SUN DONT SHINE Feat. TYPE O NEGATIVE And CROWBAR Members: Debut Album, 'Birth To Death', To Arrive In Early 2026
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SUN DONT SHINE (formerly EYE AM),the band featuring Kirk Windstein (guitar, vocals; CROWBAR, DOWN, KINGDOM OF SORROW) alongside former TYPE O NEGATIVE members Kenny Hickey (guitar/vocals) and Johnny Kelly (drums),plus Todd Strange (CROWBAR, DOWN),has released a new single, "In The End". You can now watch the official music video for the track here.
"In The End" will appear on SUN DONT SHINE's debut full-length album, "Birth To Death", due in early 2026 via Corpse Paint Records. The track represents a profound artistic evolution for the band, showcasing a slower, more contemplative side while maintaining the raw emotional intensity that defines SUN DONT SHINE's sound.
Corpse Paint Records' Andrew Spaulding comments: "'In The End' was one of those melodies that stayed with me from the moment it was written. I found myself humming it constantly. It carried a different weight — slower, more reflective — but the lyrics cut deep in a way that immediately made me think about the people we've lost along the way. For us, that includes giants who shaped this band's very DNA: Peter Steele, Dimebag Darrell and, most recently, Ace Frehley."
The single serves as both a tribute and a meditation on mortality, exploring themes that resonate far beyond the metal community. The song reminds us that none of us escape that final chapter, but we're given these days in between to make our story matter. This philosophy is reflected not only in the track's introspective lyrics but in its accompanying video concept — not a literal "Groundhog Day", but the idea that each new day is a gift to rewrite, to realign, to live with intention.
Windstein states: "'In The End' is a great example of what we want SUN DONT SHINE to sound like. It's got dynamics, melody and a bit of heaviness to it." With his earth-shaking riffs and Hickey's evocative, often ethereal melodies, the band strikes a delicate balance between heavy and haunting. Kelly's drumming keeps things tight but never feels constrained, while Strange's bass lines act as the backbone, holding down the bottom end with a ferocity only years in the rock trenches can cultivate.
Although it was announced this past June that SUN DONT SHINE would release an EP called "Coming Down" in July via Corpse Paint Records, the band has since revealed plans to focus instead on putting out a full-length effort.
In a recent interview with Sh!t Talk Reviews, Hickey stated about SUN DONT SHINE's recent activities: "We ended up not going to Europe [like we were originally supposed to this summer] and opted to finish the record, add three more songs so that we can actually release an LP instead of an EP. So we took that month we would've been there. I went to New Orleans, we all met at New Orleans, and we all just concentrated on [writing] and recording three more songs."
Elaborating on the musical direction of the three latest SUN DONT SHINE songs, Kenny said: "They're great. It's just another level. I think the band is really beginning to find its sound. It's a darker, heavier, more versatile sound we got out of these three songs. Really, we just locked ourselves in a studio for almost a month and basically concentrated on music and jamming together and developing them. It's definitely just a next level up from the previous stuff that we've done. These three songs, they're just really explosive, very powerful."
Regarding a possible release date for the debut SUN DONT SHINE album, Kenny said: "It looks like beginning of the year, 2026, it's gonna be released. We have a number of singles that are gonna be released still up until then, so four more singles. When we were in New Orleans, not only did we record, but we also, we also shot three new videos. We shot one, which has a theme to it, in the Airbnb we were in, we're staying in. And then we shot two of the new songs that we worked on. So we got a lot done over there."
On the topic of a possible SUN DONT SHINE tour in 2026, Kenny said: It's definitely gonna happen. And we have some good stuff coming up in the beginning of the year too, in January. So, yes — the answer is yes… We're gonna find the time and we're gonna do it. We're gonna make it happen."
In September, SUN DONT SHINE released a new single, "What You Are".
This past June, SUN DONT SHINE released the official music video for the song "Coming Down".
The first single from SUN DONT SHINE, "The Promise Song", came out in January.
Under the band's original name EYE AM, SUN DONT SHINE released two singles, "Dreams Always Die With The Sun" in June 2023 and "Cryptomnesia" in November 2023, via Corpse Paint Records. The songs' accompanying music videos were shot and directed by Mike Holderbeast at OCD Recording And Production.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
