Clutch Announces 14th Album Wasted Lands

The band Clutch has officially announced details concerning their 14th album. In addition to sharing these album details, the band has released a music video for the title track, Wasted Lands. The album Wasted Lands is scheduled to be released on January 22, 2027. The upcoming album will be released by Weathermaker Music, which is an imprint that operates as the band's own record label.

The band completed the recording of the album at Doom Saloon studios, which is located in Frederick, Maryland. For the recording of this album, Clutch worked directly with producer Gene Machine Freeman. Working on this album marks the first time that the band has worked with producer Freeman again since they previously worked together on the 2015 album Psychic Warfare.

In the title track Wasted Lands, vocalist Neil Fallon addresses a creature that is described as being so terrifying that not even H.P. Lovecraft or Stephen King could imagine it. As the song progresses, the track explains the identity of the subject, revealing that the mentioned monster in the piece is Neil Patrick Fallon.