Following the announcement of their fifth studio album “Dead Company”, Royal Blood announce their seven-date headline UK tour starting this November.
The duo last released an album in 2023, and following a period away from the spotlight, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher entered the studio in 2025 with no deadline, no distractions and a simple ambition: to see what was possible with two people, 12 notes and infinite outcomes.
They set out to make an album as raw, human and visceral as possible. The 10-track project is self-produced by Royal Blood, and strips everything back to its core.
“After putting the Royal Blood engine in neutral for a couple of years, we’ve been building up the revs and are playing faster and harder than ever with this album. Written and recorded with the stage in mind, we cannot wait to play it live for years to come,” the band comment.
The first track to be revealed, “Ten Over Ten”, is “a menacing desert rock meets Motörhead behemoth of a single”. The lyrics and vibe were inspired by the frontman training for a marathon, and it became all about endurance and pushing yourself.
Since they first emerged 12 years ago when they released one of the fastest-selling rock debuts of the century, each of their four albums has hit number One in the UK, shifting over one million records, becoming an arena-filling, festival-headlining tour de force, and forerunners of the guitar rock revival.
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