They have also released the brilliant video for the album’s title track today which can be watched HERE.
DON'T GO IN THE FOREST TRACK LISTING:
‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors‘
‘In The Airwaves‘
‘Captain Goat‘
‘Don't Go In The Forest’
‘Death And Glitz‘
‘Abduction Song’
‘Howling At The Waves’
‘Dead And Gone And Back Again’
‘Take This Heart And Burn’
‘Magic Lantern’
Regarding the album, Eckerström has expleined, “The secret ingredient is that we still feel like we're just getting started. ‘Don't Go In The Forest’ is an album filled to the brim with stuff we've never done before. It's all songs and concepts we haven't been close to touch until now. The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken.
“It would have been impossible to make this album at any other time than now. That's all we ever wanted, and I think you'll find it's all you ever wanted too.”
In celebration of today's Halloween album release, Avatar will be celebrating with their fans by sending them on a scavenger hunt around selected indie stores across the UK to find giant red balloons. Fans lucky enough to find them will burst them to win tickets to their 2026 In The Airwaves tour hidden inside.
Avatar’s growth and momentum has only accelerated in recent years. There's the critically acclaimed, 2023-released album Dance Devil Dance, which included their first #1 at Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay, "The Dirt I'm Buried In." There have been scores of sold-out headline shows across the globe, and an actual fossil named after them. The list goes on and on.
Avatar will spend the foreseeable future (if not forever) on the road and show no signs of pausing to take a breath in their quest for absolute world domination — much less stopping. They kick off their world tour TONIGHT in Mexico City, before crossing North America on a major series of headline shows until early December.
In February they launch their European tour with a show in Stockholm on February 5th, before rolling into the UK on February 14th, to play their biggest ever UK headline show that night in London. Further shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Nottingham and Bristol ahead of a substantial run of mainland Europe dates.
Alien Weaponry appear as special guests on all dates with additional support from Norwegian Feminist Black Metal group Witch Club Satan, as well as Norwegian Death Jazz band Agabas for select dates.
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
SUPPORTING METALLICA — SUMMER 2026
- Sun, May 24, 26 — Frankfurt, DE — Deutsche Bank Park
- Thu, Jun 11, 26 — Budapest, HU — Puskas Arena
- Fri, Jun 19, 26 — Dublin, IE — Aviva Stadium
- Sun, Jul 5, 26 — London, UK — London Stadium
