Florida heavy metal titans Trivium are gearing up for a massive summer. The band has just announced a comprehensive run of European and UK tour dates scheduled throughout June and early July of 2026.
The upcoming trek will see the group dominating the overseas festival circuit, with high-profile appearances booked for Download Festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Rock am Ring, and Copenhell, among many others.
In addition to the massive open-air events, Trivium has scheduled a handful of exclusive club shows. For select headlining dates on the itinerary, they will be joined by special guests Gatecreeper, Frontside, and Heriot.
2026 European & UK Tour Dates:
- 06/04 – Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Festival
- 06/05 – Nürburg, GER @ Rock am Ring
- 06/06 – Maxéville, FRA @ Heavy Week-end
- 06/07 – Nürnberg, GER @ Rock im Park
- 06/09 – Budapest, HUN @ One Night Only In Budapest
- 06/10 – Hradec Králové, CZE @ Rock For People
- 06/11 – Nickelsdorf, AUT @ Nova Rock
- 06/13 – Castle Donington, UK @ Download Festival
- 06/15 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX @ Rockhal (with Gatecreeper, Frontside & Heriot)
- 06/16 – Pratteln, SWI @ Konzertfabrik (with Gatecreeper, Frontside & Heriot)
- 06/17 – Milan, ITA @ San Siro Stadium
- 06/19 – Dessel, BEL @ Graspop Metal Meeting
- 06/21 – Warsaw, POL @ Progresja (with Gatecreeper, Frontside & Heriot)
- 06/22 – Gdansk, POL @ B90 (with Gatecreeper, Frontside & Heriot)
- 06/24 – Oslo, NOR @ Tons Of Rock
- 06/25 – Ysselsteyn, NET @ Jera On Air
- 06/26 – Copenhagen, DEN @ Copenhell
- 06/27 – Helsinki, FIN @ Tuska Festival
- 06/30 – Istanbul, TUR @ Uniq Open-Air
- 07/03 – Viveiro, SPA @ Resurrection Fest
- 07/05 – Cartagena, SPA @ Rock Imperium Festival
Just months after unleashing their Halloween 2025 EP Struck Dead, the band has decided to begin work on their next chapter. Vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy broke the news on social media on January 6, sharing a photo that confirmed the group is already deep in the creative process.
Heafy’s caption was brief but effective in rallying the fanbase:
“The four of us are back in the studio! Got any messages for us? Leave em here.”
The “four of us” Heafy refers to includes the band’s newest member, drummer Alex Rüdinger.
The closing months of 2025 were a whirlwind for the band’s rhythm section. In early October, just hours before a scheduled performance at the Aftershock festival, Trivium announced the amicable departure of longtime drummer Alex Bent, who had served as the band’s engine for nine years across acclaimed albums like The Sin and the Sentence and In the Court of the Dragon.
Following a temporary fill-in performance by Sepultura‘s Greyson Nekrutman at Aftershock, the band officially secured Rüdinger (formerly of Whitechapel) later that month. When Trivium announced Rüdinger‘s arrival in late October 2025, they explicitly stated that he was not just a touring hired gun, but would be an active participant in the “writing sessions for the next Trivium record.”
