Hollywood, CA (August 20, 2025) — W.A.S.P. are adding four new shows in Budapest, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Milan to the 2025 Album ONE Alive European Tour. The final leg in Europe begins on September 26th in Newcastle. Six shows on this final European leg of the Album ONE Alive tour are already SOLD OUT. The Album ONE Alive tour celebrates the 40th anniversary of the release of W.A.S.P.’s first album by playing the debut in it’s entirety. 

Blackie Lawless, “It was very important that we reschedule the previously cancelled show in Italy, so while we were doing that we thought lets just add a few more new shows since WASPnation has been going nuts for the Album ONE Alive tour.”

New Album ONE Alive Tour shows:

10/27 Budapest, HUNGARY – NEW SHOW

10/28 Zagreb, CROATIA – NEW SHOW

10/29 Ljublajana, SLOVENIA – NEW SHOW

10/30 Milan, ITALY – NEW SHOW

General on-sale: Friday, Aug 22 at 10am local time, visit WASPnation.com/tour

The W.A.S.P. Blackie Lawless VIP Experience is available for all shows and  includes:

• Exclusive VIP Experience Meet and Greet with Blackie Lawless

• Personal Photo with Blackie

• Two Personal Items Signed by Blackie – No Guitars, Pick Guards or Instruments

• Signed VIP Tour Laminate

• $50 Credit at W.A.S.P. Online Store

• Set of 3 Blackie Lawless 2025 Tour Guitar Picks

• Q&A with Blackie with all VIP’s after all Photos and Autographs

• See some of Blackie’s classic guitars

• Photo with “Elvis” – Blackie’s Incredibly Unique and One of a Kind Microphone Stand

All tour dates, tickets and VIP packages are available at WASPnation.com/tour

Reviews from the European Tour:

“Oh, what a circus! Oh, what a show!” – Metaltalk

“metal legends W.A.S.P. delivered a cathartic, high-octane celebration of heavy music” – Overdrive.ie

“Blackie Lawless didn’t just sing, he owned our souls for around two hours and left us begging for more.” – Rocknews.co.uk

This was a band re-possessing their legacy, showing they’re still a “Force Majeure”… the band wove each track into the next, from anthem to nightmare to sermon, a single, musical tapestry of vengeance, theatre, and steel.” – Metal Planet Music

“Everything tonight, taken together, shows that this tour is far more than a nostalgic trip—it’s a statement of purpose: no frills, all fangs.” – Moshville.co.uk

“a show that left everyone speechless… pure theater, pure spectacle” – Rocknation.it

2025 Album ONE Alive Tour

09/26 Newcastle, ENGLAND *

09/27 Manchester, ENGLAND *

09/28 London, ENGLAND *

09/30 Utrecht, NETHERLANDS

10/01 Hamburg, GERMANY

10/03 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

10/04 Vienna Metal Meeting, AUSTRIA

10/06 Copenhagen, DENMARK **

10/07 Oslo, NORWAY ** – SOLD OUT

10/08 Lund, SWEDEN ** – SOLD OUT

10/09 Oslo, NORWAY **

10/10 Gothenburg, SWEDEN **

10/11 Örebro, SWEDEN **

10/12 Stockholm, SWEDEN **

10/14 Falun, SWEDEN ** – SOLD OUT

10/15 Östersund, SWEDEN **

10/17 Oulu, FINLAND ** – SOLD OUT

10/18 Helsinki, FINLAND ** – SOLD OUT

10/19 Tampere, FINLAND ** – SOLD OUT

10/21 Tallinn, ESTONIA **

10/23 Warsaw, POLAND

10/24 Wroclaw, POLAND

10/25 Zilina, SLOVAKIA

10/27 Budapest, HUNGARY – NEW SHOW

10/28 Zagreb, CROATIA – NEW SHOW

10/29 Ljublajana, SLOVENIA – NEW SHOW

10/30 Milan, ITALY – NEW SHOW

Support:

*Armored Saint

**Battleborn

Formed in 1982, W.A.S.P. is set to bring this universally acclaimed “classic” album to life. Lead vocalist Blackie Lawless says, “It was an angry record made by an angry band. It was a record that not only reflected the attitude of the band members who made it, but also a record that reflected its time.” This record became a central piece of the 80s metal scene and remains one of the best metal debut albums of all time.
 
Along with bassist Mike Duda and lead guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band are 29 and 26 years respectively, W.A.S.P. is joined by long-time drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester.
 
Lawless and company will deliver the ultimate incredible spectacle, bringing W.A.S.P.’s most colorful history to life by performing this revered album in its entirety… ONE more time… ONE last time… Album ONE Alive!
 

About W.A.S.P.

Few Bands in the history of Rock N’ Roll have ever incited the love, the hate, the raw emotional effect this Band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the Band’s unique style of Shock and Rock caused Religious organizations, Local City Councils, Parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played.

The band’s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold out shows across the globe for 4 decades.

Clients, the now-landmark full-length from THE RED CHORD, will see release on vinyl for the first time ever on October 17th via Metal Blade Records. The release comes in celebration of the record’s 20th anniversary!

THE RED CHORD has been cited as one of the most influential crossover bands of the hardcore, grind, and metal genres. After signing with Metal Blade in 2004, the band unleashed their second full-length, Clients in 2005, to widespread critical acclaim. Standing among one of the most dynamic and poignant albums of that year, Clients landed Decibel’s first-ever perfect score (May 2005, Issue No. 7), the review reading in part, “In this day and age of bands developing instant followings by pandering to the lowest common denominator… THE RED CHORD attained their success by throwing caution to the wind and taking their awesome songs and robust live show anywhere that would host ’em. Truth be told, it’s this quintet’s songs that have made the difference and caused their profile to explode, car bomb-style.” In a 4/5 rating, Alternative Press wrote, “Clients explodes with the chug of hardcore, the velocity of grindcore, the time changes of math-metal, and the guttural vocals and pinched guitar squeals of technical death metal; but ultimately, it’s the band’s finesse at weaving this stuff into a blur that’ll have you scraping your jaw off the floor when the album’s playing.” Pitchfork concurred lauding a, “frenzied blast of uncompromising aggression that fuses the chaos, growling vocals, and lightning-fast beats of death metal and grindcore with the technical prowess of experimental math metal and the occasional driving, mid-tempo hardcore rhythm.” Added Blabbermouth,  “It’s extreme music that you can feel in your bones, that satisfies the primal urges, and that stimulates and/or scars the mind.”

THE RED CHORD’s Clients was recorded at Planet-Z in January 2005, produced by the band and Zeuss, recorded and mixed by Zeuss, with cover art by Paul Romano. The 20th anniversary vinyl edition of Clients was mastered by Zeuss and comes in a gatefold jacket, six-panel tri-fold insert, and DL card, plus  a new vinyl cover, layout, and art elements that are not in the original 2005 CD layout and THE RED CHORD 2025 band portrait by Karen Jerzyk.

Reflects vocalist Guy Kozowyk on the release, “Clients is such an important part of our history. There was a vision for every component. The songwriting, the concepts, the sonic wizardry of Planet Z, and the intense visual arts. There has been a specific artistic concept that [artist] Paul [Romano] and I have discussed for the vinyl layout looming since 2004. After two decades, the stars aligned and the concept of the ‘Clients Family Tree’ was finally realized through the combination of Paul and Mike Wohlberg. Paul’s new illustrations are stunning. We are so excited to present this anniversary reissue with a remaster by the almighty Zeuss. It’s been a slow and methodical process, but we feel the final product is worth the wait. Thank you, Metal Blade for tolerating our fastidious nature and allowing us to be artists first.”

Notes Paul Romano, “Throughout my career, THE RED CHORD’s Clients remains an all-time favorite project for me. I worked very closely with Guy and the band while they were writing the album. From meeting with the actual ‘Clients’ to hanging in the practice space while the album was being written helped me have a deep understanding that makes the artwork feel ingrained with the music. Having this comprehensive understanding lent itself to picking up where we left off 20 years ago with a dream of Clients on vinyl with new artworks that would really bring the idea to the next level. It felt like visiting an old friend and talking as if no time had passed.”

Adds Zeuss, “I dug way deep into the archives from 20 years ago and found the original mixes. Not only are they properly prepared and mastered for vinyl, they sound even better than before!”

THE RED CHORD Live:
9/27/2025 Nightshift Party Weekend – Daytona Beach, FL w/ Dying Fetus, Incantation, more…
12/05/2025 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest – Denver, CO w/ Acid Bath, Blood Incantation, Chat Pile, more…
12/13/2025 Nova Void Fest – Portland, OR w/ Enterprise Earth, I Declare War, Nightmarer, more…
12/19/2025 Monarch – Brooklyn, NY w/ The Number Twelve Looks Like You, See You Next Tuesday, Vomit Forth
12/20/2025 The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA w/ The Number Twelve Looks Like You, See You Next Tuesday, Vomit Forth