Il nuovo singolo dei NARCOTIC WASTELAND
affronta l’“apocalisse zombie del fentanil” per dare il via al tour negli Stati Uniti con Visitant, Monochromatic Black, IATT e Yotuma
Narcotic Wasteland, capitanati dal chitarrista e cantante Dallas Toler‑Wade, noto per la sua collaborazione con i NILE, danno il via al loro tour di agosto con l’uscita del loro nuovo, travolgente singolo “Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse”.
Il brano arriva proprio mentre la band dà il via al “FENTANYL ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE TOUR”, che prevede alcune date con il supporto di Visitant, Monochromatic Black, IATT e Yotuma (date elencate di seguito).Un mix feroce di precisione tecnica, critica sociale e aggressività inarrestabile, il singolo si afferma come uno dei lavori più urgenti dei Narcotic Wasteland fino ad oggi, una sirena di allarme esplosiva rivolta all’epidemia di fentanil in escalation e al collasso sociale che la circonda.
Dallas Toler‑Wade commenta il nuovo singolo:
“Sono davvero entusiasta di pubblicare la nostra nuova canzone, ‘Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse’! Il brano parla, ovviamente, dell’epidemia di fentanil e dell’impatto complessivo che essa ha su un Paese già in crisi. Dal punto di vista musicale, riesce davvero a cogliere molto bene questo stato d’animo. Veloce e intricato, ma al tempo stesso contorto e orecchiabile! Kenji ha davvero dato un grande contributo con il basso e le tastiere. E Austin ha bisogno di una batteria che non crolli sotto pressione! Sono super orgoglioso del lavoro che abbiamo fatto insieme e non vedo l’ora di mostrare al mondo ciò su cui abbiamo lavorato dietro le quinte.”
Narcotic Wasteland continua a evolversi fino a diventare una delle formazioni più formidabili dell’extreme metal, con Dallas Toler‑Wade, ex chitarrista dei Nile, cantante e principale autore dei brani; una figura di riferimento nel technical death metal sin dai primi anni ’90. Austin Vicars, un batterista ad alto numero di ottani noto per i suoi blast beat fulminanti e la sua imponente presenza scenica, e Kenji Tsunami, un bassista creativo la cui profondità, consistenza e ferocia amplificano l’ travolgente assalto sonoro della band.
Insieme, offrono un’esperienza dal vivo che è al tempo stesso devastante e chirurgicamente precisa, un muro di suono inarrestabile che ha riempito le sale e ottenuto il plauso della critica durante i recenti tour. Narcotic Wasteland ha consolidato la propria posizione come forza dominante nel death metal moderno, scatenando una miscela esplosiva di tecnica affilata come un rasoio, aggressività selvaggia e intensità grezza. La loro musica affronta la dipendenza, la corruzione e il collasso sociale con onestà incrollabile, alimentata da una maestria musicale che spinge continuamente i confini dell’extreme metal. Aspettatevi una raffica di nuovo materiale, performance esplosive e tutta la forza dell’ultima evoluzione dei Narcotic Wasteland.
Consigliato ai fan di Nile, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Incantation, Cannibal Corpse, Dark Funeral, Immolation e Gorguts, ascoltate “Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse” ai seguenti link:
Spotify – https://orcd.co/fentanylzombieapocalypse
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5D7ruAX63c
FENTANYL ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE TOUR
Narcotic Wasteland – August 2026 Tour Dates
Select dates with support from Visitant, Monochromatic Black, IATT, and YOTUMA
August 12 – Columbus, OH – Spacebar With Visitant
August 14 – Akron, OH – Afterlife Nightclub
August 15 – Battle Creek, MI – Michigan Metal Fest With Monochromatic Black
August 16 – Chicago, IL – Liars Club With Visitant
August 18 – Saint Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall With Visitant
August 19 – Cudahy, WI – X-Ray Arcade With Visitant and Yotuma
August 21 – Scranton, PA – The Ritz Theater With Visitant and IATT
August 22 – Wallingford, CT – Cherry Street Station With Visitant
August 23 – Lowell, MA – Taffeta Music Hall With Visitant
August 25 – Louisville, KY – Portal With Visitant
August 26 – Atlanta, GA – 529 With Monochromatic Black and Visitant
August 27 – Nashville, TN – The Cobra With Monochromatic Black and Visitant
August 28 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones With Monochromatic Black and Visitant
August 29 – Salisbury, MD – Lurking Class Skate Shop With Monochromatic Black and Visitant
August 30 – Charleston, WV – Live at the Shop With Monochromatic Black and Visitant
More info: https://linktr.ee/narcoticwasteland
“”Narcotic Wasteland dropped a caustic, pissed off new single titled “Barbarian” off their forthcoming album Digital Cordyceps. Though we don’t know too much about said album, Toler-Wade explained that the new track was essentially one big middle finger to the ruling class.” – Metal Sucks
“We’ve got the latest and greatest from drug-themed death dealers Narcotic Wasteland, the new video for “Victims of the Algorithm.” The song takes on lightning-fast and heavy riffs, in the tradition of the band, and the lyrics tackle our dependence on social media in the modern age.” – Decibel Magazine
“Narcotic Wasteland have hit us with another dark, campy gem in the form of “Sex, Lies & DNA.” The thrashy, aggressive new single is the latest from the band led by Dallas Toler-Wade of Nile fame. This track features guest vocals from Andrea_N_Black and takes on the beloved death metal fodder of true crime.” – Decibel Magazine
“Narcotic Wasteland showcases Toler-Wade’s penchant for writing killer riffs, which he did for a decade as a member of Nile, in a manner that’s reminiscent of early 1990s metal — when the lines between the “thrash” and “death” tags weren’t as rigidly defined, and everything just sounded fast and heavy as all hell.” – Denver Westword (NW Headlines Denver DeathFest 2023)
“Delirium Tremens is just pummeling, non-stop death metal that covers a ton of ground.” – Metal Injection
“More often than not, death metal bands have a tendency to stick to the familiar topics. Death, gore, killing – that sort of thing. There’s always exceptions, or bands that have a different take on the subject, but as they say, dark music demands dark themes. Narcotic Wasteland does, for one of its lyrical slants, face a slightly different (yet still suiting) take – that of addiction. Plenty of grim to still go around with such a concept, and Narcotic Wasteland hits just as hard sonically as any other death metal act to come through the pipeline.” – Dead Rhetoric
“another incredible death metal album that has the potential to end itself up on the year end top album lists.” – Metal Nexus (2017 – Delirium Tremens)
“On the track, Toler-Wade furiously rails against “expectations,” “silly rules,” and “fucking filters,” and victoriously celebrates being “totally free” with a repeated battle cry of “Let the music flow!” In case there was still any remaining doubt as to the meaning of the song, the track is as magnificently brutal an old school death metal song as you’re likely to hear this season. It gallops, it lacerates, it uses the listener’s skull as a battering ram. There can be no doubt that this truly is Toler-Wade, undiluted and free of limitations. We hope he lets this music flow for a long time to come.” – Metal Sucks (single Return to the Underground off 2017 album Delirium Tremens)
“Narcotic Wasteland have released a fantastic album in ‘Delirium Tremens’. It is not easy to thrust the listener consistently into an aural landscape orchestrated by the band and make them stay put for the entire length of the album. Narcotic Wasteland does it brilliantly as they take you through the nightmarish journey of Delirium Tremens.” – Metal Wani (2017 – Delirium Tremens)
