Having already locked in some dates supporting Metallica in 2026, amongst a number of headlining excursions, Swedish different steel band Avatar are gearing as much as launch their subsequent album on Halloween (October thirty first). They’ve titled that file “Don’t Go In The Forest“, with vocalist Johannes Eckerström elaborating on it as follows:
“The key ingredient is that we nonetheless really feel like we’re simply getting began. ‘Don’t Go In The Forest‘ is an album crammed to the brim with stuff we’ve by no means performed earlier than. It’s all songs and ideas we haven’t been shut to the touch till now. The thoughts is wild and we’ve misplaced ourselves within the darkest woods, stuffed with recollections, and fantasies. Forbidden ideas that should be spoken. It could have been inconceivable to make this album at some other time than now. That’s all we ever needed, and I believe you’ll discover it’s all you ever needed too.”
Earlier right this moment, the band debuted a music video for the track “Tonight We Should Be Warriors” from it, with Eckerström stating:
“It has change into a necessity to me through the years to have the ability to reply one query: Why is that this essential? It might probably’t be simply one other album. We have to uncover one thing, strive one thing else. It has to return from the guts. What’s being stated issues. In days of isolation and despair, perhaps we must be reminded that we aren’t alone? We’re considered one of many. Possibly we additionally want a reminder that the burden is on our shoulders? To get it performed, we have to do the preventing ourselves.”
“Don’t Go Into The Forest” will characteristic ten tracks, solely three of which have been introduced up to now. Outdoors of the above-mentioned single are the beforehand launched cuts, “In The Airwaves” and “Captain Goat“.
With Alien Weaponry & SpiritWorld:
11/05 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
11/06 San Diego, CA – The Observatory San Diego
11/07 Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
11/08 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
11/10 Seattle, WA – Moore Theater
11/11 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
11/12 Boise, ID – Revolution
11/14 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – The Union
11/15 Denver, CO – Fillmore
11/17 Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore
11/18 Madison, WI – The Sylvee
11/20 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
11/21 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
11/22 Columbus, OH – KEMBA Reside!
11/23 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
11/25 Huntington, NY – Paramount
11/26 Boston, MA – Home of Blues
11/28 Allentown, PA – Archer Music Corridor
11/29 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
11/30 Louisville, KY – Outdated Forester’s Paristown Corridor
12/02 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater
12/04 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
12/06 Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater
12/07 Dallas, TX – Home of Blues
Avatar:
10/31 Mexico Metropolis, MEX – The Pepsi Middle
With Alien Weaponry:
02/05 Stockholm, SWE – Fallan
02/07 Helsinki, FIN – Kultturilato
02/09 Oslo, NOR – Sentrum Scene
02/10 Copenhagen, DEN – Vega
02/11 Osnabrueck, GER – Die Batschaft
02/12 Brussels, BEL – A.B.
02/14 London, UK – Exhibition
02/15 Manchester, UK – Academy
02/16 Glasgow, UK – Barrowland
02/17 Nottingham, UK – Rock Metropolis
02/18 Bristol, UK – O2 Academy
02/20 Amsterdam. NET – AFAS Reside
02/21 Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX – Rockhal
02/22 Zurich, SWI – Komplex
02/24 Barcelona, SPA – Razzmatazz
02/25 Madrid, SPA – La Riviera
02/27 Lisbon, POR – LAV
02/28 Bilbao, SPA – Santana 27
03/02 Lyon, FRA – Le Dice
03/03 Milan, ITA – Alcatraz
03/04 Vienna, AUT – Gasometer
03/05 Munich, GER – Tonhalle
03/06 Cologne, GER – E-Werk
03/07 Paris, FRA – Le Zenith
03/09 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
03/10 Zlin, CZE – Sports activities Corridor Datart
03/11 Warsaw, POL – Stodola
03/12 Berlin, GER – Columbiahalle
03/13 Hamburg, GER – Docks
With Metallica & Pantera:
05/22 & 24 Frankfurt, GER – Deutsche Financial institution Park
06/11 & 13 Budapest, HUN – Puskas Enviornment
06/19 & 21 Dublin, IRE – Avavia Stadium
07/03 & 05 London, UK – London Stadium
