Royal Blood, the new album Dead Company by the British band is released today

After a break that began following their 2023 release, Royal Blood return with a new recording project. The duo formed by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher releases today, Friday 13 November 2026, the album Dead Company, the band's fifth studio album and a collection of ten songs created with the aim of bringing their sound back to its essence.

The two musicians returned to the studio in 2025 without setting precise deadlines, working on the album in total autonomy. Kerr and Thatcher also took care of the production, aiming for a direct, physical and essential result, designed to restore the energy that characterizes their concerts.

The album is anticipated by Ten Over Ten, a song with an energetic character built on heavy riffs and atmospheres attributable to desert rock. The song was also born from a personal experience of Mike Kerr: the fast-paced rhythm and the theme of physical resistance are in fact linked to his training for a marathon.

The individual thus reflects the idea of ​​perseverance and overcoming one's limits. After slowing down their path for a few years, Royal Blood conceived the new album thinking above all about the live dimension and the possibility of bringing the new songs to the stage.

To accompany the release of Dead Company, Royal Blood will embark on a seven-date UK tour at the end of November. The first appointment is set for November 24th at the Prospect Building in Bristol.

The following day the duo will be at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle, while the concert is scheduled for November 27th at the O2 Apollo in Manchester. Royal Blood will perform at Barrowland in Glasgow on November 28th.

The tour will continue in December with dates on December 2nd at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton and December 3rd at Olympia The Grand Hall in London. The tour will conclude on December 4th at the Brighton Centre.

Tickets will go on sale from August 19th, while general sales will start on August 21st.

Royal Blood emerged on the music scene twelve years ago, quickly establishing themselves in the contemporary rock scene. Over the course of their career they have achieved four consecutive number one albums in the UK charts and sold over a million records worldwide.

The duo has thus become one of the protagonists of the new season of guitar-based rock, building their success through an essential sound strongly linked to the live dimension.

Formed in Brighton in 2011, Royal Blood have become in just a few years one of the most recognizable acts in contemporary British rock. The debut came in 2014 with the self-titled Royal Blood, followed in 2017 by How Did We Get So Dark?.

In 2021 the duo released Typhoons, which reached number one in the British charts, while in 2023 it was the turn of Back to the Water Below. Over the course of their careers Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher have graced the stages of major international festivals and shared tours with artists such as Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and Muse. In 2024 they also celebrated ten years since the release of their debut album.

With Dead Company, the group now opens a new chapter in its history, returning to the essential atmospheres and direct impact that characterized its beginnings.