Photo by: Ross Sewage
Official press release:
Exhumed will hit the blood-soaked road with their new album, Red Asphalt, set for release on February 20th via Relapse Records.
The masters of gore metal rev up and prepare for one of 2026’s most frenetic, unhinged slabs of sonic obliteration with a new video for lead single, “Unsafe At Any Speed.” Exhumed mastermind Matt Harvey notes:
“We’re very stoked to be back in your earholes with Red Asphalt. Our recent albums have taken you with us through the graveyards and operating theaters of 19th century Scotland, the horror aisles of the video rental stores of our youths, and through the band’s history itself. This time around, we’re inviting you to accompany us to a place that we spend a disproportionate amount of our lives, someplace familiar yet far more dangerous than it feels, a place that can take you to the hospital or the grave in more ways than you can imagine: the American roadway.”
Watch Exhumed’s “Unsafe At Any Speed” video here:
Pre-order Red Asphalt on LP/CD/CS/streaming via Relapse.com.
The latest wrong turn from the driving force of gore metal, Exhumed, Red Asphalt crashes the band’s hook-laden, high-speed deathgrind into whiplash-inducing grooves and dangerous musical curves. Red Asphalt is a love letter to the road – horrific accidents, vehicular homicide, defective cars, gore-filled instructional videos, zombified biker gangs, and more.
True to the band’s spirit, Red Asphalt drags the listener through a whirlwind of riffy madness. Tracks like the aptly titled “Unsafe At Any Speed”, the horrifying “Shovelhead”, and “The Iron Graveyard” ooze with sleaze and groove while retaining all of the high-octane, full-throttle, white-knuckle madness you’ve come to demand from Exhumed. Take the album for a spin and get your kicks on Route 666!
Exhumed will take Red Asphalt on the road throughout 2026 starting with the US from February 19th through March 21st with Oxygen Destroyer and No/Más! Following a quick pit stop, Exhumed returns to Europe/UK this Spring with labelmates Gruesome from April 4th through May 2nd. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below and stay tuned for more shows to be announced soon!
Red Asphalt track listing:
- “Unsafe At Any Speed”
- “Red Asphalt”
- “Shock Trauma”
- “Shovelhead”
- “The Iron Graveyard”
- “Crawling From the Wreckage”
- “Signal Thirty”
- “Death On Four Wheels”
- “Symphorophilia”
- “The Fumes”
2/19 San Jose, CA – The Ritz *
2/20 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick *
2/21 Mesa, AZ – Nile Underground *
2/22 Las Vegas, NV – Dive Bar *
2/24 San Antonio, TX – O’ Death *
2/25 Austin, TX – The Lost Well *
2/26 Houston, TX – The End *
2/27 New Orleans, LA – Siberia *
2/28 Mobile, AL – Merry Widow *
3/01 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade *
3/03 Lynchburg, VA – Super Rad Arcade *
3/04 Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones *
3/05 Savannah, GA – The Wormhole *
3/06 Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern *
3/07 Orlando, FL – Conduit *
3/08 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum *
3/09 Pensacola, FL – The Handlebar *
3/11 Dallas, TX – Double Wide *
3/12 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th St. *
3/13 Lubbock, TX – TBA *
3/14 Albuquerque, NM – The Launchpad *
3/15 Tucson, AZ – The Rock *
3/18 San Luis Obispo, CA – Humdinger Brewing *
3/19 Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge *
3/20 Sacramento, CA – Café Colonial *
3/21 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge *
4/04 Glasgow, UK – Lords Of The Land Festival ^
4/05 Newcastle UK – The Grove ^
4/07 Manchester UK – Rebellion ^
4/08 Bristol UK – Exchange ^
4/09 Southampton UK – The 1865 ^
4/10 London UK – The Black Heart ^
4/11 Paris FR – Backstage By The Mill ^
4/12 Kortrijk BE – DVG Club ^
4/13 Tilburg NL – Little Devil ^
4/14 Düsseldorf DE – Pitcher ^
4/15 Hamburg DE – Logo ^
4/16 Berlin DE – Urban Spree ^
4/17 Poznan PL – 2Progi ^
4/18 Ostrava CZ – Barrak ^
4/19 Vienna AT – Escape ^
4/21 Solothurn CH – Kornfehl ^
4/22 Munich DE – Backstage (Halle) ^
4/23 Weinheim DE – Cafe Central ^
4/25 Rome IT – Traffic Club ^
4/26 Milan IT – Slaughter Club ^
4/28 Toulouse FR – Rex ^
4/29 Portugalete ES – Groove Club ^
4/30 Barroselas PT – SWR Fest ^
5/01 Barroselas PT – SWR Fest ^
5/02 Madrid ES – Revi Live ^
* = w/ Oxygen Destroyer & No/Más
^ = w/ Gruesome
