Melrose Avenue have teamed up with The Funeral Portrait for their latest single, “Cemetery Friend”, marking the band’s first new release since announcing their biggest ever UK and European headline tour.
Fresh from a standout performance at Download Festival 2026, the Sydney quartet continue their rapid rise with the new collaboration, which blends the styles of both bands while exploring themes of friendship, support and standing by someone through life’s darkest moments.
Speaking about the collaboration, vocalist Vlado Saric said: “We met The Funeral Portrait last year whilst out on tour with Ice Nine Kills and there was just an immediate connection that saw us all radiate towards each other. They have this awesome ability to make darkness feel theatrical and when we wrote Cemetery Friend we immediately knew that was what it needed. We essentially wanted this song to feel like a car crash between the 2 acts and we are pretty sure that’s what we’ve achieved here!”
The release continues what’s already been a huge year for Melrose Avenue. After signing with Hopeless Records in 2024, the band have built an audience of more than 2.8 million followers across social media and over 500,000 monthly Spotify listeners. Their breakout success has also translated to the live stage, with sold out headline shows across the UK and Europe helping establish them as one of modern heavy music’s fastest rising acts.
Fans won’t have to wait long to catch “Cemetery Friend” live either. Melrose Avenue recently announced their biggest UK and European headline tour to date, kicking off in Dublin on January 27 before visiting Belfast, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London, alongside dates across mainland Europe throughout February and March. Tickets are on sale now.
