AVATAR Announces North American Tour With FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE & FROZEN SOUL

The theatrical heavy metal juggernauts Avatar are returning to North America for a Spring 2026 headline tour, continuing the relentless momentum unleashed by their Halloween 2025 release, Don’t Go in the Forest.

The band — vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have spent the past months dominating stages worldwide, and now the U.S. will get its turn.

The tour kicks off April 16 in Sacramento, California, and runs through May 20 in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, hitting major festivals including Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple. Support comes from Fleshgod Apocalypse and Frozen Soul, promising a package stacked with both brutal technicality and theatrical flair. Get your tickets here.

Reflecting on their return to the U.S., Eckerström evokes the album’s eerie, immersive themes: “USA. It started off innocently enough. Hiking along on a trail. Sunny. Pleasant. Safe. Then night came, and the trail slowly faded. You can’t go back, as you don’t know where you came from.

“You don’t even dare to turn around, as you can feel someone, or something, watching. What you were, all the way back in the warm embrace of civilization, doesn’t matter. Here. it’s just you and the trees.”

A fitting metaphor for the band’s live experience, where spectacle, intensity, and darkness converge to create a sense of total immersion. Eckerström concludes with a simple, chilling promise: “We will be seeing you.”

4/16 Sacramento, CA Channel 24
4/17 Los Angeles, CA Novo
4/19 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
4/20 Albuquerque, NM Revel
4/22 San Antonio, TX Aztec
4/23 Oklahoma City, OK Criterion
4/25 Omaha, NE Steelhouse Omaha
4/26 Des Moines, IA Val Air
4/28 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
4/29 Moline, IL The Rust Belt
4/30 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Live at 20 Monroe
5/1 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club Stage
5/2 Fort Wayne, IN The Clyde
5/4 Huntsville, AL VBC Mars Music Hall
5/5 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
5/6 Knoxville, TN Mill & Mine
5/7 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
5/9 Daytona Beach, FL Welcome to Rockville
5/10 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
5/12 Richmond, VA The National
5/13 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall
5/15 New York, NY Palladium Times Square
5/16 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Riverworks
5/17 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple Weekend
5/19 Wallingford, CT The Dome
5/20 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino