Ward XVI have released the video to MACABARET which features official footage from their recent album launch show at Manchester Academy.
WARD XVI ANNOUNCED FOR FIREVOLT 2026
The inmates are very very excited to be one of the first 5 bands announced for next years 5th Edition Celebration of Firevolt along with Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts Dare Cats In Space and The Virginmarys
IDENTITY HITS THE CHARTS
ID3NTITY IS IN THE Official UK Charts!! #2 in the independent breakers chart #6 in the Rock and Metal Chart #15 in the independent albums chart Thank you all that have helped us get here #WeAreOne#officialcharts#wardxvi
WARD XVI ID3NTITY REVEALED
WARD XVI release their new album ‘ID3NTITY’ amongst critical acclaim, with many stating that it is their best album to date. Continuing from the triumphs of their last album, Metamorphosis, which received extensive approval and secured many accolades, WARD XVI are now poised to release their much anticipated new album, Id3ntity, which is the last piece of a trilogy of releases. WARD XVI Album launch with Red Method at Manchester Academy 2 on Friday 25th July. For details and tickets, see:https://www.manchesteracademy.net/order/tickets/13376508/ward-xvi-id3ntity-manchester-academy-2-2025-07-25-19-30-00 |Track listing: 1. Regeneration; 2. Into The Wilderness; 3. What’s In The Box?; 4. Macabaret; 5. Interlude; 6. Blood Is The New Black; 7. At The Window; . 8. I Spit On Your Grave; 9. Interlude 2; 10. Darkest Desire; 11. Amoeba Of Madness; 12. Interlude 3; 13. We Are Legion. It’s gloriously overblown, unrelenting, chunky, gore-obsessed Horror Metal with all the theatricality of the likes of Sleep token and Ghost, without actually sounding like them.’ https://earache.lnk.to/IDENTITY
Kerrang!! to premiere the 3rd single
Johnny Doom will be premiering our Brand new single ‘At the Window’ on his unleashed show on Kerrang Radio on Thursday 19th from between 9-11pm.
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 XVI’s calling is growing stronger and stronger bythe day……WARD 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.
Kerrang!! Radio to premiere the second single
Johnny Doom will be premiering our latest single on May the 6th on his Unleashed show on Kerrang!! Radio. The show runs from 9-11pm, and it will be the first airing of the second sing from our forthcoming album ID3NTITY, which is released on July 11th.