Beneath Fallon‘s lyrical story-craft, Jean-Paul Gaster, Dan Maines and Tim Sult lock into a classic-CLUTCH, riff-driven groove featuring a very intentional and strategically placed bass-drum hit from Gaster. One he knew would make the live crowd go wild. He shares: “There’s a part where Neil says, ‘Vegetable, mineral, man, or beast.’ And I put a bass drum on, ‘man or beast,’ and Machine thought that was kind of weird. He was like, ‘Man, you’re covering up the vocal!’ And I said, ‘No, that bass drum is gonna make the crowd go nuts, I guarantee it.’ And it does, because there’s nothing more exciting than having a big bass drum slam through a PA, and Neil singing a vocal on top of it. I mean, I get goosebumps from that, you know?”

Speaking on the announcement of their fourteenth studio album, CLUTCH share: “Exploded monuments, haunted coal towns, robber barons, time cops, a chestburster, fifteen tons of antimatter and a creature called Neil Patrick Fallon. ‘Wasted Lands’ came from one clear intention: write a great rock record that will make fans go nuts when they hear these songs live, while leaving enough space in the creative process to follow the unexpected turns that keep CLUTCH exciting to us and our fans after thirty-five years together.”

CLUTCH have assembled an extensive variety of physical pre-order items. The standard black vinyl edition, cassette and standard CD will be available everywhere, alongside the following exclusive editions:

* Red vinyl, exclusive to clutchmerch.com
* Red CD, exclusive to clutchmerch.com
* Yellow Smoke vinyl, exclusive to US independent retail
* Green Smoke vinyl, exclusive to Amazon.com
* Sea Blue Smoke vinyl, exclusive to TalkShopLive
* Blue vinyl, available internationally through HMV in the UK, JBL in Germany, FNAC in France and JB in Australia

“Wasted Lands” will be released worldwide on January 22, 2027 via Weathermaker Music.