Held Album Out Now

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HELD.’S DEBUT ALBUM, GREY, OUT NOW VIA MNRK HEAVY

STREAM IT HERE: https://held.ffm.to/grey

U.S. TOUR WITH UNDEROATH BEGINS JUNE 8; NEVERENDER FESTIVAL AND FURNACE FEST PERFORMANCES CONFIRMED FOR THIS FALL

“…GREY is both fresh and fully realized… an urgent, volatile, and surprising sonic storm that just won’t let up.” – Alternative Press

“…brawny yet melodic post-hardcore…” – Revolver

“…a celebration of life’s complexity and endless shades of emotion.” – Kerrang!

“…as a fan of both The Sleeping and Coheed, this straight up sounds like a perfect combination of both bands while also being wholly original.” – Vice

“…as sensational as it is unique.” – Rock Sound

GREY album cover

May 15, 2026 – Held. release their debut album, GREY, today via MNRK Heavy (listen here), and they’re about to take it on the road. The band have confirmed an opening slot on Underoath’s U.S. Summer tour, with Neverender Festival and Furnace Fest performances locked in for the fall.

Recorded with producer Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain, The Story So Far) at The Animal Farm in Flemington, N.J., GREY hits with the urgency of a debut and the confidence of seasoned lifers operating at the peak of their powers. Across eleven tracks, Held., featuring The Sleeping’s Douglas Robinson and Salvatore Mignano, and Coheed and Cambria’s Josh Eppard, balance crushing intensity with deeply personal songwriting, earning praise from Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Revolver, Vice, and Rock Sound.

Eppard, in a recent interview with Rock Sound, said: “I’ve had opportunities over the years and been asked to play in things, and I never bit. It just never felt right. This felt right. And a big ingredient of that is that it’s something new. We’re carving out a place together, and nobody knows what it is, and there’s something really exciting about that.”

Robinson sheds light on the album title and how it factors into the themes behind the album, saying: “Our emotions flow and often crash throughout the channels of our mind, body, and spirit. Sometimes, there is complete darkness and sometimes there is beauty and vibrance. This record acknowledges all frequencies while reluctantly existing in the space between.”

“WAVES OF FIRE” visualizer

The band has simultaneously released a visualizer for “WAVES OF FIRE” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWAtFCjVqbU), following previously released videos for “NEW YOU ANTHEM” featuring Frank Iero, “CONSTANT TENSION,” and “KNIFEPOINT” featuring Graham Sayle of High Vis. Directed by Adam Thomson, the trio of interconnected clips create a short film centered around the mysterious pyramid from the band’s logo.

GREY is available now, on multiple physical formats and digitally: https://held.ffm.to/grey.

Held. tour dates:

June 8 Jacksonville, FL The Albatross

June 9 Savannah, GA Victory North

June 10 Greenville, SC Radio Room

June 11 Greensboro, NC Hangar 1819

June 14 Richmond, VA The Canal Club

June 15 Asheville, NC Eulogy

June 18 Albany, NY Empire Live *

July 13 Gainesville, FL The Wooly

July 14 Pensacola FL Vinyl Music Hall

July 15 Baton Rouge, LA Chelsea’s Live

July 17 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger

July 18 Corpus Christi, TX House of Rock

July 20 Lubbock, TX Jake’s Sports Café

July 22 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace

July 23 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole

July 27 Flagstaff, AZ Hotel Monte Vista

July 28 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad

July 29 Roswell, NM The Liberty

July 31 Tulsa, OK Vanguard

August 1 Springfield, MO The Riff

August 2 Memphis, TN 1884 Lounge

October 4 Santa Ana, CA Neverender Festival

October 10 Birmingham, AL Furnace Fest

All non-festival dates with Underoath except:

*-w/Thrice and Hey Mercedes

Photo credit: Nick Karp

Held. is Douglas Robinson (vocals/guitar), Sal Mignano (bass), and Josh Eppard (drums)

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