Death Angel has a new single out, and Death Angel The Never Was is already streaming as the Bay Area thrash band lines up Europe, Australia and its 11th Annual Another Death Angel Xmas Show dates. Nuclear Blast posted the clip to its YouTube channel under the title “OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO”; the band’s announcement calls it an official lyric visualizer, with original drawings and video production by Tamara Llenas of Aimed & Framed. Stream and buy links are at Death Angel’s The Never Was hub. The closest Southern California date on the holiday pair is Los Angeles’ 1720 on Dec. 17. There is no San Diego show on the announced routing.
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Single cover artwork for Death Angel The Never Was is by Mark Richards. In the announcement, vocalist Mark Osegueda said the lyric is aimed at self-centered people who drag every conversation — including someone else’s tragedy, success or even death — back to themselves, a habit he said social media has only amplified.
“This song is basically the Thrash Metal bastard spawn of ‘You’re So Vain’ by Carly Simon,” Osegueda said. “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!”
He closed the statement with, “See you on the road! Thrash!” Death Angel The Never Was follows two standalone singles the band issued in 2025, “Wrath (Bring Fire)” and “Cult of the Used,” their first new material in several years. The announcement says the Act III anniversary cycle continues into 2026 and 2027.
11th Annual Another Death Angel Xmas Show 2026
Death Angel The Never Was arrives just ahead of the holiday shows, listed in the announcement as:
- Dec. 17, 2026: Los Angeles, Calif. — 1720
- Dec. 18, 2026: San Francisco, Calif. — The Fillmore
Support acts, ticket prices and set times were not listed. There is no San Diego date on this holiday pair. San Diego readers previously saw Death Angel with W.A.S.P. in our older Death Angel San Diego invasion story; that routing is separate from this announcement. Tickets for the new dates are listed at deathangel.us/tour.
Act III Europe and Australia
The Act III European tour, per the release, runs Dec. 1–13, 2026:
- 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
The Australian run follows in early 2027:
- Jan. 30, 2027: Adelaide, AU — Froth & Fury Festival
- Jan. 31: Perth, AU — Magnet House
- Feb. 3: Melbourne, AU — Max Watts
- Feb. 4: Sydney, AU — Manning
- Feb. 5: Brisbane, AU — Crowbar
Death Angel The Never Was is the new music traveling with that itinerary. Separately, SDMETAL covered Heal As One: the Dennis Pepa benefit set for Jan. 24, 2027, at DNA Lounge — a different event that involves Death Angel’s extended community, not these holiday shows.
