Orange Goblin announce first album in six years, confirmed as headliners of new UK rock festival

Orange Goblin’s Science, Not Fiction will released in July – listen to new single (Not) Rocket Science now

Orange Goblin have announced details of their first album in six years. Science, Not Fiction – the follow-up to 2018’s The Wolf Bites Back – will be released via Peaceville on July 19, and is available to pre-order now. The band have also released the first single from the album, the extremely lively (Not) Rocket Science.

“It’s basically saying that life can be pretty simple and straightforward if you just stop wasting your time and make each day count,” says frontman Ben Ward. “Be prepared to work hard, don’t expect any handouts and basically enjoy yourself along the way. When Chris came up with the music he said it needed something that could be delivered in a Bon Scott / Lemmy style and I think it came out really well.”

The album is the first Orange Goblin recorded outing for former Hangnail bassist Harry Armstrong, who joined the band in 2020 after the departure of Martyn Millard, and was recorded at Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire with Mike Exeter, who’s previously worked with Judas Priest and Tony Iommi, and who won a Grammy for his work on Black Sabbath‘s final album 13.