King Buffalo Announce New Album, Unleash “The Slick and the Dead”: Stream
King Buffalo have announced a new album titled Doomsayer, set for release December 4th, and have unveiled the lead single, “The Slick and the Dead.”
“The Slick and the Dead” merges classic desert rock a la Kyuss with Deep Purple-style organ accents and melodic flourishes. The vocals are especially strong and charismatic, and when the dense distortion and fuzz come in, it feels like an earned descent into doom.
Guitarist-vocalist Sean Roa said of the album, “Doomsayer originated in early 2026 out of many hours of jam sessions in our new studio space, playing around and seeing where it took us. We didn’t really have an end goal in mind of what we were going for. We were simply exploring ideas and seeing what ended up speaking to us the most. So much has happened, both as a band and in our personal lives since our last record, that ended up becoming the inspiration to many of the lyrics on Doomsayer. I think as a result, this is some of our most upfront, direct and riff-driven work to date. We are incredibly proud of it and can’t wait for it to get out into the world.”
King Buffalo will also be hitting the road this fall throughout North America with openers LA Witch, Handsome Jack, and Doomgong. The tour is set to kick off October 29th in Boulder, Colorado, passing through Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities, before closing in Columbus, Ohio on December 18th. Get tickets here.
Stream lead single “The Slick and the Dead,” see the artwork and tracklist for Doomsayer, and tour dates for King Buffalo, below. Pre-order the album here.
Doomsayer Artwork:
Doomsayer Tracklist:
01. Battling The Mystagogues
02. The Slick and The Dead
03. Vagabond
04. Hell or High Water
05. Into the Foundry
06. Ether on the Dark Side
07. Doomsayer
King Buffalo Tour Dates:
10/29 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
10/30 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
10/31 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/02 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre
11/03 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
11/04 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
11/06 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
11/09 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up
11/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
11/13 – Dallas, TX @ AM/FM
11/14 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
11/17 – Houston, TX @ Bad Astronaut
11/19 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
11/20 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
11/21 – Cincinnati, OH @ Woodward Theatre
12/03 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
12/04 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
12/05 – Cleveland, OH @ The Roxy
12/08 – Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
12/09 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
12/10 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
12/11 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
12/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
12/15 – Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
12/16 – Durham, NC @ Motorco
12/17 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
12/18 – Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
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