The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as AVATAR — vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have finally unleashed their latest masterwork Don’t Go in the Forest.
They have also released the brilliant video for the album’s title track today
Regarding the album, Eckerström has explained, “The secret ingredient is that we still feel like we’re just getting started. ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ is an album filled to the brim with stuff we’ve never done before. It’s all songs and concepts we haven’t been close to touch until now. The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken.
“It would have been impossible to make this album at any other time than now. That’s all we ever wanted, and I think you’ll find it’s all you ever wanted too.”
In celebration of today’s Halloween album release, Avatar will be celebrating with their fans by sending them on a scavenger hunt around selected indie stores across the UK to find giant red balloons. Fans lucky enough to find them will burst them to win tickets to their 2026 In The Airwaves tour hidden inside.
DON’T GO IN THE FOREST TRACK LISTING:
‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors‘
‘In The Airwaves‘
‘Captain Goat‘
‘Don’t Go In The Forest’
‘Death And Glitz‘
‘Abduction Song’
‘Howling At The Waves’
‘Dead And Gone And Back Again’
‘Take This Heart And Burn’
‘Magic Lantern’
Listen and get the album HERE.