Polyphia release Be Not Afraid alongside Let There Be Light video and UK tour dates
Polyphia have released their fifth studio album, Be Not Afraid, via Rise Records. The record arrives with a new video for Let There Be Light, directed by Caleb Young at Hand Crank Films.
The instrumental outfit’s latest full-length leans into a collision of intricate guitar work, heavyweight rhythm programming, electronic textures and darker atmospheric turns. Let There Be Light is one of the album’s earliest compositions, according to guitarist Scott LePage.
“Let There Be Light is one of those beloved tracks that stuck with us throughout the writing process for the entire record,” LePage says. “Being one of the first ideas that kickstarted the style for this album, it has seen every part of this record as it was being written – we’ve added and taken away many parts of the song, and we still feel like we could have kept going on it.”
Watch the video for Let There Be Light here.
From house rhythms to horror-film tension
Written across sessions in Miami, Los Angeles and Dallas during 2024 and 2025, Be Not Afraid was co-produced with RJ Pasin and guitarist Spiro Dussias. The sessions also saw guitarist Tim Henson begin ideas by singing lines before translating them to guitar, a process which shaped the record’s melodic approach.
Henson says the band continued refining the album almost until release day. “We turned the record in a couple months ago, but we love this record so much that we continued working on it all the way up to a week before its release,” he says. “We were blessed to be able to work with the choir members who sang on Ye’s Sunday Service, which is a bucket list item for me as I listen to them all the time.”
He adds: “The album takes you through the extremes of two different worlds / moods: one being very uplifting and triumphant, the other being spine-chilling and terrifying. There are moments on the record that legitimately scare me when I listen to them.”
The full Be Not Afraid track listing
The 12-track album includes previously released singles Can You Feel It, Power In The Blood and With Eyes To See, alongside darker new cuts including Mark Of The Beast, Near Death and Fear God.
- Let There Be Light
- With Eyes To See
- Screwtape
- Power In The Blood
- They Know Not What They Do
- Mark Of The Beast
- Can You Feel It
- Near Death
- J-Bomb
- Deny The Flesh
- Devil Get Behind Me
- Fear God
Perturbator joins Polyphia for UK dates
Polyphia will bring the new material to the UK in December, with Perturbator and RJ Pasin appearing across the European and UK run. The dates include stops in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.
- 11 December – Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham
- 12 December – Manchester, Manchester Academy
- 15 December – Leeds, O2 Academy Leeds
- 16 December – London, O2 Academy Brixton
