Rochester heavy psych trio King Buffalo will release their seventh album Doomsayer on December 4, self-released in North America and out via Stickman Records in the UK and Europe. First taste “The Slick and The Dead” is streaming now.
“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,” explains guitarist and vocalist Sean Roa, who also produced and mixed the album. “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.”
Four years on from Regenerator, the band returns with a record shaped by years of international touring and a deepening confidence in their own sound. Like the pandemic trilogy that preceded it, Doomsayer was made at home, but the studio they built themselves has given them room to keep finding new ground.
Pre-orders: Friday, September 25 at 12 noon Eastern via Kingbuffalo.com
The 43-minute album comes with 50 test pressings, a Deluxe Edition limited to 750 copies on translucent emerald vinyl with a hand-numbered insert, and a standard edition limited to 1,750 copies on purple opaque vinyl. Artwork by See Machine.
Doomsayer Tracklist
- Battling The Mystagogues
- The Slick and The Dead
- Vagabond
- Hell or High Water
- Into the Foundry
- Ether on the Dark Side
- Doomsayer
North American Tour 2026
With L.A. Witch (Oct 29 to Nov 21, except Los Angeles), Doom Gong (Dec 3 to 5 and Dec 18) and Handsome Jack (Dec 8 to 12)
- Oct 29 – Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
- Oct 30 – Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
- Oct 31 – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
- Nov 2 – Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR
- Nov 3 – The Pearl, Vancouver, BC
- Nov 4 – Neumos, Seattle, WA
- Nov 6 – The Independent, San Francisco, CA
- Nov 7 – Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA
- Nov 9 – Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
- Nov 10 – Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ
- Nov 11 – Sister, Albuquerque, NM
- Nov 13 – AM/FM, Dallas, TX
- Nov 14 – Mohawk, Austin, TX
- Nov 17 – Bad Astronaut, Houston, TX
- Nov 19 – Basement East, Nashville, TN
- Nov 20 – The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
- Nov 21 – Woodward Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
- Dec 3 – El Club, Detroit, MI
- Dec 4 – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
- Dec 5 – The Roxy, Cleveland, OH
- Dec 8 – The Mod Club, Toronto, ON
- Dec 9 – Theatre Fairmount, Montreal, QC
- Dec 10 – Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
- Dec 11 – Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
- Dec 12 – Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Dec 15 – The Broadberry, Richmond, VA
- Dec 16 – Motorco, Durham, NC
- Dec 17 – Black Cat, Washington, DC
- Dec 18 – Skully’s, Columbus, OH
European Tour 2027
With Spirit Mother on all dates. On sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
- Mar 2 – Grunspan, Hamburg, DE
- Mar 3 – Trix, Antwerp, BE
- Mar 4 – Patronaat, Haarlem, NL
- Mar 6 – Scala, London, UK
- Mar 7 – Gorilla, Manchester, UK
- Mar 9 – Electric Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Mar 11 – Petit Bain, Paris, FR
- Mar 12 – Zeche Carl, Essen, DE
- Mar 13 – Kantine, Cologne, DE
- Mar 14 – Im Wizemann, Stuttgart, DE
- Mar 15 – Backstage Halle, Munich, DE
- Mar 17 – Festsaal, Berlin, DE
- Mar 19 – Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, DK
- Mar 20 – Monument, Gothenburg, SE
- Mar 21 – John Dee, Oslo, NO
- Mar 22 – Debaser Nova, Stockholm, SE
Tickets: kingbuffalo.com/tour
King Buffalo
- Sean Roa – guitar, vocals
- Dan Reynolds – bass
- Scott Donaldson – drums
Photo credit: Mitch Kline
