From Ashes to New have released the deluxe edition of Reflections, expanding the album to 16 tracks and introducing “After Death” with a new music video. The edition arrived November 13, 2026, through Better Noise Music, retaining the original record alongside two additional songs and two guest versions of “Die For You.”
Vocalist Matt Brandyberry says “After Death” takes on people who treat their opinions as unquestionable and expect others to admire them. “They disguise their arrogance as virtue and their entitlement as superiority,” he said in the release announcement. He describes the song as a challenge to that inflated sense of importance and the belief that everyone else should bow to it.
“After Death” shares the expanded edition with “Love Me,” which arrived September 25 alongside the deluxe album announcement. That song deals with absence: someone who was supposed to offer support has disappeared, but the memories remain difficult to escape. Brandyberry described it at the time as reaching for someone whose presence still feels real. The two additions approach troubled relationships from different directions, one confronting abandonment and the other calling out entitlement.
The guest recordings give “Die For You” two separate treatments. Neoni appear on the version first released in August, while The Midnight contribute a remix. The original remains in the running order, so listeners get three versions of the song on the deluxe edition.
Reflections originally arrived April 17 as the band's fifth studio album, following a substantial change of course during its creation. By late 2023, the musicians had prepared 16 demos, but decided to retain only two. Brandyberry told New Noise Magazine in April 2026 that expectations about how to follow Blackout had made them overthink the material. “We kept two songs and started over,” he said. Taking a break and reconsidering the songs helped them move beyond trying to satisfy outside expectations. The finished record also gave Brandyberry room to sing on “Die For You.”
The expanded album arrives ahead of the band's previously announced spring 2027 North American headline tour. The run opens March 12 in New Haven, Connecticut, and ends April 18 in Wilmington, Delaware. From Ashes to New have pledged $1 from each ticket sold to Musicians On Call, which brings live and recorded music to patients, families and caregivers in healthcare settings.
