Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have announced a spring 2026 North American tour that promises to be one of the most punishing live experiences of the year. The trek kicks off May 7 at Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida — one of America's premier heavy music festivals — and winds its way across the continent before concluding June 14 at The Pearl in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The support bill is as carefully curated as anything in extreme music. PRIMITIVE MAN, the Denver-based sludge/doom outfit whose crushing, feedback-drenched approach to heaviness has made them one of the most viscerally intense live bands in the underground, will join the run from May 21 through June 14. DEADGUY, the legendary New Jersey noise/metalcore act whose brief but explosive career in the mid-1990s left an outsized impact on hardcore and metal, provide support from May 11 through May 23. The reunion of DEADGUY has been one of the most celebrated returns in hardcore, and their pairing with NAPALM DEATH creates a bill that bridges generations of extreme music.
NAPALM DEATH themselves remain one of the most vital and uncompromising bands in heavy music, nearly four decades into a career that has seen them evolve from the primordial chaos of "Scum" into a sophisticated, genre-defying force that incorporates elements of grindcore, death metal, crust punk, industrial, and experimental noise into their relentlessly intense sound. Frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway continues to be one of metal's most articulate and politically engaged vocalists, bringing intellectual depth to performances that are physically overwhelming.
The band has maintained a staggering touring pace in recent years, crisscrossing the globe with the tireless work ethic that has defined their career since the Birmingham grindcore scene of the mid-1980s. Tickets for all dates are on sale now through local venue outlets, and given the strength of this lineup, early purchasing is advised.