, Birmingham<br \/>\n6th AO Arena, Manchester<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear the Aussie metal titans first new material in three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[3150],"class_list":["post-98843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-parkway-drive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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