Butcher Babies Say It With Their Chest On New Single "Black Dove"

Butcher Babies are at it again. The band, led by L.A. metalcore baddie Heidi Shepherd, just dropped the music video for their new single "Black Dove." Following "Lost In Your Touch" and just weeks after the debut of "Cannibal," their collab with Stitched Up Heart, the band is back with another emotionally fraught rager.

This time around, Shepherd, who co-wrote the track with guitarist Henry Flury, digs into the painful lessons she's carried since childhood. Now, it seems she's finally reached a place where she can embrace who she really is. What others think of her no longer matters: "Call me / Call me sick / Call me poison / Take your pick."

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You said I’d break / But I’m still here / Built from screams / And bastard fears

Plus, there's a bit about choking on guilt—and piss. Clearly, the mind that rhymed "cannibal" and "fentanyl" is hard at work keeping things real and in-your-face. The band's as-yet-untitled new album, the follow-up to 2023's Eye for an Eye... / ...'Til the World's Blind, is set to release sometime this year. The album marks their first foray with Judge & Jury Records, the label founded by Grammy-winning multi-platinum producer Howard Benson (Kelly Clarkson, Hoobastank, P.O.D.) and Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson.

Fans can catch Butcher Babies right now on tour. The current slate includes solo shows, festival stops, and co-headliners with Moldovan metalcore sensation Infected Rain. Butcher Babies even recently added three shows in Japan including a performance at this year's edition of Deviloof's annual Devifest.

Check out tour dates and the music video for "Black Dove" below.

Butcher Babies' Eye for an Eye... / ...'Til the World's Blind is out now on Century Media Records.

Butcher Babies 2026 Tour
03/31 Southampton, UK @ The 1865 *
04/01 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 *
04/03 Kortrijk, BE @ DVG Club *
04/04 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje *
04/05 Oberndorf, DE @ Easter Cross Festival 2026 ~
04/07 Essen, DE @ Turock *
04/08 Mannheim, DE @ Café Central *
04/09 Paris, FR @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge *
04/10 Lyon, FR @ CCO La Rayonne *
04/11 Barcelona, ES @ Salamandra *
04/12 Madrid, ES @ Mon Madrid *
04/14 Toulouse, FR @ Le Metronum *
04/15 Milan, IT @ Legend Club *
04/16 Zurich, CH @ Dynamo *
04/17 Lindau, DE @ Vaudeville e.V. Club *
04/18 Munich, DE @ Backstage *
04/19 Budapest, HU @ Barba Negra *
04/20 Vienna, AT @ Szene *
04/22 Warsaw, PL @ Klub Hybrydy *
04/23 Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli *
04/24 Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset *
04/25 Stockholm, SE @ Kollektivet Livet *
04/28 Helsinki, FI @ Ääniwalli *
05/16 Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2026 ~
06/06 Osaka, JP @ Devifest 2026 with Deviloof ~
06/07 Yokohama, JP @ Yokohama Reny Beta
06/08 Shibuya, JP @ Clubasia
07/18 Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest ~
09/18 Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life 2026 ~

+ Butcher Babies Headliner
* Co-Headlining w/ Infected Rain
~ Festival Appearance