Xandria have shared ‘Colours’, the second single from their forthcoming album Eclipse, which arrives on 7 August 2026 through Napalm Records. The track lands with an official video.
The German symphonic metal band built ‘Colours’ around a full classical choir, with cinematic orchestral arrangements set against modern metal riffing. Singer Ambre Vourvahis moves between harsh vocals and operatic passages across the song, a range that has quickly become one of the group’s defining strengths since she joined.
Sole composer and band mastermind Marco Heubaum frames the single as a window into a deliberately varied record. “This is the second song from our upcoming album that we are proud to share with you. Together with the first single, ‘The Shannon’s Home’, it offers another glimpse into the many different colours of the album, a journey full of discoveries, unexpected turns and quite a few surprises,” he says. “Just as diversity makes our world richer, it also shapes this album.”
Eclipse follows 2023’s The Wonders Still Awaiting, which became Xandria’s most successful release to date and entered the Official German Album Charts at number nine. The new album runs to eleven tracks and is described by the band as their most diverse and outspoken work yet, with lyrics dealing almost entirely with the state of the world. Eighties-inspired metal sits beside low-tuned modern guitars, Celtic folk and dark electronics, and the record stands as a defiant case for reason, empathy and democracy.
The cinematic scale is no accident. The band worked again with the Sofia Session Orchestra and Choir, known for film and television scores including His Dark Materials, alongside Hollywood pianist Richard Z. Wang and guest musicians including Subway to Sally violinist Ally Storch and Celtic whistle player McAlbi.
UK readers are well served on the touring front. The Eclipse Europe Tour 2026 opens in Britain, with London’s The Dome on 16 September, Glasgow on 17 September, Manchester Academy on 18 September and Birmingham’s O2 on 19 September, before the band heads across mainland Europe through October.
We have watched Xandria rebuild with real purpose across the Vourvahis era, and ‘Colours’ suggests Eclipse could be the album that fully repays that ambition.
