ARISE FROM WORMS — a supergroup featuring MORBID ANGEL vocalist STEVE TUCKER, CRYPTOPSY drummer FLO MOUNIER, DREAM THEATER keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN, and guitarist/bassist SONNY LOMBARDOZZI — have announced their debut full-length album, A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction, due July 10, 2026 via Church Road Records.
The project began when Lombardozzi — who also tours with MORBID ANGEL — started transcribing ideas by hand on the road, gradually shaping them into an extreme music framework that would become ARISE FROM WORMS. The band released a self-titled EP in 2022, featuring guest vocalist DALLAS TOLER-WADE (ex-NILE) on the track "Axes Of The Void II," building anticipation for a full-length.
Musically, ARISE FROM WORMS traffic in extreme complexity: the nine-track debut incorporates double harmonic major and Lydian scales, jazz fusion elements, classical music theory, unconventional harmonies, and irregular time signatures. The lead single "Forgotten Kings" offers the first taste of the album's full scope.
The lineup reads like a who's who of technically demanding metal. Tucker has been the voice of MORBID ANGEL across multiple albums, celebrated for his devastating low-end vocal delivery. Mounier is one of the most technically proficient drummers in extreme metal, a cornerstone of CRYPTOPSY's legendary catalog. Sherinian's keyboard work has graced DREAM THEATER, Steve Vai, ALICE COOPER, and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, among others.
A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction track listing: Forgotten Kings / Power Obsessed / Raize Demons Breath / Psionic Being / Nine Walls / Laolongtou / Axes Of The Viovode 1 / Axes Of The Viovode 2 / Persepolis (physical only)
For anyone who wants their extreme metal paired with genuine musical depth, ARISE FROM WORMS may be the supergroup project of 2026.