PHANTOMS OF FUTURE Unveil Second Single ‘Spirit Of Love’ from Upcoming Album

After unleashing the primal energy of “Werewolf”, Germany’s cult rock visionaries PHANTOMS OF FUTURE now reveal a new side of their forthcoming album “Forever Dark”with the new single “Spirit Of Love” — a luminous, hypnotic track that balances the band’s signature dark pulse with a surge of hope and human connection.

“‘Spirit Of Love’ is the heartbeat of the album,” explains frontman Sir Hannes Smith. “After the shadows and transformation of Werewolf, this song opens a door — it’s about the light that still burns when everything around you fades. Love is not weakness; it’s the force that keeps the darkness from winning.”

Built on intertwining layers of melodic guitars, analog synth textures, and Smith’s magnetic vocals, “Spirit Of Love” expands the sonic palette of “Forever Dark”— recorded and mixed at Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn by Jörg Uken, and co-produced by Smith himself. The track shimmers between intimacy and grandeur, echoing the band’s knack for merging atmosphere with pulse.

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“Forever Dark” will be released on December 5, 2025, via Massacre Records, available as Digipak CD and Limited Vinyl LP. The record unfolds across thirteen songs that explore transformation, desire, estrangement, and illumination — from the nocturnal urgency of “Werewolf” to the uplifting drive of “Spirit Of Love”.

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Track listing:

Werewolf
Spirit Of Love
Phantom Rider
Think About
Devil Inside
Forever Dark
Forbidden Fruits
Stocking Girl
Prisoner
I Don’t Believe You
Bloody Tears
Feel The Rain
Underground Surfer

Tracked and mixed at Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn with producer/engineer Jörg Uken, and co-produced by Smith, the album tempers menace with melody and grit with cinematic sweep. Across thirteen songs, PHANTOMS OF FUTURE fold cold-glow electronics into taut rock architecture, letting texture do as much storytelling as the lyrics. The visual world, designed by Gee with layout by LividDeath, mirrors that mood: stark, luminous, and built for after-hours. The studio lineup—Sir Hannes Smith on vocals, special instruments and lyrics; Olaf Oebels on keys, loops and samples; Peter “Pepe” Stein on bass; Viva on drums; and Anselm Tripptrap on guitars—records like a unit that has learned to leave air where the song needs to breathe, then hit with precision when the impact matters. An additional recording and mix for “I Don’t Believe You,” handled by Dieter Steffen and Olaf Oebels at Luna Tonstudio in Lüdinghausen, extends the album’s palette without breaking its atmosphere.

The release also marks a new chapter for a band with a singular history. Across the ’90s, PHANTOMS OF FUTURE built a reputation for immersive, magical-mystical shows, playing more than eight hundred gigs and sharing stages with Iggy Pop, The Stranglers, Sisters of Mercy, Sex Pistols, Cypress Hill, The Prodigy and others. They sent their track “SUN” into the German DAC Top 3 beside Metallica and Nirvana, contributed the first official Sea Shepherd soundtrack with “Sea Warrior,” and unsettled television waters with “Mary Jane.” After stepping out of the spotlight, they return not as a heritage act but as a creative force intent on pushing their myth forward.

To mark the occasion, PHANTOMS OF FUTURE announce a special album-release show at Piano in Dortmund on December 6, 2025, with further dates to follow.

“Some bands chase daylight,” Smith adds with a grin. “We’ve always preferred the hour when everything glows. That’s where these songs live. That’s where we live.”

PHANTOMS OF FUTURE are
Sir Hannes Smith – Vocals, Special Instruments & lyrics
Olaf Oebels – Keys, Loops and Samples
Peter “Pepe” Stein – Bass
Viva – Drums
Anselm Tripptrap – Guitars

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