Following a triumphant arena tour across America with old friends Creed, Finger Eleven are back with their first new album in ten years, and it has been well worth the wait. Given that they are one of Canada’s most successful rock bands, having notched up gold and platinum sales, the release of Last Night On Earth is sure to generate some major excitement and attention.
Finger Eleven – Last Night On Earth
Release Date: Out Now
Words: Paul Monkhouse
As the Creed tour proved, there is certainly a huge hunger for big rock shows still and now, maybe more than ever, that escapism is vital. Given their past track record, Finger Eleven are more than capable of providing big themes soundtracked by stadium-sized tunes and rather than blunt their ability, the decade between releases has seen them return, fresh and hungrier than ever.
With vocalist Scott Anderson, lead guitarist James Black, rhythm guitarist Rick Jackett and bass player Sean Anderson having clocked up thirty-five years together and drummer Steve Molella there for the past eleven, this is a tight unit.
Chemistry very much intact and having been built through hard graft over the years, the outfit know how to operate and the songwriting is seemingly equally natural. Guitars crush, drums pound, basses throb, and vocals soar over the eleven tracks, and the whole is nothing less than thrilling as huge hooks and sing-along choruses fill every number.
Reflecting the time playing to huge halls, the sound on opener Adrenaline is suitably expansive, the rush of the stadium-filling glam-infused stomp welded to a radio-friendly sugar rush that easily embraces the term ‘anthemic’.
Latest single Blue Sky Mystery, featuring Richard Patrick from Filter, pushes things even further, its wrecking ball heft making it a late competitor for biggest tune this year, an alternative version tagged onto the album as a bonus track.
Proving they can do light and shade, Lock Me Up is a yearning pop rock ballad that builds beautifully to its overwhelming climax, and the lush acoustic guitar and strings-driven ballad title track provides a mid-album breather from the well-crafted bombast.
Overall, though, the volume is turned up to eleven, and numbers like Perfect Effigy and Wall Dogs have a sound that could fill cathedrals, the electric groove shuffle of Laughing At The Storm unable to hold back throughout its length before exploding into something grander.
Things end gently with the beautiful and laid back Body And Mind, the calm after the storm from a band who put genuine emotion into every level.
This though is one of their greatest strengths, the sound may be cinematic and bold but at the centre of their lyrics and performances beats a very human heart, the themes universal yet intimate. Loud, uplifting and true, Last Night On Earth is a very welcome return indeed.
Finger Eleven released Last Night On Earth on 7 November 2025 via Better Noise Music, their first with the label. Find out more at fingereleven.lnk.to/lnoe.
