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NARCOTIC WASTELAND Announces “Praise the Beast North
American Tour 2026” w/ BELPHEGOR, INCANTATION, HATE |
 Extreme metal juggernaut NARCOTIC WASTELAND has announced they will be joining the “Praise the Beast North American Tour” with BELPHEGOR, INCANTATION, and HATE for February and March 2026, continuing their relentless assault on stages worldwide. This marks the band’s third major run in less than a year, following the “Annihilation of Wasteland Tour” across the U.S. in September 2025 and their headlining “Annihilation of Europe Tour” in November and December 2025. Fronted by guitarist/vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade (ex-Nile), Narcotic Wasteland has built a reputation for uncompromising brutality, technical precision, and lyrical themes that confront addiction, corruption, and societal decay. Their recent tours have drawn packed venues and critical acclaim, cementing their place as one of the most ferocious acts in modern death metal. “The energy we felt from fans in both North America and Europe has been incredible. We’re coming back harder than ever in 2026. Expect a setlist that spans our catalog, new material, and the kind of intensity that defines Narcotic Wasteland,” says Toler-Wade. The upcoming tour will see the band storm through major cities across the U.S. and Canada, dates and venues listed below. The tour is a crushing lineup, making this one of the most anticipated metal tours of early 2026. Narcotic Wasteland has carved out its place as a dominant force in the modern metal scene, unleashing a punishing fusion of razor-sharp technicality, feral aggression, and raw intensity. At the helm is guitarist and vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade, celebrated for his tenure with Nile, whose unmatched precision and commanding stage presence drive the band’s sonic assault.Behind the kit, Joseph Howard delivers a relentless barrage of power and accuracy, propelling the band’s crushing rhythms with thunderous authority. His dynamic drumming lays the foundation for the group’s dark and uncompromising atmosphere. Anchoring the low end, Kenji Tsunami injects depth and texture with inventive, hard-hitting bass lines. His formidable musicianship and commanding presence add another layer to the band’s overwhelming wall of sound, amplifying the ferocity of their live performances. Together, Dallas, Joseph, and Kenji form a unit that is both unstoppable and uncompromising, captivating audiences with explosive performances and boundary-pushing compositions. With their collective skill and vision, Narcotic Wasteland stands tall as one of the most formidable powerhouses in extreme music today. 
Praise the Beast North American Tour 2026 “”Narcotic Wasteland dropped a caustic, pissed off new
single titled “Barbarian” off their forthcoming album Digital Cordyceps. Though
we don’t know too much about said album, Toler-Wade explained that the new
track was essentially one big middle finger to the ruling class.” – Metal Sucks “We’ve got the latest and greatest from drug-themed death
dealers Narcotic Wasteland, the new video for “Victims of the Algorithm.” The
song takes on lightning-fast and heavy riffs, in the tradition of the band, and
the lyrics tackle our dependence on social media in the modern age.” – Decibel
Magazine “Narcotic Wasteland have hit us with another dark, campy
gem in the form of “Sex, Lies & DNA.” The thrashy, aggressive new single is
the latest from the band led by Dallas Toler-Wade of Nile fame. This track
features guest vocals from Andrea_N_Black and takes on the beloved death metal
fodder of true crime.” – Decibel Magazine “Narcotic Wasteland showcases Toler-Wade’s penchant for
writing killer riffs, which he did for a decade as a member of Nile, in a
manner that’s reminiscent of early 1990s metal — when the lines between the
“thrash” and “death” tags weren’t as rigidly defined, and everything just
sounded fast and heavy as all hell.” – Denver Westword (NW Headlines Denver
DeathFest 2023) “Delirium Tremens is just pummeling, non-stop death metal
that covers a ton of ground.” – Metal Injection “More often than not, death metal bands have a tendency
to stick to the familiar topics. Death, gore, killing – that sort of thing.
There’s always exceptions, or bands that have a different take on the subject,
but as they say, dark music demands dark themes. Narcotic Wasteland does, for
one of its lyrical slants, face a slightly different (yet still suiting) take –
that of addiction. Plenty of grim to still go around with such a concept, and
Narcotic Wasteland hits just as hard sonically as any other death metal act to
come through the pipeline.” – Dead Rhetoric “another incredible death metal album that has the
potential to end itself up on the year end top album lists.” – Metal Nexus
(2017 – Delirium Tremens) “On the track, Toler-Wade furiously rails against
“expectations,” “silly rules,” and “fucking filters,” and victoriously
celebrates being “totally free” with a repeated battle cry of “Let the music
flow!” In case there was still any remaining doubt as to the meaning of the
song, the track is as magnificently brutal an old school death metal song as
you’re likely to hear this season. It gallops, it lacerates, it uses the
listener’s skull as a battering ram. There can be no doubt that this truly is
Toler-Wade, undiluted and free of limitations. We hope he lets this music flow
for a long time to come.” – Metal Sucks (single Return to the Underground off
2017 album Delirium Tremens)
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