The eternally prolific Melvins have announced two new albums in the past five days.The track listings for Thunderball and Savage Imperial Death March and the band’s upcoming 2025 tour schedule are below.These albums follow 2024’s Tarantula Heart.Savage Imperial Death March, a six-song collaboration with the group’s 2025 touring partners Napalm Death, will be available on vinyl on tour and as a “cheapy $5 CD” from AmRep at an unspecified point. A limited-edition online vinyl edition sold out instantly on Sunday.You can hear “Victory of the Pyramids” from Thunderball below.Melvins previously toured with the grindcore legends – ask Loudwire what that means – back in 2016. The album release page doesn’t specify which Melvins members participated in the Death March sessions. Guitarist and singer Buzz ‘King Buzzo” Osbourne founded the band in 1983. Drummer Dale Crover joined in 1984 and bassist Steven McDonald has been with them since 2015.Read More: Melvins’ King Buzzo Picks His Top Five Classic Rock SongsThunderball will be the third album from the band’s “Melvins 1983” lineup, which features Osbourne and founding drummer Mike Dillard. Crover switched to bass for 2013’s Tres Cabrones and 2021’s Working With God Melvins 1983 albums, but is not credited on Thunderball.Buzzo and Dillard are instead joined by Void Maines and “electronic noise terrorist” Ni Maitres on the five-track, 37-minute album, which arrives on April 18.”I wanted this one to be bombastic. I think it is,” Osbourne declared in the Thunderball press release. “I’ve been wanting to do something with Void Manes and Ni Maîtres for a long time. Both of them are exceptional talents and were a joy to work with. Their out-of-the-box use of electronics pushed Thunderball beyond my expectations.”Crover sat out the Melvins’ 2023 tour after undergoing spinal surgery but recovered quickly enough to release and tour behind his 2024 solo album Glossolalia. He will rejoin Osbourne and McDonald for the band’s 2025 tour, which includes a brief March trip through California and two months of dates with Napalm Death beginning April 4 in San Diego and concluding June 7 in Berkley.Melvins will be joined on these dates by Big Business and High on Fire drummer Coady Willis, who along with Big Business bandmate Jared Warren served as a member of the Melvins’ four-piece, twin-drummer lineup from 2006 to 2015.Melvins 1983 ‘Thunderball’ Track Listing1. “King of Rome”2. “Vomit of Clarity”3. “Short Hair With a Wig”4. “Victory of the Pyramids”5. “Venus Blood”Melvins / Napalm Death ‘Savage Imperial Death March’ Track Listing1. “Tossing Coins Into the Fountain of Fuck”2. “Some Kind of Antichrist”3. “Nine Days of Rain”4. “Rip the God”5. “Stealing Horses”6. “Death Hour”Melvins The Spring Break Tour DatesMarch 1 Bakersfield, CA The Nile TheaterMarch 2 Fresno, CA Strummer’sMarch 3 Sacramento, CA Goldfield Trading PostMarch 4 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst AtriumMarch 5 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brew RockMarch 7 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’sMelvins and Napalm Death Savage Imperial Death March Part II Tour DatesApril 4 San Diego, CA Music BoxApril 5 Santa Ana, CA The ObservatoryApril 7 San Francisco, CA Great American Music HallApril 8 San Jose, CA The RitzApril 10 Los Angeles, CA The BelascoApril 12 Las Vegas, NV Swan DiveApril 13 Phoenix, AZ The Van BurenApril 14 Tucson, AZ Rialto TheatreApril 15 El Paso, TX Lowbrow PalaceApril 17 Dallas, TX The Echo Lounge & Music HallApril 18 Austin, TX Emo’sApril 19 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall – DownstairsApril 20 Baton Rouge, LA Chelsea’s LiveApril 21 New Orleans, LA House of Blues New OrleansApril 23 Tampa, FL The OrpheumApril 24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture RoomApril 25 Orlando, FL The BeachamApril 26 Savannah, GA District LiveApril 27 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade – Heaven StageApril 28 Birmingham, AL SaturnApril 29 Athens, GA 40 Watt ClubMay 1 Charlotte, NC The Underground – CharlotteMay 2 Carrboro, NC Cat’s CradleMay 3 Virginia Beach, VA Elevation 27May 4 Baltimore, MD Baltimore SoundstageMay 5 Philadelphia, PA Union TransferMay 6 Allentown, PA Archer Music HallMay 7 Brooklyn, NY WarsawMay 8 Boston, MA Paradise Rock ClubMay 10 Pittsburgh, PA Mr .Small’sMay 11 Cleveland, OH Globe IronMay 12 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew’s HallMay 13 Grand Rapids, MI The IntersectionMay 15 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’sMay 16 Louisville, KY Mercury BallroomMay 17 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl NashvilleMay 18 St. Louis, MO Red FlagMay 19 Chicago, IL MetroMay 20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave IIMay 22 Minneapolis, MN First AvenueMay 23 Des Moines, IA Wooly’sMay 24 Kansas City, MO Madrid TheatreMay 25 Omaha, NE The Waiting RoomMay 27 Denver, CO SummitMay 29 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music HallMay 31 Bozeman, MT The ELMJune 1 Spokane, WA Knitting FactoryJune 2 Seattle, WA The ShowboxJune 3 Portland, OR Revolution HallJune 4 Eugene, OR McDonald TheatreJune 6 Reno, NV Virginia Street BrewhouseJune 7 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone BerkeleyGrunge Pre-Nirvana: 20 Things That Set the Stage For ‘Nevermind’The bands, people, places and trends that paved the way for grunge’s landmark album.Gallery Credit: Corey Irwin
