Knife Bride Unleash Chaos and Vulnerability on Alone at the Altar
Brighton’s rising heavy visionaries Knife Bride return with their fiercest statement yet in the form of alone at the altar—a new single released today that throws theatricality, angst, and anthemic grit into the fire. The track’s twisted romanticism and nu-gothika energy place it squarely in the centre of the band’s evolving cinematic universe.
Vocalist Mollie Clack explains, “This is the first invitation to meet the bride herself. She’s flawed, unhinged, narcissistic—and yet deeply vulnerable.” That duality lies at the heart of alone at the altar, a track as brash as it is bruised.
Drawing from early 2000s emo icons like Fall Out Boy and Paramore, the song resurrects raw, chaotic pop-punk emotions with a sharpened modern edge. Lurking beneath the swagger is a more fragile truth: “It’s a visceral exploration of self, told through the eyes of a merciless yet hopelessly romantic bride.”
BBC Sessions, Festivals & Critical Acclaim
This single arrives hot off the back of Knife Bride’s haunting BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale session, where they delivered a ghostly cover of Gwen Stefani’s What You Waiting For and a stripped version of their earlier track WORTHY—a song that earned spins on Kerrang! Radio, BBC Radio 1, and landed on the Kerrang! Chart.
2024 was a breakout year: appearances at Download, 2000trees, press features in Metal Hammer and Kerrang!, and massive support slots for artists like Scene Queen, WARGASM, and VUKOVI. All this within just two years of forming, including three consecutive sell-outs at Brighton’s Green Door Store.
Defining the “Nu-Gothika” Sound
Knife Bride continue to evolve their self-dubbed nu-gothika style—a dramatic, immersive blend of metallic riffs, cinematic storytelling, dark pop, and emotional catharsis. Influences range from Spiritbox and Bring Me The Horizon to Kate Bush and Karnivool, but the result is something uniquely their own.
This new single is both a standalone experience and a wider invitation into Knife Bride’s conceptual world—a universe where character, chaos, and self-reckoning collide.
Catch Knife Bride Live
Knife Bride join SVALBARD for a five-date UK run this November, followed by a summer 2026 performance at Poland’s Mystic Festival.
UK Tour Dates – Supporting SVALBARD
UK dates in bold
- Nov 19 – Glasgow – Slay
- Nov 20 – Manchester – Rebellion
- Nov 21 – Newcastle – Think Tank
- Nov 22 – Bristol – Thekla
- Nov 23 – London – Oslo Hackney
2026
- June 6 – Gdansk, Poland – Mystic Festival
