’90s Alternative Rock Band Announces First Album in 4 Years

Filter fans may have finally found their antidote. After teasing new material for months, frontman Richard Patrick has just confirmed that new music is indeed on the way, and it’s expected to arrive in early 2027.  

In a new interview with Rocking With Jam Man, transcribed by Blabbermouth, Patrick offered a glimpse into what’s next for Filter, a band whose catalog has long blended industrial edge, crushing riffs, and constant evolution. 

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“Filter is evolving in a way that it’s a gorgeous ever-changing thing, and I’m very proud of it,” Patrick said, adding that the tentatively titled forthcoming album, The Antidote, is “kind of similar to TheAlgorithm. That’s why I called it The Antidote.”

Filter released The Algorithm in 2023. Their eighth studio album, it served as a conceptual statement of the band’s evolution. Filter released an expanded version of the album two years later with The Algorithm: Ultra Edition, which included reimagined cuts, reinterpretations of track, and a few covers. 

“It’s heavy sounding, but it’s also beautiful and light in certain areas,” he said of The Antidote. “Just like all the other Filter records, there’s that moment of brightness on it sonically. So, it’s a gorgeous record. I’m really proud of it. It’s gonna come out hopefully early next year.”

Founded in 1993 by the former Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist, Filter shared the ’90s soundscape with bands blending heavy grunge, alternative rock, and electronic-laced industrial music, with Filter’s own signature caustic, metallic aggression rising to the top. 

Making their debut with Short Bus in 1995, Filter won a following with hits including “Hey Man, Nice Shot,” “Dose,” and “So Cool,” before winning over critics with their acclaimed Title of Record in 1999, on which “Take a Picture” and “Welcome to the Fold” take center stage. 

“Filter is the most fun [of all my projects],” Patrick said, “because it is just a complete and total reflection of how I feel on a daily basis. I wake up and I’m mad, I get to write an angry Filter song. If I’m happy, I can write something a little bit more beautiful. … That’s why I love Filter as my ultimate baby. It’s my band. It’s a child of mine.”

With The Antidote, Patrick said he’s bringing that same intensity, creativity, and versatility to the record, ensuring that the track list will pull from every era of Filter. 

“I would hope that the audience gets everything they want from a Filter record,” he said.

Teasing more from the album, Patrick name-dropped The Antidote’s first track. “Snakes in the Grass,” he said, sounds like a fusion of Short Bus and a sequencer, but leans into the band’s heavier sound. It’s a song the band has been playing live for the past couple weeks. 

Though not on an official tour, Filter is making stops around the nation, with support from era-defining bands like Tool, The Prodigy, Toadies, and Sublime. Dates and ticket information can be found here. 

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