Sleeping With Sirens Surprise Drop "Paralyzed" Is Their Heaviest Track Yet

Sleeping With Sirens just pulled the surprise card. The band dropped a brand new single called "Paralyzed" yesterday with zero warning, and I'll be real, it might be the heaviest thing they've ever put out.

The track comes with an official visualizer that premiered on May 21, and it sets the tone for what this new era of the band sounds like. Aggressive. Emotional. Unapologetically heavy.

Kellin Quinn had this to say about the track: "Paralyzed is one of the heaviest songs on the new record. We had a blast making it and really leaned into the bands that shaped and inspired us growing up, artists like Thrice, The Used, and Haste The Day. It's aggressive, emotional, and captures a side of us we've always loved exploring."

Those influences are all over this song, and honestly, it's refreshing. This isn't a band trying to chase trends. This is them going back to the roots of what made them fall in love with heavy music in the first place.

An Ending In Itself Is Coming June 12

"Paralyzed" is the third single off their upcoming eighth studio album, An Ending In Itself, dropping June 12 via Rise Records. The first two singles, the title track and "Forever/Always," already gave fans a taste of where the band was headed. But "Paralyzed" cranks things up to a completely different level.

This record is a big deal for a few reasons. It's the follow-up to 2022's Complete Collapse, and it marks the band's return to Rise Records for the first time since Feel. That album cracked the top 3 on the Billboard 200 back in 2013, so this homecoming carries some real weight.

The album was produced by Will Yip, who has worked with Turnstile, Circa Survive, and Movements. Yip helped the band close out the narrative arc that started with How It Feels To Be Lost and continued through Complete Collapse. The title says it all.

This lineup also features newest member Tony Pizzuti writing on a record for the first time, joining Kellin Quinn, Nick Martin, Justin Hills, and Matty Best. Quinn talked about how the writing process took longer than expected because the band wanted to get it right with the new lineup. A lot of demoing, a lot of rewrites. No rushing it. And based on what we've heard so far, the patience paid off.

Full Tracklist

The album clocks in at 12 tracks:

1. "An Ending In Itself" / 2. "Forever/Always" / 3. "God In My Head" / 4. "Need You Here" / 5. "Left On Repeat" / 6. "House Of Matches" / 7. "Waiting For You" / 8. "Paralyzed" / 9. "Process" / 10. "PTSD" / 11. "Looking Back At Me" / 12. "Storm Clouds"

Pre-orders are live now over at sirensmusic.co, including an exclusive autographed Sea Blue Smoke colored vinyl limited to just 300 copies for Sirens Club members.

The Catalog Keeps Growing Too

If you needed any more proof that Sleeping With Sirens still have serious pull, the band picked up four new RIAA certifications in April 2026. "If You Can't Hang" went double platinum, "If I'm James Dean, Then You're Audrey Hepburn" hit platinum, and "A Trophy Father's Trophy Son" earned gold. The streaming era has been very good to their catalog, and this new album cycle is only going to amplify that.

Where To Catch Them Live

The band has a stacked run of dates coming up. They're doing an album release show on June 11 at The Ritz in Raleigh, North Carolina, the night before the record officially drops. On top of that, they're hitting some of the biggest festivals of the summer and fall.

Grab tickets through Ticketmaster or the band's official site.

Don't Sleep On This One

Honestly, this feels like the start of something big for Sleeping With Sirens. A new label home, fresh certifications proving the old catalog still hits, and now a run of singles that sounds like the band digging into the heaviest version of themselves. "Paralyzed" is a statement. Go stream it, pre-order the album, and lock in those live dates before they sell out.

Cover photo courtesy of Ticketmaster