{"id":19128,"date":"2026-03-20T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19128"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:26:54","slug":"boundaries-return-with-skies-cast-amber-black-via-sumerian-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19128","title":{"rendered":"Boundaries Return with &#8220;Skies cast amber black&#8221; via Sumerian Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19129\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992843581130422;width:528px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-1-930x620.jpg 930w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Sarah Holick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 20, 2026 &#8211; Boundaries return with \u201cSkies cast amber black\u201d (https:\/\/bndrs.lnk.to\/allaroundusnow), their first new music since 2024\u2019s Death Is Little More, and a track that channels the current cultural climate into a crushing, cinematic storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a deep desire in the pit of my making to surround and suffocate the growing plague of people\u2019s self-interest,\u201d vocalist Matthew McDougal says of the Drew Fulk produced track. \u201cGiven the chance, I\u2019d remove every ego from the music landscape and burn it off for fuel to power blood hungry behemoths whose only goal is to crush and disable. This song is my plea to cleanse a community I adore of people who see it only as an opportunity or a stepping stone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boundaries will spend much of 2026 on the road, joining The Amity Affliction and August Burns Red for a North American tour from April 10 to May 17, followed by a run of major European festivals including Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring, Download, and Jera on Air. The band is also confirmed for spots at Warped Tour and Louder Than Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boundaries tour dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 10 Worcester, MA Palladium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 11 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 12 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 14 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 15 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 16 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues Gear Shop Orlando<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 18 New Orleans, LA Fillmore New Orleans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 19 Dallas, TX The Bomb Factory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 21 Houston, TX House of Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 22 San Antonio, TX Vibes Event Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 24 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 25 San Diego, CA Soma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 26 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Gardenwalk Gear Shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 28 Sacramento, CA Channel 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 29 Garden City, ID Revolution Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 1 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 2 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 3 Omaha, NE The Astro Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 5 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore Minneapolis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 6 Milwaukee, WI The Rave\/Eagles Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 8 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 9 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 10 Toronto, ON History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 12 Montreal, QC MTelus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 13 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 15 Baltimore, MD Nevermore Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 5 Berlin, DE Hole44 *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 6 N\u00fcrnberg, DE Rock Im Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 7 N\u00fcrburgring, DE Rock Am Ring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 8 Solothurn, CH Kofmehl **<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 9 Ljubljana, SI Center Urbane Kulture Kino \u0160i\u0161ka ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 10 Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9, CZ Rock For People<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 11 Warsaw, PL Klub Hybrydy ****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 14 Castle Donington, UK Download Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 15 Belfast, UK Limelight #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 16 Dublin, IE Academy #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 17 Cardiff, UK Y Plas *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 19 Norwich, UK Voodoos ##<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 20 Exeter, UK Cavern ##<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 22 Bremen, DE Aladin Music Hall #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 23 Karlsruhe, DE Substage **<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 25 Ysselsteyn, NL Jera on Air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 26 Leipzig, DE Impericon Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 27 M\u00fcnster, DE Vainstream Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 25 \u2013 26 Long Beach, CA Warped Tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 19 Louisville, KY Louder Than Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"BOUNDARIES - Skies cast amber black (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6KV-Vz2k06o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boundaries is Cory Emond (guitar), Cody Delvecchio (guitar), Tim Sullivan (drums\/vocals), Nathan Calcagno (bass\/vocals) and Matthew McDougal (vocals). The Hartford-based band have released three full-length albums:\u00a0<em>Death Is Little More<\/em>\u00a0(2024),\u00a0<em>Burying Brightness<\/em>\u00a0(2022) and\u00a0<em>Your Receding Warmth<\/em>\u00a0(2020).\u00a0<em>Revolver\u00a0<\/em>described their music as \u201ca fascinating meld of crushing sounds,\u201d\u00a0<em>New Noise<\/em>\u00a0said Boundaries are the \u201c new standard-bearer\u201d of metalcore going on to say that it\u2019s rare for a band to have songs that \u201chave a vibrancy and violence that is wonderfully contrasted with such gothic melody,\u201d and<em>\u00a0Boolin Tunes\u00a0<\/em>said they are \u201ca beacon for hardcore bands to look towards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0010QjfSg1T4k7pJuzjgur3axHBMRQy_VTxQFRGu3BeGOC3HVq2Nbu2JDAQScC5Mt-3igtCbc0At1HkIRkwdNOKRKgL--GRigcIeFGecwZh28vQkr5iBSSaRu9KATsf4pBrYfBYA4aL26vJCBA9qtE0Yg==&amp;c=c-E7_IVsIxRgOoBxHTYLJ1suH-uBWSzm0muJdL7i0AjhMa4orwV3Aw==&amp;ch=lQKDVjd71-oM75uJAPGtyVXBQO9MuFrC9MvnG2_nRc0TVbxZK9SUWQ==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boundariesct.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0010QjfSg1T4k7pJuzjgur3axHBMRQy_VTxQFRGu3BeGOC3HVq2Nbu2JGZzxxsmYxH0iaqrAKA9eVp6OSVqFoG-EVRxXVKBdC4aSs4rFi4JsbSlFXIatfpmVg7Q7uKh56_0F8A6sOI0vyGzoFgPJ_oIvI_qmRpFhDaj&amp;c=c-E7_IVsIxRgOoBxHTYLJ1suH-uBWSzm0muJdL7i0AjhMa4orwV3Aw==&amp;ch=lQKDVjd71-oM75uJAPGtyVXBQO9MuFrC9MvnG2_nRc0TVbxZK9SUWQ==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram.com\/boundariesct<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0010QjfSg1T4k7pJuzjgur3axHBMRQy_VTxQFRGu3BeGOC3HVq2Nbu2JDAQScC5Mt-363h5QzmRSh5Li3YL4m6Orwmax938XQ8VstySXU9bIUNN-APdzpSaMGNvVtWPWMmjUTjBjhyiKuVxE0sRMc1j-p_UIpgrZ0Ncu6D0KgCYo8NJKP4ovlKkUIhxeWBhxjn_C4Jf3p9Hn4g=&amp;c=c-E7_IVsIxRgOoBxHTYLJ1suH-uBWSzm0muJdL7i0AjhMa4orwV3Aw==&amp;ch=lQKDVjd71-oM75uJAPGtyVXBQO9MuFrC9MvnG2_nRc0TVbxZK9SUWQ==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/boundariesct<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0010QjfSg1T4k7pJuzjgur3axHBMRQy_VTxQFRGu3BeGOC3HVq2Nbu2JDAQScC5Mt-3np5gV_6SSeXlfHsGKkVueToekCXdRkAZzOpuS1Vp2tMuyp9tSyhtaruL_G_rE9xWDY4J4-awc5Isz4QPT771bw==&amp;c=c-E7_IVsIxRgOoBxHTYLJ1suH-uBWSzm0muJdL7i0AjhMa4orwV3Aw==&amp;ch=lQKDVjd71-oM75uJAPGtyVXBQO9MuFrC9MvnG2_nRc0TVbxZK9SUWQ==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X.com\/boundariesct<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Sarah Holick March 20, 2026 &#8211; Boundaries return with \u201cSkies cast amber black\u201d (https:\/\/bndrs.lnk.to\/allaroundusnow), their first new music since 2024\u2019s Death Is Little More, and a track that channels the current cultural climate into a crushing, cinematic storm. \u201cI have a deep desire in the pit of my making to surround and suffocate&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19128\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Boundaries Return with &#8220;Skies cast amber black&#8221; via Sumerian Records<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19130,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19128\/revisions\/19130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}