How do disco and death connect? – Avatar released the final single from their album Don’t Go In The Forest

Avatar, the metal circus that is striving to reach the top of the metal world from Sweden, will release their highly anticipated new album Don’t Go in the Forest on October 31st – just in time for Halloween! The band is serving up the last taste of their upcoming album today in the form of the single Death And Glitz, which have released accompanied by a visualizer.

“Death and Glitz is a song about perversion and indifference. A homeless young runaway falls and dies on the dance floor. The flashes of a crime scene investigator’s camera turn into paparazzi flashes on the red carpet. We love him because he died. Now he’s perfect. Death is sold as entertainment, and that’s what makes it so sick,” says singer Johannes Eckerström.

The upcoming album has so far released the singles Captain Goat, In the Airwaves and the previous single Tonight We Must Be Warriors, which was released accompanied by a music video.

“We still feel like we’re just getting started, and that’s our secret ingredient. Don’t Go In The Forest is full of things we’ve never done before. It has songs and concepts we’ve never even approached before. We’ve lost ourselves in dark forests, memories and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that we have to say out loud. This record could never have been made at any other time than now. And I think you’ll find that it’s exactly what you’ve always wanted,” says Eckerström.

Don’t Go In The Forest track listing:
1. Tonight We Must Be Warriors
2. In The Airwaves
3. Captain Goat
4. Don’t Go In The Forest
5. Death And Glitz
6. Abduction Song
7. Howling At The Waves
8. Dead And Gone And Back Again
9. Take This Heart And Burn
10. Magic Lantern

On the tour front, Avatar is as usual in full swing – the band recently returned from a tour with Iron Maiden. The band announced a month-long headline tour in North America for the rest of the year. In February, the band will embark on their own European tour. Next year, Avatar will also perform at four Metallica shows in Germany, Hungary, Ireland and the UK. See all the gig dates here.

2026 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR:
Thu, Feb 5, 26 — Stockholm, SE — Fållan
Sat, Feb 7, 26 — Helsinki, FI — Kulttuuritalo
Mon, Feb 9, 26 — Oslo, NO — Sentrum Scene
Tue, Feb 10, 26 — Copenhagen, DK — Vega
Wed, Feb 11, 26 — Osnabrück, DE — Die Botschaft
Thu, Feb 12, 26 — Brussels, BE — A.B.
Sat, Feb 14, 26 — London, UK — Exhibition
Sun, Feb 15, 26 — Manchester, UK — Academy
Mon, Feb 16, 26 — Glasgow, UK — Barrowland
Tue, Feb 17, 26 — Nottingham, UK — Rock City
Wed, Feb 18, 26 — Bristol, UK — O2 Academy
Fri, Feb 20, 26 — Amsterdam, NL — AFAS Live
Sat, Feb 21, 26 — Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU — Rockhal
Sun, Feb 22, 26 — Zürich, CH — Komplex
Tue, Feb 24, 26 — Barcelona, ES — Razzmatazz
Wed, Feb 25, 26 — Madrid, ES — La Riviera
Fri, Feb 27, 26 — Lisbon, PT — LAV
Sat, Feb 28, 26 — Bilbao, ES — Santana 27
Mon, Mar 2, 26 — Lyon, FR — Le Cube
Tue, Mar 3, 26 — Milan, IT — Alcatraz
Wed, Mar 4, 26 — Vienna, AT — Gasometer
Thu, Mar 5, 26 — Munich, DE — Tonhalle
Fri, Mar 6, 26 — Cologne, DE — E-Werk
Sat, Mar 7, 26 — Paris, FR — Le Zenith
Mon, Mar 9, 26 — Wiesbaden, DE — Schlachthof
Tue, Mar 10, 26 — Zlin, CZ — Sports Hall Datart
Wed, Mar 11, 26 — Warsaw, PL — Stodola
Thu, Mar 12, 26 — Berlin, DE — Columbiahalle
Fri, Mar 13, 26 — Hamburg, DE — Docks