Mudvayne Strike Again with New Single Sticks and Stones
Nu-Metal Icons Drop Second New Track in Two Weeks
Mudvayne are making up for lost time. Just two weeks after releasing “Hurt People Hurt People” — their first new song in 16 years — the Peoria-born metal pioneers are back with a second punishing cut, “Sticks and Stones,” out now via Alchemy Recordings. The track arrives alongside a brooding visualiser, with an official video on the way.
The new single leans heavily into emotional trauma and psychological scars, with frontman Chad Gray offering a gut-punch of a message:
“Words have teeth and they won’t let go… Blood doesn’t wash out, it stains.”
Gray explains the track’s inspiration as deeply personal, speaking to the long-lasting damage of emotional manipulation — particularly how words from loved ones can embed themselves and become inescapable. The result is a raw, heavy, and painfully human song that continues Mudvayne’s legacy of blending brutality with vulnerability.
“Sticks and Stones” follows “Hurt People Hurt People,” which racked up over half a million streams and marked a thunderous return for the band after more than a decade away from the studio.
The band has also launched a pre-order for a double A Side 7″ vinyl featuring both songs. There will be a standard version, as well as a variant that is signed and limited to 500 units. Both are available exclusively through the band’s webstore alongside a brand new merch capsule. Go here to get yours.
25 Years of L.D. 50 and a New Chapter Begins
The release coincides with the kickoff of Mudvayne’s L.D. 50 25th Anniversary Tour, a celebration of the 2000 gold-certified debut album that established them as metal outsiders with something unshakeable to say. Still hailed as essential listening by Revolver and Metal Hammer, the album’s chaotic precision and grim lyrical depth set a benchmark in 2000s metal.
Now, with new music in the wild and a stacked tour alongside Static-X and Vended, Mudvayne are proving that their time away hasn’t dulled their edge — it’s sharpened it.
Mudvayne On Tour
With Static-X and Vended
- 11th September — Dubuque, IA — Q Casino — Back Waters Stage
- 13th September — Waukee, IA — Vibrant Music Hall
- 14th September — Chicago, IL — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
- 16th September — Milwaukee, WI — The Rave/Eagles Club — Eagles Ballroom
- 17th September — Youngstown, OH — Covelli Centre
- 19th September — Louisville, KY — Kentucky Exposition Center
- 20th September — Chesterfield, MO — The Factory
- 21st September — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha
- 23rd September — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
- 24th September — Albuquerque, NM — Revel
- 26th September — Las Vegas, NV — Palms Casino Resort — Pearl Theater
- 27th September — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
- 28th September — Hollywood, CA — Hollywood Palladium
- 30th September — Portland, OR — Moda Center — Theater of the Clouds
- 1st October — Airway Heights, WA — Northern Quest Resort & Casino — BECU Live
- 3rd October — Pocatello, ID — Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre
- 5th October — Sacramento, CA — Discovery Park
- 7th October — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
- 9th October — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater
- 11th October — Dallas, TX — Gilley’s Dallas — South Side Ballroom
- 12th October — San Antonio, TX — Boeing Center at Tech Port
- 13th October — Houston, TX — Bayou Music Center
- 16th October — Durant, OK — Choctaw Casino & Resort Durant — Grand Theater
- 18th October — Nashville, TN — Nashville Municipal Auditorium
- 19th October — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
- 21st October — Raleigh, NC — Red Hat Amphitheater
- 22nd October — Virginia Beach, VA — Virginia Beach Dome
- 24th October — Montclair, NJ — The Wellmont Theater
- 25th October — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- 26th October — Uncasville, CT — Mohegan Sun – Arena
