New England progressive metal band DIVINE REGALE will release "Ghost In Every Room" on January 15, 2027, via M-Theory Audio. The album marks their first studio release since their 1997 debut, "Ocean Mind", ending a nearly 30-year gap between albums. The first single, 'Miles Between Us', is now available alongside its official music video.

Serving as the album's opening track, 'Miles Between Us' has a history that bridges the band's past with its current musical direction. According to drummer Chris Anderson, the initial ideas for the song emerged in 2014, although its roots go back as far as 1997. While working on a much longer composition called 'Ashes' between FATES WARNING tour legs, Anderson went through some old cassette recordings and came across a shorter, stripped-down arrangement of the song. Years later, that arrangement would become the foundation for 'Miles Between Us'.

One of the defining elements of the finished track is Gary Leighton's guitar solo. Anderson notes that the guitarist's Randy Rhoads influences are particularly evident in this section.

The single's lyrics and emotional themes are closely tied to the band's reunion. Vocalist Dwight Hill reflects on what it was like to find himself in the same room with his bandmates again after such a long absence. For Hill, the contrast between everything that has changed over the years and the things that have remained the same forms one of the song's central emotional themes.

"Ghost In Every Room" is notable not only as DIVINE REGALE's first new album in three decades, but also for the way it reflects on the band's own past. Hill explains the album's title through the lasting traces that love, joy, sadness, tragedy and loss leave within us. In his view, the songs revolve around bringing the ghosts of the past back to the surface, confronting them and, ultimately, finding a way to lay them to rest.

Guitarist Gary Leighton sees the record as an opportunity for the band to make a fresh musical start. Created without a predetermined plan or limitations, the album combines an old-school progressive metal approach reminiscent of classic QUEENSRŸCHE and FATES WARNING with a sound distinctly its own.

Formed in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1989, DIVINE REGALE first attracted attention with their 1992 EP "Window" and went on to open for DREAM THEATER on the band's 'Images and Words' tour. Following the release of their 1994 EP "Horizons", they signed with Metal Blade Records and issued their debut full-length, "Ocean Mind", in 1997. Drawing influences from acts such as DREAM THEATER, QUEENSRŸCHE, FATES WARNING and MARILLION, the band subsequently toured with FATES WARNING as the opening act on the 'A Pleasant Shade of Gray' tour.

After a 15-year hiatus, DIVINE REGALE resumed activity and returned to the stage, sharing bills with SCORPIONS, QUEENSRŸCHE and EVERGREY. In 2025, the band signed with M-Theory Audio, marking the beginning of their partnership with limited vinyl reissues of their first two recordings, "Horizons" and "Window".

Pre-orders for "Ghost In Every Room" are now available. The album will be released on January 15, 2027, on CD Digipak and limited-edition, specially coloured 2LP vinyl, with the latter restricted to 300 copies.

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