Not a Drill: Skrillex Announces Release Date of First Album Since 2014, "Quest For Fire"

Skrillex additionally launched a riveting DJ set that includes the album’s beautiful music, together with a large collaboration with Porter Robinson.

And identical to that, a new album from Skrillex is formally on the way in which.

It’s been nearly a decade for the reason that dubstep icon’s final album, 2014’s seminal debut, Recess. Its follow-up had change into the stuff of delusion by means of the years, and headlines have been working advert nauseam about when followers could lastly hear it.

Skrillex has now confirmed his sophomore album, Quest For Fire, will launch on February seventeenth, 2023.

The cowl of Skrillex’s sophomore album, “Quest For Fire.”

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He additionally launched a riveting DJ set that includes the beautiful music from Quest For Fire, dropping the curtain on many of the unreleased tracks from the Skrillex ecosystem, just like the long-awaited “INHALE EXHALE” (with Aluna) and “Tears” (with Joker and Sleepnet).

The video additionally confirms Quest For Fire will embody “RATATA,” a hotly anticipated single with Mr. Oizo and Missy Elliott which interpolates lyrics from the enduring rapper’s generational hip-hop anthem, “Work It.” Fans may sit up for a large collaboration with Porter Robinson, who co-produced “Still Here (With The Ones That I Came With),” that includes Bibi Bourelly.

Check out Skrillex’s full “Basement Set” efficiency beneath, in addition to the tracklist of Quest For Fire. You can pre-save the album right here.