WARNING Sign to Relapse Records, Set to Release First New Album in Nearly Two Decades

UK doom metal legends Warning have officially signed with Relapse Records, marking a major return for one of the genre’s most revered cult acts. The label will reissue the band’s entire back catalog—The Strength to Dream (1999), Watching from a Distance (2006), and Live at Roadburn—and will also release the first new Warning material in nearly 20 years.

While Warning originally disbanded not long after the release of Watching from a Distance, that record has grown into a cornerstone of atmospheric doom metal. The band reunited briefly in 2017 to perform the album in full at a series of special shows.

New music is now on the way. Writing for the long-awaited follow-up is underway, with recording scheduled for late 2025. Warning will premiere new material this November at Damnation Festival in the UK, where they’ll also deliver a full performance of Watching from a Distance.

Patrick Walker, the band’s founding member and creative force, commented:

“After seventeen years of focusing my attention and energies on other endeavours, production is well underway on a new Warning album, and I’m pleased to find a home for the band with Relapse Records, who will be releasing this long-awaited follow-up to ‘Watching from a Distance’, as well as reissuing the band’s back catalogue.

Considering the quality and integrity of their releases, I feel privileged, and am grateful to Relapse, for honouring and preserving my past work, and for their trust and confidence in this next chapter of my musical journey.”

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