Orbit Culture wrapped a massive North American run and now have their sights set on European festival season and one of the biggest arena tours of their career. The Swedish metal quartet from Eksjö have been building steadily toward this moment, and the schedule ahead reflects exactly how far they’ve come.
The band recently released a live video for “The Storm,” filmed during their European headline tour by Riivata Visuals and Grimvisions. The footage captures a night in Gothenburg, close to where the band comes from. “Watching it now brings us back to a night that carried real weight, intense, focused, and honest,” the band says. “It was a defining moment for us, and ‘The Storm’ reflects that feeling without needing to explain it.”
“The Storm” comes from ‘Death Above Life,’ the band’s acclaimed album released last October to overwhelmingly positive response from fans and press. Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Niklas Karlsson describes the record plainly: “It brings up a lot of good and bad emotions but it’s a big change for the better. It feels like a rebirth.”
The summer festival circuit includes Leyendras Del Rock in Spain, Reload Festival, Wacken Open Air, and Summer Breeze in Germany, Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Romania, Alcatraz in Belgium, and Bloodstock in the UK. It’s a festival run that covers the full breadth of European heavy music, and Orbit Culture have earned every slot on it.
The fall brings The Allfather Awakens Tour, a co-headline European arena run alongside Amon Amarth and Soilwork spanning 30 dates across the UK, Europe, and Scandinavia. The run opens October 9 in Manchester at the O2 Apollo and closes November 15 in Lisbon. Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Hovet in Stockholm, and the Velodrom in Berlin are among the marquee stops.
Orbit Culture blend thrash, death metal, and industrial riffing with melodic hooks and a layered atmospheric approach that draws comparisons to Gojira, Metallica, and Static-X while remaining distinctly their own. The arena stage is the natural next setting.
European Summer Festivals:
Leyendras Del Rock — Spain
Reload Festival — Germany
Rockstadt Extreme Fest — Romania
Alcatraz — Belgium
Bloodstock — UK
Wacken Open Air — Germany
Summer Breeze — Germany
The Allfather Awakens Tour (w/ Amon Amarth + Soilwork):
9 Oct — Manchester, England — O2 Apollo
10 Oct — London, England — Eventim Apollo
11 Oct — Wolverhampton, England — Civic Hall
13 Oct — Paris, France — Zenith
14 Oct — Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg — Rockhal
16 Oct — Stuttgart, Germany — Schleyer-Halle
17 Oct — Frankfurt, Germany — Festhalle
18 Oct — Antwerp, Belgium — Lotto Hall
20 Oct — Den Bosch, Netherlands — Mainstage
21 Oct — Hamburg, Germany — Sporthalle
23 Oct — Gothenburg, Sweden — Scandinavium
24 Oct — Stockholm, Sweden — Hovet
26 Oct — Helsinki, Finland — Ice Hall
27 Oct — Tallinn, Estonia — Unibet Arena
29 Oct — Gliwice, Poland — PreZero Arena Gliwice
30 Oct — Leipzig, Germany — Quarterback Immobilien Arena
31 Oct — Oberhausen, Germany — Rudolf Weber Arena
2 Nov — Budapest, Hungary — Barba Negra
3 Nov — Vienna, Austria — Gasometer
4 Nov — Bamberg, Germany — Brose Arena
6 Nov — Prague, Czech Republic — O2 Universum
7 Nov — Berlin, Germany — Velodrom
8 Nov — Munich, Germany — Zenith
10 Nov — Milan, Italy — Alcatraz
11 Nov — Zurich, Switzerland — The Hall
13 Nov — Barcelona, Spain — Sant Jordi Club
14 Nov — Madrid, Spain — Vistalegre
15 Nov — Lisbon, Portugal — Sala Tejo