In a new interview with Mankato, Minnesota’s “The 5 Rely” radio present, W.A.S.P. chief Blackie Lawless spoke concerning the progress of the recording periods for the band’s subsequent studio album. He mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “From the time the U.S. tour ended [last December], we went straight again within the studio and we had been working actually exhausting to attempt to get it prepared for August of this yr, however it’s simply not gonna occur. It is a type of sorts of issues that… I believe we have an enormous fish on the hook, and I do not wanna let it go earlier than it is prepared.”

He continued: “I used to be speaking to the man that does the blending for our information yesterday, and he requested me what I assumed. And I mentioned the perfect I might inform him can be spring of subsequent yr that we’ll be prepared for him. So if he begins within the spring, which means the soonest it will be prepared can be summer time.”

Final October, Lawless talked to SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” about his imaginative and prescient for the following W.A.S.P. album. He mentioned on the time: “What’s in my coronary heart proper now, I need this to be a rock and roll file — an old-time rock and roll file. That is what I am feeling. And it could possibly be some form of hostile response to what is going on on on the earth, possibly. I do not know; I do not actually wanna give it some thought that a lot. I am simply following my intestine proper now. I need one thing that feels good. And that is the place my head is correct now.

“I realized years in the past, you make information based mostly on who you’re at that second,” Lawless added. “And that is the place I’m at this second. I wanna do one thing that feels actually good.”

W.A.S.P.‘s newest launch was “ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)”, which got here out in February 2018. It was a brand new model of the band’s basic 1992 album “The Crimson Idol”, which was re-recorded to accompany the film of the identical identify to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the unique LP’s launch. The re-recorded model additionally options 4 songs lacking from the unique album.

W.A.S.P.‘s most up-to-date studio album of all-new unique materials was 2015’s “Golgotha”.

This previous April, W.A.S.P. introduced the North American leg of “The fortieth By no means Stops World Tour 2023”. Produced by Stay Nation, the 33-city run kicks off on Friday, August 4 on the Fremont Theatre in San Luis Obispo, California, making stops throughout North America in Vancouver, British Columbia; Omaha, Nebraska; New York Metropolis; Memphis, Tennessee and extra earlier than wrapping up on Saturday, September 16 on the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. Particular visitor ARMORED SAINT will be a part of the band throughout all dates of the tour.

W.A.S.P. wrapped up its first U.S. tour in 10 years with a sold-out present on December 11, 2022 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. This marked the 18th sold-out exhibits for the U.S. tour, which kicked off in late October. W.A.S.P.‘s performances included the return of the band’s basic tune “Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)”, which hadn’t been performed stay in over 15 years.

Lawless has led W.A.S.P. as its lead vocalist and first songwriter since its starting. His distinctive model of visible, social and political remark took the group to worldwide heights and offered tens of millions of information alongside a legacy of sold-out exhibits throughout the globe for 4 a long time. He’s joined by bassist Mike Duda and guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures within the band span 28 and 17 years respectively, together with drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester.

W.A.S.P.‘s first stay efficiency since December 2019 happened on July 23, 2022 at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden.

Final month Lawless full W.A.S.P.‘s European tour whereas seated after struggling a herniated disc in his again.