Fuming Mouth announces new album with first song featuring Jay Weinberg

Jay Weinberg has entered Fuming Mouth’s story in the most direct way possible: behind the kit on the band’s first new song with its current lineup. “A Blaze of Nihilism” is the lead single from The Ringing Bell, and it immediately shifts the focus onto the drums, because this is the first recorded glimpse of what Fuming Mouth sounds like with the former Slipknot and Suicidal Tendencies player driving the pulse.

The Ringing Bell is set for release on July 17 via Triple B Records, marking Fuming Mouth’s return to the label after a stint on Nuclear Blast. The record runs 11 songs and was tracked at Kurt Ballou’s GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, which keeps the band in the same heavy, precision-minded orbit that has long defined Ballou’s production work. The press release describes the album as forged through perseverance, transformation, and an unwavering commitment to moving forward, a description that fits the scale of this reset.

Weinberg’s arrival matters because this is not being framed as a cameo or one-off session. Knotfest identified the current lineup as Mark Whelan, Pat Merson, Chris Berg, and Jay Weinberg, and called The Ringing Bell the first recorded project with that newly assembled group. For drummers, that changes how the single lands: “A Blaze of Nihilism” is not just a new Fuming Mouth song, it is the first test case for how Weinberg’s feel, attack, and placement reshape the band’s machine from the ground up. The music video was shot by Midvessel, giving the track a visual counterpart as the new era comes into view.

The release also carries the weight of Fuming Mouth’s recent history. The band’s previous full-length, Last Day of Sun, arrived in 2023 after frontman Mark Whelan’s battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Whelan was diagnosed in late 2021, secured a bone marrow transplant donor that same year, and had been in remission since 2022. That context makes The Ringing Bell feel less like a routine follow-up than a hard-earned restart, with Weinberg now standing at the center of the band’s next chapter.