Photo Credit: Johan Carlén
AVATAR have released their new single Death And Glitz, taken from their upcoming album Don’t Go In The Forest.
“Death and Glitz is a song about perversion and detachment,” explains vocalist Johannes Eckerström. “A homeless, young runaway collapses and dies on a dancefloor. The crime scene tape becomes a red velvet rope. The investigator’s camera flashes like paparazzi on the red carpet. We love her for dying. Now she’s perfect. Obedient. Anything you want. The true crime genre is as sick as the sickest goregrind band you’ve ever heard. Its popularity and the form in which it’s being consumed, as a choice between Mickey Mouse and hospital dramas, reveals a darkness.
“The best ones are when it’s someone young and attractive. A couple goes hiking. Only the man returns. What do we project on this very real person’s very real tragedy? Do we see ourselves, with a strange envy for being so desired? Do we see a canvas on which we can paint the perfect future, if we were there to make it right? Do we completely dehumanize the victim and those who lost her, obsessed with the puzzle? No matter the reason, it is clear that no one is more obedient than the dead. People simply like it when death has a nice rack.”
Don’t Go In The Forest is due for release on 31st October 2025, available to pre-save HERE.
See AVATAR live at one of the following dates:
October 2025
Fri 31st – MEXICO CITY, MX – The Pepsi Center
November 2025
Wed 5th – PHOENIX, AZ – The Van Buren
Thu 6th – SAN DIEGO, CA – The Observatory San Diego
Fri 7th – RIVERSIDE, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Sat 8th – LAS VEGAS, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
Mon 10th – SEATTLE, WA – Moore Theater
Tue 11th – PORTLAND, OR – Roseland Theatre
Wed 12th – BOISE, ID – Revolution
Fri 14th – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Union
Sat 15th – DENVER, CO – Fillmore
Mon 17th – MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Fillmore
Tue 18th – MADISON, WI – The Sylvee
Thu 20th – DETROIT, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Fri 21st – PITTSBURGH, PA – Stage AE
Sat 22nd – COLUMBUS, OH – KEMBA Live!
Sun 23rd – SILVER SPRING, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Tue 25th – HUNTINGDON, NY – Paramount
Wed 26th – BOSTON, MA – House of Blues
Fri 28th – ALLENTOWN, PA – Archer Music Hall
Sat 29th – CHARLOTTE, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Sun 30th – LOUISVILLE, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
December 2025
Tue 2nd – CHICAGO, IL – Riviera Theater
Thu 4th – NASHVILLE, TN – Marathon Music Works
Fri 5th – ST. LOUIS, MO – The Pageant
Sat 6th – TULSA, OK – Tulsa Theater
Sun 7th – DALLAS, TX – House of Blues
February 2026
Thu 5th – STOCKHOLM, SE – Fållan
Sat 7th – HELSINKI, FI – Kulttuuritalo
Mon 9th – OSLO, NO – Sentrum Scene
Tue 10th – COPENHAGEN, DK – Vega
Wed 11th – OSNABRÜCK, DE – Die Botschaft
Thu 12th – BRUSSELS, BE – AB
Sat 14th – LONDON, UK – Exhibition
Sun 15th – MANCHESTER, UK – Academy
Mon 16th – GLASGOW, UK – Barrowland
Tue 17th – NOTTINGHAM, UK – Rock City
Wed 18th – BRISTOL, UK – O2 Academy
Fri 20th – AMSTERDAM, NL – AFAS Live
Sat 21st – ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, LU – Rockhal
Sun 22nd – ZURICH, CH – Komplex
Tue 25th – BARCELONA, ES – Razzmatazz
Wed 26th – MADRID, ES – La Riviera
Fri 27th – LISBON, PT – LAV
Sat 28th – BILBAO, ES – Santana 27
March 2025
Mon 2nd – LYON, FR – Le Cube
Tue 3rd – MILAN, IT – Alcatraz
Wed 4th – VIENNA, AT – Gasometer
Thu 5th – MUNICH, DE – Gasometer
Fri 6th – COLOGNE, DE – E-Werk
Sat 7th – PARIS, FR – Le Zenith
Mon 9th – WIESBADEN, DE – Schlachthof
Tue 10th – ZLIN, CZ – Sports Hall Datart
Wed 11th – WARSAW, PL – Stodola
Thu 12th – BERLIN, DE – Columbiahalle
Fri 13th – HAMBURG, DE – Docks
May 2026
Sun 24th – FRANKFURT, DE – Deutsche Bank Park*
June 2026
Thu 11th – BUDAPEST, HU – Puskas Arena*
Fri 19th – DUBLIN, IE – Aviva Stadium*
July 2025
Sun 5th – LONDON, UK – London Stadium*
*supporting Metallica
