GUILT TRIP Sign to Roadrunner + Share Video for New Single "Burn"

Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the global signing of Manchester, UK-based five-piece GUILT TRIP.

Today, the band — Jay Valentine [vocals], Jak Maden [guitar], Sam Baker [guitar], Tom Aimson [drums], and Lily Kilcoyne [bass]— shares the video for "BURN," its debut single for the label. And it's quite a ripper than captures the riff-roaring essence of classic thrash with a thoroughly modern and stadium-sized edge.

Watch the video BELOW!

"We are thrilled to announce that Guilt Trip have signed to Roadrunner Records," the band states about the new partnership, which feels like home for both sides. "To celebrate, we present 'Burn,' our brand new single and first with the label. Roadrunner and its history forged Guilt Trip's sound as you know it, so this collaboration always felt inevitable. Thank you so much to the fans for the unwavering support throughout the years — this is only the beginning. Here's to the next chapter."

Maden offers a deeper insight into the song, saying, "Sonically, it's a metal song with hardcore influences sprinkled in. To us, it felt a little bit like old Machine Head. It's definitely an anthem. As soon as we finished it, I knew it needed a simple repeated line until the drop and 'wall of death' section. We won't even need to tell the crowd what to do."

Guilt Trip will spend the fall touring alongside Kublai Khan and will appear at Louder Than Life in Louisville on September 18 and at New England Metal and Hardcore Fest on September 20.

All dates are below.

GUILT TRIP ON TOUR:

WITH KUBLAI KHAN:

9/21 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom 

9/23 — Buffalo, NY — Buffalo RiverWorks 

9/24 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore 

9/26 — Mckees Rocks, PA — Roxian Theatre 

9/27 — Lakewood, OH — The Roxy 

9/28 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall 

9/30 — Chicago, IL — The Salt Shed 

10/1 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit 

10/3 — Birmingham, AL — Furnace Fest 2025 

10/4 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte 

10/5 — North Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues Myrtle Beach 

10/7 — Atlanta, GA — The Eastern 

10/8 — St Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live 

10/10 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes Event Center 

10/11 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall 

10/12 — Dallas, TX — The Factory In Deep Ellum 

10/14 — Kansas City, MO — Uptown Theater 

10/15 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium 

10/16 — Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine Theater 

10/17 — Tempe, AZ — Marquee Theatre 

10/20 — Salt Lake City, UT — Rockwell @ The Complex 

10/21 — Boise, ID — Knitting Factory 

10/23 — Sacramento, CA — Ace Of Spades 

10/24 — San Jose, CA — San Jose Civic 

10/25 — Riverside, CA — Riverside Municipal Auditorium 

10/26 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium

Historically, Manchester, UK breeds a certain toughness. As a pillar of the 19th century Industrial Revolution in Northern England, factories and warehouses line much of the city's rain-baptized topography. A hardworking lot who shoot straight without apology, its denizens traditionally take an incredible amount of pride in where they come from. Embodying the grit and gusto of Manchester, Guilt Trip bring a blast of homegrown intensity to their hybrid of hardcore and metal. The five piece slides striking melodies in between throat-slitting thrashy riffs and earth-splitting breakdowns.

Amassing tens of millions of streams and playing to packed crowds, they’re primed to amplify this hometown energy and pride on a global scale with a series of 2025 singles and their forthcoming debut LP for Roadrunner Records. More information about the new album will be released in due course.

Guilt Trip started to forge a seething signature style without comparison back in 2015. Jay and Jak cemented a lifelong bond as best friends at four-years-old when they met at reception in school. Over the years, the duo introduced one another to various favorite bands. Eventually, they welcomed fellow Manchester scene friends Tom, Sam, and Lily to the fold. To get to this point, the collective grinded the old-fashioned way one gig at a time, bulldozing their way out of sweaty basements and onto cramped club stages. They dropped the Unrelenting Force EP during 2016 followed by their 2019 full-length debut, River of Lies. The latter spawned "Thin Ice," which reeled in 7.1 million Spotify streams and counting. 2023's Severance marked a turning point. It boasted popular collaborations with LANDMVRKS and Malevolence, while KERRANG! hailed their "unique brand of hardcore that sees them delve into elements of thrash, old-school hardcore and fist-pumping metal." Beyond sharing the stage with everyone from Sylosis to While She Sleeps, they lit up festivals, including Download, Hellfest, and more. Attracting Roadrunner Records to their corner, the musicians decamped to StudioOWZ in Clarbeston Wales with producer and engineer Adam "Nolly" Getgood [Periphery] during early 2025.