King Kraken release their new single ‘Shadows Fall’ on 18th September

King Kraken release their new single ‘Shadows Fall‘ on 18th September.
The single’s available for airplay now.

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King Kraken unleash their third single of 2026 on 18th September with ‘Shadows Fall’. A dark and unnerving tale of getting lost in the woods only to be met by malevolence and evil wrongdoing.

‘Shadows Fall’ was inspired by the popular ‘found footage’ horror genre, mainly ‘The Blair Witch Project’. The idea for this track was to flip the melodic structure by having more melody in the verses and a gritty aggressive chorus. Like a journey where everything starts fine but the deeper you go the darker it gets. Coming straight out the gate with a catchy riff this doesn’t let up for a second. It grabs you by the neck and drags you around as opposed to holding your hand.

Recorded at Longwave studios, Cardiff
Mixed and Mastered by Romesh Dodangoda
Engineered by Romesh Dodangoda and Tom Cory.

King Kraken is a four-piece Rock/Metal band from South Wales, UK. In 2025 they released their second album, ‘March of the Gods’, with two of their four singles playlisted on Planet Rock and Kerrang Radio. Positive album reviews poured in, including reviews from big hitters such as Kerrang and features in Metal Hammer magazine. With a new album and hefty praise from the rock/metal press, the band headed out on a headline tour.

The band has played Bloodstock Festival, Call of the Wild, Planet Rock’s Rockstock and Stonedead Festival and Steelhouse festival as well as the first band to play the Bloodstock Winter Gathering event at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton. The band has played with some heavyweight artists including The Almighty, The Dead Daisies, Crobot, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Monster Truck, The Sweet, Geoff Tate and Crowbar.

2026 is also proving to be another big year for King Kraken, with them hitting the main stage at Call Of The Wild Festival plus opening up Steelhouse Festival in July, and with the walls of Chepstow Castle now crumbling as a result of excessive decibels, it’s on to more gigs and tours with Crobot and Breed 77 as well as a few headline dates

Tour dates:
4th Sept Night Before Hellar Rock, HMV Empire, Coventry
5th Sept Hella Rock Festival, HMV Empire, Coventry
7th Sept Bannerman’s Bar, Edinburgh supporting CROBOT
8th Sept The Welly, Hull supporting CROBOT
9th Sept HOLY DIVER, Stockport supporting CROBOT
10th Sept Tunbridge Wells Forum supporting CROBOT
9th Oct Reddog 1, The Patriot, Crumlin
31st Oct Maesteg Harlequins RFC
3rd Nov Exchange, Bristol supporting Breed 77
4th Nov Waterfront Studio, Norwich supporting Breed 77
5th Nov Beta, Nottingham supporting Breed 77
7th Nov Live Rooms, Chester supporting Breed 77
17th December Exchange, Bristol with FURY