Polyphia Set October 23 for New Album ‘Be Not Afraid’

Polyphia have confirmed October 23 as the release date for their next album, Be Not Afraid. The record will come out through Rise Records, and the announcement was accompanied by a new song from the project.

The group has spent years refining an instrumental style that sits between progressive metal and tightly arranged rock, built on clean guitar phrasing and shifting rhythmic patterns. The new material continues that direction without leaning on familiar metal aggression. The playing is precise, layered, and deliberate, and it establishes the tone for the album before any broader context arrives.

The album title carries a biblical cadence, but Polyphia have rarely used direct language. If anything, it frames the record as something composed rather than