Blood is the New Black voted #25 in Metal Hammer’s track of 2025
๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ WARD XVIโs song BLOOD IS THE NEW BLACK has been voted as number 25 in Metal Hammerโs track of the year 2025! 25. Ward XVI – Blood Is The New BlackโTaking horrocore and amping up the theatricality, Ward XVI’s Blood Is The New Black heralded the arrival of the band’s new album Id3ntity. Chucking up old school Priest style guitars (them again!), chugging riffs and even ska guitars, it’s a wild track befitting a wild and colourful band. The lunatics have well and truly taken over the asylum.โ- Metal Hammer An incredible achievement for an independent band facing off against some giants of the industry. The track is from our new album โID3NTITYโ which is also in the poll for their album of the year. Here to listenโฆ. https://open.spotify.com/track/1PPW0za71jyQ5geXBeJowS?si=xiKB5SDUSGu6tw3Iy5chVg
WE ARE LEGION
The resurgence of Ward XVI is undeniable.
The fascinating six piece have dropped their stunning new single and video, We Are Legion – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWVFIHvLbQM .
Listen to the band via – https://open.spotify.com/artist/1iB6Fms5mWFqlK0vJi07of, and for UK tour details, see – https://wardxvi.com/tour-dates/ .
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ID3NTITY UK TOUR 2025 ANNOUNCED
The resurrection of WARD XVI is in full flow as the band are set to release their explosive new album, Id3ntity, which is out on Friday 11th July, via Earache. The alluring six piece will unleash their enticing new single and video, We Are Legion, which arrives on Friday 23rd May. WARD XVI have also just announced an extensive UK Autumn tour. For tickets and details, see – https://wardxvi.com/tour-dates/ .Armed with an intense drive to push artistic boundaries, WARD XVI, draw fromheavyweights such as Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper, to modern heavyweights,Ghost and Skindred. WARD XVI are recognised as a formidable act in the rock andmetal scene and are evenly skilled at producing their stage show to the club circuitand key venues such as the London Roundhouse and larger festival stages parallelto Bloodstock.Past single, Blood Is The New Black, was premiered by Kerrang! Radio, picked upa number one chart position at Primordial Radio, and has been widely praised byfans and media alike. Now loaded with a new single, We Are Legion, which hasalso just been premiered by Kerrang!, and with a glut of live shows and festivalappearances on the way, WARD XVIโs calling is growing stronger and stronger bythe dayโฆโฆWARD XVI live this October: Saturday 18th – Hidden, Dundee; Sunday 19th – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow; Monday – 20th The Cluny, Newcastle; Tuesday 21st – Yardbirds, Grimsby; Wednesday 22nd Nightrain, Bradford; Thursday 23rd – O’Rileys, Hull;Friday 24th – Firebug, Leicester; Saturday 25th – Brickmakers, Norwich; Sunday 26th – Cart & Horses, London; Monday 27th – Levels, Swindon; Tuesday 28th – The Cobblestones, Bridgwater; Wednesday 29th – The Bunkhouse, Swansea; Thursday 30th – The Station, Cannock; Friday 31st – Blitz, Preston.
NEW ALBUM AND LEAD SINGLE ANNOUNCED
WARD XVI have announced to be working with SaN PR on our new album ID3NTITY, The release date is set is for Friday 11th July, via Earache Records digital.
it can presaved via https://earache.lnk.to/IDENTITY & https://earache.lnk.to/BloodisthenewBlack
New WARD XVI single ‘Burn the Witch’ to be released on July 28th.
WARD XVI are turning up the heat prior to Bloodstock 2021 by releasing a new single on July 29th. The track is Burn the Witch and will be premiered on Primordial Radio on Thursday 28th at 7pm before it is released on all online streaming platforms.