WARGASM are nearly done with their second album. The nü-metal/electro-punk duo — Sam Matlock and Milkie Way — shared an update on March 19th confirming final tracking sessions for their sophomore record are underway. No release date. No album title. No first single. Just confirmation that the follow-up to 2023's Venom is in the final stages of completion.
It's the kind of announcement that doesn't give you much — but the fact that it's being made at all is a signal. WARGASM have been building toward this for the better part of two years, and the recording process is now close enough to the end that they're comfortable talking about it publicly.
What We Know About Album Two
Almost nothing concrete. The band confirmed final tracking is happening. Beyond that, details surrounding the album — title, tracklist, first single, release date — remain undisclosed. What's clear is that the record is being completed, and given the band's trajectory since Venom dropped in October 2023, the appetite for it is real.
Venom debuted at No. 3 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and cracked the top 100 on the broader UK Albums Chart — significant numbers for a duo operating outside the traditional metal infrastructure. The album arrived with momentum built across their 2022 mixtape Explicit: The Mixxxtape, which charted at No. 19 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and landed on Loudwire's best rock and metal debut albums list that year.
Since the album cycle wound down, the band have stayed active through festival appearances and collaborations, maintaining visibility while the new material was being developed. The March 19th tracking update is the clearest indication yet that they're entering album-release mode.
The WARGASM Blueprint
For the uninitiated: WARGASM are a London-based duo formed in 2018 by Sam Matlock — previously of Dead! — and Milkie Way. Matlock has described the project as the Keith Flint and Courtney Love collaboration that never happened, which tells you everything about the energy they're chasing. The band pulls from electro-punk, digital hardcore, nu metal, and post-hardcore, and they wear every influence loudly and without apology.
Their sound is confrontational by design. The duo describe their aesthetic as riot grrrl attitude run through digital hardcore infrastructure — abrasive, physical, deliberately uncomfortable. Critics from Alternative Press to NME have flagged them as one of the defining acts of the current nu-metal revival wave, and Kerrang! gave them Best New Noise at the 2022 awards. They've collaborated with Enter Shikari, toured extensively across Europe and North America, and built a following that skews young and genuinely devoted.
The pressure on album two is real. Venom established them as a credible force rather than a novelty. The sophomore record is where that credibility either deepens or stalls. Every indication from the recording update is that the band are treating it accordingly.
Summer 2026 Schedule
While the album timeline stays locked down, WARGASM have a loaded run of European festival and club dates ahead. The spring/summer slate includes two of Germany's premier rock festivals — Rock am Ring and Rock im Park — alongside club dates in Stuttgart, Zurich, Milan, Dortmund, Bremen, and Berlin, plus festival slots at Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium, Broken Summer Fest in Stockholm, Jera On Air in the Netherlands, and Vainstream in Münster.
Full dates:
- 04/04 Portsmouth, UK – Takedown Festival
- 06/06 Nürburg, GER – Rock am Ring
- 06/07 Nuremberg, GER – Rock im Park
- 06/09 Stuttgart, GER – Wizemann Studio
- 06/10 Zurich, SWI – Plaza Zurich
- 06/11 Milan, ITA – Legend Club
- 06/13 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
- 06/15 Dortmund, GER – FZW
- 06/16 Bremen, GER – Tower
- 06/17 Berlin, GER – Lido
- 06/19 Warsaw, POL – Summer Punch Fest
- 06/21 Dessel, BEL – Graspop Metal Meeting
- 06/24 Stockholm, SWE – Broken Summer Fest
- 06/25 Ysselsteyn, NET – Jera On Air
- 06/26 Münster, GER – Vainstream
- 06/28 Tábor, CZE – Mighty Sounds Festival
- 06/30 Brighton, UK – Chalk
Tickets for the European dates are available via Ticketmaster and venue box offices. Check WARGASM tour availability here.
What Comes Next
No timeline has been given for when to expect the first single or the album announcement. The recording confirmation suggests the production phase is wrapping, which typically precedes a lead single by several months — but WARGASM have operated on their own schedule since day one, and there's no reason to expect that to change now.
What we do know is that they're coming out of what's been a productive creative period with a full European summer on deck and a new record that's nearly done. Album two from WARGASM is a real thing that is almost finished. Watch for the announcement.
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