Miss May I are stepping into a new chapter, and it sounds like one built on honesty, heaviness and real emotional weight.
The Ohio metalcore veterans have announced their new album No Place For Me, set for release on October 2 via Solid State Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have shared the video for their new single “Sanctuary”, giving fans the first real look into what is shaping up to be one of their most personal releases yet.
Listen to “Sanctuary” here:
https://mmi.ffm.to/sanctuary
Pre-order No Place For Me here:
https://mmi.ffm.to/noplaceforme
For a band that has spent nearly two decades turning pain, pressure and inner conflict into metalcore anthems, “Sanctuary” lands with serious purpose.
Speaking about the track, vocalist Levi Benton shares:
“Sanctuary is a song about wanting to feel safe and realizing you’re the one making that impossible. It’s a cycle I’ve struggled with my whole life and I think a lot of people know exactly what that feels like.”
That statement cuts straight to the core of what Miss May I have always done well.
They are not just writing heavy songs for the sake of heaviness. Their best work has always found a way to take anxiety, doubt, frustration, anger and survival and turn it into something fans can scream back with their whole chest. “Sanctuary” feels like another moment in that lineage, but with the band digging even further inward.
Rather than letting intrusive thoughts, negativity and emotional chaos run loose, Miss May I take those volatile feelings and force them into shape. The result is a track built on tight riffs, hardcore drive, sharp melodies and the kind of emotional punch that has always kept the band connected to their audience.
On No Place For Me, that connection looks set to go even deeper.
Benton says the album became a cathartic process for him personally:
“No Place For Me is everything I’ve felt for a long time but never had the words for. Writing it taught me who I actually am even when that hurt to look at. It’s a full journey: Where it started, what I discovered, and where I am today.”
That is a powerful place to build a record from.
Miss May I have always had a strong sense of identity, but No Place For Me feels like it is coming from a space of hard self examination. It is about confronting the thoughts and feelings that do not just pass through you, but live inside you. It is about looking at the parts of yourself that are difficult to face and still finding a way forward.
That emotional core is why so many fans have stayed locked in with Miss May I since the band first emerged in 2007.
The lineup of Levi Benton on vocals, Jerod Boyd on drums, Ryan Neff on bass and Elisha Mullins on guitar has continued to channel extreme emotion through a framework of technically sharp riffing, hardcore groove and huge melodic hooks. Over the years, Miss May I have become one of those bands people turn to when they need heavy music that hits hard but still carries real heart.
Their journey has been built through years of grinding, touring and connecting with fans across the world.
The band’s 2012 album At Heart became a major breakthrough, landing at number 32 on the Billboard 200. They continued to expand their reach with Deathless in 2015 and Shadows Inside in 2017, both of which debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top Independent Albums Chart and Top Rock Albums Chart.
In 2022, Curse Of Existence reminded people just how much fire the band still had, earning strong praise for its mix of aggression, emotion and heartfelt rage.
Along the way, Miss May I have generated hundreds of millions of streams and shared stages with some of the biggest names in heavy music, including Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive and Motionless In White.
Now, with their eighth full length album and their debut LP for Solid State Records, Miss May I sound ready to open another important chapter.
No Place For Me looks set to capture the band at a point where the heaviness is still fully intact, but the emotional honesty is even more direct. “Sanctuary” makes that clear. It is sharp, personal and built for anyone who has ever wanted peace but felt like they were standing in their own way.
Miss May I have always known how to turn struggle into sound.
With No Place For Me, they may have found one of their clearest and most vulnerable ways to do it yet.
“Sanctuary” is out now.
No Place For Me arrives October 2 via Solid State Records.
