EXHUMED are heading back out. The gore metal pioneers have announced The Redder Asphalt Tour 2026 — the second North American leg behind their latest album — running November 7 through December 6, with JARHEAD FERTILIZER, SAVAGE MASTER and MOLDER supporting across all 26 dates. Tickets are on sale now.
The headline detail for anyone north of the border: this leg finally goes to Canada, and goes deep, with stops in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto and Montreal before the run drops back into the U.S. Northeast.
"EXHUMED is firing on all cylinders to get back on the long and grinding road for the sequel to our Red Asphalt North American tour," bassist Ross Sewage says. "You thought we did a drive by on your town last tour? Wrong! We were just waiting for the right time to crash the party. This time we're taking our warnings about reckless road warriors and dipstick drivers up north, way north, including the Great White North! EXHUMED is finally returning to the land of snow and Timmy Ho's! Buckle those seat belts, kids, it's going to be a helluva ride!"
The tour supports "Red Asphalt," released February 20 this year via Relapse Records. The album is a love letter to the road in the worst possible sense — horrific accidents, vehicular homicide, defective cars, zombified biker gangs and, pointedly, gore-filled instructional films. That last theme is the key to the whole thing: "Red Asphalt" takes its name from the notorious driver's-education shock films screened to generations of California teenagers, and the tracklist nods directly at their predecessor with "Signal Thirty."
Musically it drives the band's hook-laden, high-speed deathgrind into whiplash grooves and blind curves. "Unsafe At Any Speed," "Shovelhead" and "The Iron Graveyard" ooze sleaze while keeping the full-throttle, white-knuckle madness intact.
EXHUMED with JARHEAD FERTILIZER, SAVAGE MASTER and MOLDER:
- Nov. 07 — Portland, OR — Star Theatre
- Nov. 08 — Seattle, WA — El Corazon
- Nov. 09 — Vancouver, BC — Rickshaw Theatre
- Nov. 11 — Calgary, AB — Dickens
- Nov. 12 — Edmonton, AB — The Starlite Room
- Nov. 13 — Saskatoon, SK — Black Cat Tavern
- Nov. 14 — Winnipeg, MB — Sidestage
- Nov. 15 — Thunder Bay, ON — Black Pirates Pub
- Nov. 17 — Toronto, ON — Hard Luck
- Nov. 18 — Montreal, QC — Piranha Bar
- Nov. 19 — Boston, MA — Sonia
- Nov. 20 — Brooklyn, NY — Saint Vitus
- Nov. 21 — Harrisburg, PA — Capital City Music Hall
- Nov. 22 — Baltimore, MD — Metro Baltimore
- Nov. 23 — Cleveland, OH — No Class
- Nov. 24 — Detroit, MI — Sanctuary
- Nov. 25 — Chicago, IL — Reggies
- Nov. 27 — Madison, WI — The Annex
- Nov. 28 — Minneapolis, MN — Underground Music
- Nov. 29 — Des Moines, IA — xBK
- Dec. 01 — Omaha, NE — Reverb Lounge
- Dec. 02 — Denver, CO — HQ
- Dec. 03 — Salt Lake City, UT — Ace's High
- Dec. 04 — Reno, NV — The Holland Project
- Dec. 05 — San Francisco, CA — The Mab
- Dec. 06 — Santa Ana, CA — Constellation Room