“New music is flowing,” says IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT as the New York City band announces its signing to Metal Blade Records. Tracking for the band's label debut is already complete, with longtime collaborator Colin Marston handling recording and mixing.
The band offered this statement on the partnership: “IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT is pleased to announce a new covenant with the illustrious Metal Blade Records. We consider Metal Blade the top floor of the recording label tower and the view from up here is quite nice. New music is flowing and fans can expect fresh decadence from IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT sooner than later.”
Marston's recording partnership with IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT reaches back to the band's earliest days. The announcement recalls his description of the group's playing and tones developing to a point where the music itself supplies the “necessary strangeness.” Further details about the Metal Blade debut are due in the coming months; its title and release date have not been announced.
The band's catalog includes Vile Luxury (2018), Alphaville (2020), Spirit Of Ecstasy (2022) and Goldstar (2025). Its music draws on black metal, death metal, jazz, classical composition and experimental music, with New York City providing inspiration for its sound.
Artist Noah Cutter Meihoff has also created a limited-edition shirt marking the signing. The design combines the classic Metal Blade Axe with IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT's trademark mask, and the shirt is available to purchase.
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT will begin a 21-date tour with Knoll on November 13, 2026, in Belfort, France, finishing December 6 in Glasgow, Scotland. Tickets are on sale. The run follows the band's 2026 US touring with Between The Buried And Me, with Fallujah appearing on much of that itinerary, and an earlier Latin American tour with Cynic.
- November 13, 2026 — La Poudrière — Belfort, FR
- November 14, 2026 — Feierwerk — Munich, DE
- November 16, 2026 — Arena — Vienna, AT
- November 17, 2026 — Hype Park — Krakow, PL
- November 18, 2026 — Niebo — Warsaw, PL
- November 19, 2026 — Neue Zukunft — Berlin, DE
- November 20, 2026 — Hotel Cecil — Copenhagen, DK
- November 21, 2026 — Kollektivet Livet — Stockholm, SE
- November 22, 2026 — Monument — Goteborg, SE
- November 24, 2026 — Doornroosje — Nijmegen, NL
- November 25, 2026 — Petit Bain — Paris, FR
- November 26, 2026 — U Totem — Lyon, FR
- November 27, 2026 — Le Rex — Toulouse, FR
- November 28, 2026 — Obon Fest — Bilbao, ES
- November 29, 2026 — Nazca — Madrid, ES
- December 1, 2026 — La Case A Chocs — Neuchatel, CH
- December 2, 2026 — Kesselhaus — Wiesbaden, DE
- December 3, 2026 — Le Botanique — Bruxelles, BE
- December 4, 2026 — Dingwalls — London, UK
- December 5, 2026 — Boom — Leeds, UK
- December 6, 2026 — Slay — Glasgow, UK
