Restless Spirit Unveils New Album Details; Releases First Single "The Burning Need"

Restless Spirit returns with a self-titled album as honest and unpretentious as it gets. These headbangers deliver straightforward American heavy metal with a dash of stoner rock, tons of catchy tunes, frying guitars, and raw energy in expertly crafted songs.

The first advance single and music video, "The Burning Need," perfectly exemplifies the Long Island, NY band's core values and sets the tone for great things to come. You can check out the music video below.

Restless Spirit comments: "With our first advance single, 'The Burning Need', we present Restless Spirit at our most clear and focused", vocalist and guitarist Paul Aloisio writes. "We took everything we learned from the last decade and put together a track that gets straight to the point while staying interesting and heavy. The lyrics revolve around the theme of resilience, and this song ranks among our most personal to date."

With their self-titled full-length, Restless Spirit have reached a point in their career where the band of friends from Long Island, New York knows exactly who they are and where they stand. As the eight tracks on "Restless Spirit" are the most distilled version of what the trio is about, they saw no need for further explanation in the title.

With the stated mission of never wanting to sound exactly like before, Restless Spirit resorted to shorter, sharpened shocks that hit straight home on their acclaimed third album, "Afterimage," in 2024. This album was driven by tragedy and personal loss with singer and guitarist Paul Aloisio putting his heart and soul into it.

In hindsight, the massive punch to the gut delivered by "Afterimage" set the trio onto a course that led directly to "Restless Spirit". Trimming away all sonic fat, focusing on the essentials, and refining their sound and songwriting down to its heaviest core has yielded a record that promises to be timeless.