Overview
- Gerard Way told the Alamodome crowd on Sept. 12 that the band “hopes” to make another record, offering a hopeful public hint rather than an official announcement.
- Way gave no album title, timeline, or release date, and multiple outlets note his comments stop short of a confirmed studio commitment.
- The group is focused on near-term projects that could affect recording timing, including an expanded 20th‑anniversary reissue of The Black Parade due in October and upcoming festival and residency dates.
- The San Antonio show featured a surprise guest appearance by King Diamond and included onstage tributes referencing longtime collaborator Doug McKean, whose 2022 death is cited as having affected the band’s recording plans.
- If a full album moves forward it would be the band’s first studio LP since 2010’s Danger Days and their first major record effort since releasing the standalone single “The Foundations of Decay” in 2022.