New music is already underway as New York City's IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT join Metal Blade Records. The band have completed tracking for their label debut, working with longtime collaborator Colin Marston on recording and mixing.
The band addressed the signing in a statement: “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. He previously described their playing and tones as having developed to the point where the music itself supplies all the “necessary strangeness.” Further details about the Metal Blade debut are expected in the months ahead; the announcement supplies no title or release date.
The band's catalog includes Vile Luxury (2018), Alphaville (2020), Spirit Of Ecstasy (2022) and Goldstar (2025). Their music draws on black metal, death metal, jazz, classical composition and experimental music, with New York City serving as an inspiration.
The signing also brings a limited-edition shirt designed by Noah Cutter Meihoff. The available design combines the classic Metal Blade Axe with IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT's trademark mask. The supplied band photograph is credited to Shannon Void.
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT will begin a 21-date European and UK tour with Knoll on November 13, 2026, in Belfort, France, finishing December 6 in Glasgow, Scotland. Tickets are on sale through the band's website.
The dates follow IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT's participation in Between The Buried And Me's 2026 US tour, with Fallujah appearing on much of that run, 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
