In a new interview with Bloodstock TV‘s Oran O’Beirne, Obituary drummer Donald Tardy addressed the possibility of the Florida death metal icons releasing a new studio album in 2026 or 2027.
“In the rock and roll industry, you make plans and nothing ever sticks, and getting pushed back, it happens always,” Tardy said. “So I don’t wanna tell people that there’s gonna be a new album, ’cause is there? We don’t know. We’re having a damn good time. My brother [Obituary frontman John Tardy] and I are having a blast.”
Asked directly about the chances of a follow-up to 2023’s Dying Of Everything, he continued: “Should there be one more record? Possibly. Possibly for the fans. Going on a 40-year career, we’re wondering, where do we go with this career of ours? And how much longer? Do we wanna do it? Can we do it? And should we?
“And so to answer the question, we love writing music and we love the idea of a new album, but we will definitely take our time and write the best songs we possibly can, just like we did with Dying Of Everything. So ’26 and ’27 will be a writing process, and then the recording of it. So, we’re looking at it as, if we’re still on this side of the ground and we could do it, there’ll be another one, simply because the fans deserve it. And we’re still having a good time doing what we do.”
Released in January 2023, Dying Of Everything marked Obituary‘s first full-length in six years, earning widespread praise for balancing their trademark swampy groove with fresh intensity. Whether or not another record arrives in the late 2020s (if at all), Tardy made it clear: Obituary are still enjoying the ride nearly four decades into their career.
In the meantime, Obituary‘s touring schedule is still going strong as you’ll see by the list of dates below.
9/7 León De Los Aldama, Mexico Candelabrum Metal Fest 2025
10/5 Hanover, Germany Capitol Hannover
10/7 Bristol, United Kingdom Bristol Beacon
10/8 Birmingham, United Kingdom O2 Academy Birmingham
10/9 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
10/10 Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Academy
10/11 London, United Kingdom O2 Forum Kentish Town
10/12 Antwerpen, Belgium Trix
10/13 Stuttgart, Germany LKA Longhorn
10/14 Hamburg, Germany Große Freiheit 36
10/16 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7 Konzertfabrik
10/17 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof Wiesbaden
10/18 Milan, Italy Live Club
10/19 Saarbrücken, Germany Kleiner Klub/Garage
10/21 Ljubljana, Slovenia Media Center
10/22 Vienna, Austria Arena Wien
10/23 Wrocław, Poland A2 – Centrum Koncertowe
10/24 Munich, Germany TonHalle München
10/25 Oberhausen, Germany Turbinenhalle
10/26 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli Vredenburg – Ronda
2/7 San José, Costa Rica Pepper’s
2/8 Bogotá, Colombia Ace of Spades
2/10 Lima, Peru Teatro Kantaro
2/13 Valparaíso, Chile Club Segund Pisd
2/14 Santiago, Chile Teatro Cariola
2/15 Concepción, Chile La Bodeguita de Nicanor
2/17 Montevideo, Uruguay Live Era
2/18 Buenos Aires, Argentina El Teatrito
2/20 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Mister Rock
2/21 São Paulo, Brazil Carioca Club
2/22 Curitiba, Brazil Tork n’ Roll
2/24 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Agyto
2/25 Brasília, Brazil Toinha
2/25 Brasília, Brazil Toinha Brasil Show
3/21 Pelham, TN, United States The Caverns
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