Riding high after an all-timer homecoming show at Desertfest London this weekend, and hot on the heels of announcing their long-awaited fourth studio album, Necropolitan (to be released on Friday September 11th 2026) Green Lung announce a black crusade of the UK and Europe this winter… the Dance to the Grave Tour MMXXVI.
Special guests on this run will be High On Fire with support from Gnome. The tour poster was designed by the band’s frequent collaborator, Richard Wells.
Tickets will go on general sale: Friday, May 22nd @ 09:00 AM BST
Pre-sales will be running from: Tuesday, May 19th & Wednesday, May 20th
GREEN LUNG
DANCE TO THE GRAVE TOUR MMXXVI
w/ High On Fire & Gnome
03-Dec BE Antwerp @ Trix
04-Dec DE Frankfurt am Main @ Batschkapp
05-Dec DE Munich @ Backstage
07-Dec AT Vienna @ Arena
08-Dec DE Leipzig @ Anker
10-Dec DE Hamburg @ Große Freiheit 36
11-Dec DE Berlin @ Astra Kulturhaus
12-Dec DE Cologne @ Carlswerk Victoria
13-Dec NL Tilburg @ O13
14-Dec FR Paris @ Bataclan
16-Dec UK London @ The Roundhouse
17-Dec UK Bristol @ Bristol Electric
18-Dec UK Manchester @ Manchester Academy
19-Dec IE Dublin @ The Academy
20-Dec UK Glasgow @ SWG3 Galvanizers
For more information and tickets head to: https://www.greenlung.co.uk/
Necropolitan will be released on Friday September 11th 2026. A monumental portrait of the power of nature over the dreams and dominion of humankind, Necropolitan is also a grand celebration of the occult lore and heavy music scene of the band’s birthplace, the city of London.
With producer Tom Dalgety (Opeth, Ghost) at the helm, this time handling everything from recording to mixing, the band decamped to Rockfield Studios in January 2026, following in the muddy footprints of some of Green Lung‘s key inspirations, from Black Sabbath to Queen to Judas Priest. Sonically, they were set on capturing their megalithic live sound more accurately than ever – stripping back their usual dense, multilayered arrangements to their rawest, leanest form and recording much of the album live to capture their Sabbathian heaviness, frenzied Hammonds and haunting Mellotrons as faithfully as possible.
The result is an album that combines the soaring hookiness of This Heathen Land with an uncompromising rawness and heaviness, and takes the band’s distinctive brand of sonic storytelling to macabre new heights.
If, a year after Black Sabbath‘s Back to the Beginning show and the death of Ozzy Osbourne, you had any doubts about the future of traditional British metal, Necropolitan will lay them to rest. Here is a band taking the torch from the heavy metal godfathers and running with it, bursting with all the musicianship and storytelling flair that has kept the genre’s flame burning for a half-century, and using it to temper a lyrical and sonic world that is entirely their own.
Lead single ‘Evil in this House‘ answers the question ‘what would it sound like if a stoner metal band carried out a paranormal investigation?’, complete with a monstrously Sabbathian riff and an ectoplasmic synth solo.
Pre-order Necropolitan here: https://greenlung.bfan.link/necropolitan
Stream lead single ‘Evil in this House‘ here: https://greenlung.bfan.link/evil-in-this-house
Watch the video for ‘Evil in this House‘ here: https://youtu.be/ISrZImai8cQ
Necropolitan – tracklisting
OUT: September 11th 2026
01. Open the Hellmouth
02. Dance to the Grave
03. Black Magick Radio
04. Necropolitan Line
05. Evil in this House
06. Together in Death
07. Ozymandias
08. Alostrael (Be My Babalon)
09. To the Gallows Born
Green Lung: Summer 2026 Live Dates
25 June – UK Manchester, Manchester Academy*
*supporting Acid Bath
A cult band in every sense of the word, Green Lung emerged from London’s heavy rock scene with self-released debut EP Free the Witch (2018).
Drawing on a host of peculiarly British musical influences, from doomy hard rock to pastoral prog and psych to the Hammer Horror theatrics of the NWOBHM, the band have swiftly risen to the forefront of the UK metal scene.
Lyrically celebrating the folklore, myths and legends of Britain, they conjure the wild and witchy spirit of their forebears for a new generation.
Green Lung have released three critically acclaimed albums, Woodland Rites (2019), Black Harvest (2021) and This Heathen Land (2023). They have toured internationally with Clutch, Opeth and Unto Others, and performed on festival stages from Roadburn to Download. Their latest album This Heathen Land landed at #1 on the UK’s Official Rock and Metal Album Chart.
“This is heavy metal how it should be done” The Guardian
