Bay Area Thrash legends Death Angel are back with a brand new crushing song, “The Never Was”. From the second the first note blast through, the signature Death Angel sound is kicking our asses!
From the press release:
“A relentless display of the speed, precision and aggression that have defined the band’s sound for more than four decades, ‘The Never Was’ delivers another dose of the uncompromising thrash metal that has cemented DEATH ANGEL’s reputation as one of the genre’s most enduring and influential acts.”
Vocalist Mark Osegueda comments:
“We’re excited to unleash a brand new Death Angel track, called ‘The Never Was’! Lyrically it’s inspired by self centered people that feel the need to make every conversation, tragedy, including someone else’s success or even death all about themselves. Without fail they do it time and again. They truly think they are glorious in every way. Especially now with social media they have a bigger outlet and platform to glorify what they feel is their brilliance and/or opinion on the matter while always circling back to themselves. Everyone knows someone like this whether it be in business, sports, acting and most definitely in music! The thing that amazes me most is that most of these exhaustingly annoying ego-maniacs have no idea that they are doing it. However it is very apparent to everyone around them.
This song is basically the Thrash Metal bastard spawn of ‘You’re So Vain’ by Carly Simon. As it was inspired by a couple of actual people that are too damn self absorbed to ever realize collectively they were my muse. In the ugliest way! We all know someone like this. And I just wanted to express my disgust in that human trait the best way possible! Angry music!
See you on the road! Thrash!”
“The official lyric visualizer for ‘The Never Was’ features original drawings and video production by Tamara Llenas of Aimed & Framed, with single cover artwork created by Mark Richards.”
But Death Angel isn’t done in 2026 just yet. In December they will be continuing the Act III 35th Anniversary (now 36 years old) by going overseas for a European run with special guests, fellow Bay Area Thrash Legends, Vio-lence!
ACT III European Tour
Dec 1 – Brno, CZ – Fleda
Dec 2 – Berlin, DE – Kesselhaus
Dec 3 – Coesfeld, DE – Fabrik
Dec 4 – Geiselwind, DE – Music Hall
Dec 5 – Langenthal, CH – Old Capitol
Dec 6 – Munich, DE – Backstage Werk
Dec 8 – Saarbrücken, DE – Garage
Dec 9 – Stuttgart, DE – LKA Longhorn
Dec 10 – Langen, DE – Neue Stadthalle
Dec 11 – Eindhoven, NL – Eindhoven Metal Meeting
Dec 12 – Roskilde, DK – Gimle
Dec 13 – Hamburg, DE – Fabrik
Directly after their European trek, Death Angel attack their home state of California with a pair of Xmas shows. The Annual Another Xmas Show goes back to Southern California since 2019! The 11th Annual Death Angel Xmas Show will hit Downtown LA on December 17th at the 1720 with Evil Dead, Incite and Dead Heat as support. On December 18th they head home to play at the iconic Fillmore in San Francisco with Haunt and The Hunt as support.
Death Angel are also taking their Act III celebrations to Australia on 2027 on a six date run.
For more information on tickets and Death Angel tour dates.