One of 2026's most anticipated thrash metal tour packages is gearing up for its March 20 launch in Lisbon, Portugal, and the sheer weight of talent on this bill is enough to make any self-respecting metalhead weak at the knees. KREATOR will headline the European run, bringing the full force of their sixteenth album "Krushers Of The World" to stages across the continent, with EXODUS, CARCASS, and NAILS rounding out a four-band package that spans the full spectrum of extreme metal aggression.
The tour stretches through April 25, concluding in Copenhagen, Denmark, and hits virtually every major market in between. Confirmed stops include London, Manchester, Glasgow, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Stockholm, and dozens of other cities across 20 countries. For EXODUS, the timing is particularly fortuitous: their highly anticipated twelfth album "Goliath" drops on the tour's opening night of March 20 via Napalm Records, ensuring that fresh material will be a centerpiece of their sets from day one.
CARCASS, the Liverpool-born pioneers of grindcore and melodic death metal whose influence on extreme music is immeasurable, bring their own legendary status to the proceedings. The band's dual-guitar attack of Bill Steer and Tom Draper, coupled with Jeff Walker's distinctive snarling vocals, makes them one of the most formidable live acts in the genre. NAILS, the Southern California powerviolence/hardcore outfit, round out the bill with their characteristically brief but devastatingly intense sets.
KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza has been vocal about his excitement for this particular tour configuration, noting that the camaraderie between the bands runs deep. KREATOR has also announced a separate U.S. headline tour with CARCASS launching May 7 in Fort Lauderdale and running through May 23 in Huntington, New York. Between the European and American legs, this promises to be KREATOR's most extensive touring year in recent memory, befitting an album that has been universally praised as one of their finest.