Hatebreed are officially set to headline the highly anticipated 2026 installment of the “Summer Slaughter” tour.
The heavy-hitting summer trek will feature a brutal lineup of support acts, including Devourment, Snuffed On Sight, Balmora, and Face Yourself. Additionally, death metal legends Incantation will join the touring package for the final five dates of the run.
General admission tickets for the upcoming tour will officially go on sale to the public this Friday, March 27, at 10:00 a.m. local time.
“Summer Slaughter” 2026 Tour Dates:
- July 02 – Reading, PA – Reverb
- July 03 – Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27
- July 05 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
- July 07 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
- July 08 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
- July 09 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
- July 10 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
- July 11 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
- July 12 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
- July 14 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
- July 15 – Omaha, NE – The Admiral
- July 19 – Saginaw, MI – The Vault (featuring Incantation)
- July 21 – St. Louis, MO – Pop’s Nightclub (featuring Incantation)
- July 22 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s Entertainment Center (featuring Incantation)
- July 23 – Toronto, ONT – Phoenix Concert Theatre (featuring Incantation)
- July 24 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom (featuring Incantation)
In a recent appearance on the “Hardlore” podcast, guitarist Frank Novinec provided a status update on the project, confirming that the recording process is effectively complete.
When asked if fans could expect a new album from the group soon, Novinec offered a straightforward timeline.
“[It’s] coming out this year, yeah. Most, of it’s pretty much — I mean, it’s done.”
The band gave listeners a first taste of the new material last July with the release of the single “Make The Demons Obey“—their first fresh music in nearly five years. According to Novinec, the gap between that single and the full album release has actually been beneficial, allowing the band to refine the remaining tracks without the pressure of a traditional rollout schedule.
“The nice thing about in this era — I was telling somebody the other day that’s not in the music business like we are — the nice thing about the way things are rolled out now, I think, is you can drop a single even if you have the whole record done, and be, like, ‘All right, now there’s all this time’, where you can really review what you’ve done and you could really change something that you didn’t like or even make another song and all that,” Novinec explained.
He continued: “It’s not, like, ‘Okay, there’s the record, there’s the two videos. Here’s what are supposed to be the singles. And that’s it.’ So it’s nice to be able to drop the single, which we had a great response for. We love the song. As far as the band’s concerned, we’re real happy with ‘Make The Demons Obey‘. And we’ll probably leak another one here soon. And there’ll probably be proper videos coming after that.”
Despite being a full-time member of Hatebreed for two decades, Novinec was candid about his role in the creative process. When asked if he has contributed significantly to the writing since joining in 2006, he admitted that the core sound has always been dictated by the band’s founders.
“No. I think I have one riff on one song,” Novinec said. “It was always [founding Hatebreed bassist] Chris [Beattie] and Jamey [Jasta, Hatebreed vocalist] writing the music. That’s it. From day one, it’s Chris and Jamey. They’re the guys [who wrote all the music] from day one, for the most part.”
However, following the recent departure of bassist Chris Beattie, the dynamic has shifted slightly, with guitarist Wayne Lozinak stepping up in the arrangement process.
“[Hatebreed guitarist] Wayne [Lozinak], I think, is… We all have our ideas about songs. Songs are presented, [and then we say], ‘Hey, I think we should change this,’ ‘Hey, I think this riff should go longer.’”
For his part, Novinec is content to play his role without forcing his way into the writing credits.
“I’m not a groove dude like that when it comes to writing,” Novinec explained. “I’m not somebody that’s trying to show up and break something that’s not broken.”
