Photo by: Nick Fancher
Official press release:
To mark the one-year anniversary of their acclaimed album What Remains, Pop Evil announce the release of What Remains (Midnight Edition), arriving March 27, 2026.
The band’s new single, “The Decay”, is out after premiering on SiriusXM Octane. The track is a riff-forward modern rock track with depth, melody, and staying power.
Regarding the release, Pop Evil shares:
“In a world full of pain, lies, distractions, and half-truths, how easy is it to swallow venom dressed up as medicine without recognizing the damage being done? The choice to help or to hurt is ours. This song is raw, uncomfortable, and honest, an invitation to face the darkness, accept responsibility, and choose to make a difference while you still have time.”
To further reflect this mindset, the band made the conscious decision to forgo any use of AI in crafting the official visualizer. Directed by Sam Shapiro and produced by the skilled CGI team at VSRL Company, the visualizer reinforces the song’s core message: what we choose to create and support truly matters. Watch it below:
What Remains (Midnight Edition) expands the album’s powerful legacy with new material, including “The Decay” and a studio-refined reimagining of the iconic ’80s anthem “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, reimagined through Pop Evil’s unmistakable modern-rock lens.
Originally released as Pop Evil’s most uncompromising and emotionally exposed body of work to date, What Remains stands as both a sonic reckoning and a personal confession. Heavier, darker, and more direct than anything the band has released before, the album channels arena-ready modern rock and metal into a deeply introspective narrative, with frontman Leigh Kakaty laying bare the truths, scars, and battles that shaped both his life and the band’s e
With What Remains (Midnight Edition), Pop Evil completes a full creative arc, stripping away armor, confronting the past, and standing firmly in the present. It is a reckoning with who Leigh Kakaty was, who he is now, and who he’s determined to become. More than an anniversary release, the Midnight Edition solidifies What Remains as the definitive Pop Evil statement, unflinching, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore.
Get “The Decay” here.
What Remains (Midnight Edition) track listing:
- “The Bullet That Missed”
- “Deathwalk”
- “What Remains”
- “Wishful Thinking”
- “Side Effects”
- “Criminal”
- “Enough Is Enough”
- “Zero To None”
- “Knife For The Butcher”
- “Overkill”
- “The Decay”
- “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” [Midnight version]
2/06 Destin, FL – Club LA
2/07 Birmingham, AL – Workplay
2/09 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – FTL War Memorial *
2/10 Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center *
2/12 Biloxi, MS – The Sanctuary
2/13 Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall *
2/14 Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom *
2/15 San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port *
2/18 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
2/19 Las Vegas, NV – The Portal at Area15
2/20 Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum *
2/21 Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live *
2/22 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
2/24 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center *
2/25 Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theatre
2/26 Loveland, CO – Blue FCU Arena *
2/27 Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Arena *
2/28 St. Louis, MO – The Factor *
3/02 Des Moines, IA – Vibrant Music Hall *
3/03 Minneapolis, MN – Armory *
3/04 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed *
3/06 Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live *
3/07 Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center *
3/08 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore *
3/10 Pittsburgh, PA – UPMC Events Center *
3/11 Philadelphia, PA – The Met *
3/12 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
3/14 Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome *
3/15 Washington, DC – The Theatre at National Harbor *
3/17 Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Special Events C *
3/18 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy *
4/06 Halifax, CAN – Scotiabank Center *
4/09 Laval, CAN – Place Bell *
4/11 Toronto, CAN – Great Canadian Casino Resort *
4/12 Sault Ste. Marie, CAN – The Machine Shop
4/14 Winnipeg, CAN – Burton Cummings Theatre *
4/17 Edmonton, CAN – Edmonton Convention Centre *
4/18 Calgary, CAN – Grey Eagle Event Centre *
4/20 Vancouver, CAN – PNE Forum *
4/22 Billings, MT – Pub Station
4/24 Dubuque, IA – Q Casino
4/25 Moline, IL – Rust Belt
4/26 Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
4/28 Kansas City, MO – Truman
4/29 Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
* = supporting Sabaton
