photo by Máté Béres
California acoustic pirate metal crew THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD will raid the North American mainland once again this Fall, declaring a trek across the continent commemorating the tenth anniversary of their mighty Lawful Evil album.
Released in 2016, Lawful Evil marked the fourth album from THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD, the album deploying fourteen debauchery-ridden rippers in the band’s singular heavy mahogany attack, intoxicating the listener with more than forty-two minutes of top-shelf hard-partying action. The album launched the already admired band into a new hemisphere of fame, exploding their popularity across the globe through widespread touring in North America, the UK, and Europe, including performances at Wacken Winter Nights in 2019. Their fifth album, 2024’s Rust & Glory, saw THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD focusing their attack on the North American mainland, supporting Týr alongside Trollfest and Æther Realm on a month-long tour. The band played 70000Tons of Metal in 2025 and returned to Europe earlier this year with Korpiklaani, Finntroll, Heidevolk, and Trollfest for the Heidenfest 2026 Tour.
Now, THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD resuscitates the raging Lawful Evil for the masses once again. The Lawful Evil 10 Year Anniversary Tour will see the band dividing their attack into two phases. The first will run from October 6th through 17th, where they’ll raid the Eastern territories of the upper US and lower Canada. The second stage will hit the Western realms of the US and Canada from December 2nd through 11th.
THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD collectively declares, “Denizens of North America, prepare for a Lawful Evil overload! We’re coming to a town near you (unless we aren’t) to perform a set that’s brimming with our favorite Lawful Evil tracks. The Lawful Evil 10 Year Anniversary Tour marks our first headlining tour in North America since the first Lawful Evil Tour in 2016, which means more time for stage antics! We’ll be returning to dominate the seas in familiar territory and we’re brimming with excitement to scour cities previously unexplored. Check out the dates below and grab your tickets or ask why we’re not coming to your city NOW! There is no better way to celebrate a decade of this album’s existence.”
Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD Lawful Evil 10 Year Anniversary Tour:
10/06/2026 The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI [tickets]
10/07/2026 The Cave – Toronto, ON [tickets]
10/08/2026 Piranha Bar – Montreal, QC [tickets]
10/09/2026 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ [tickets]
10/10/2026 Woodshop – Brooklyn, NY [tickets]
10/11/2026 Canal Club – Richmond, VA [tickets]
10/12/2026 Chapel Of Bones – Raleigh, NC [tickets]
10/14/2026 The Masquerade (Purgatory) – Atlanta, GA [tickets]
10/15/2026 Zanzabar – Louisville, KY [tickets]
10/16/2026 The Foundry – Cleveland, OH [tickets]
10/17/2026 Reggies – Chicago, IL [tickets]
12/02/2026 Whisky-A-Go-Go – West Hollywood, CA [tickets]
12/03/2026 The Rosetta Room – Mesa, AZ [tickets]
12/05/2026 HQ – Denver, CO [tickets]
12/06/2026 Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT [tickets]
12/08/2026 Funhouse – Seattle, WA [tickets]
12/09/2026 Astoria Pub – Vancouver, BC [tickets]
12/10/2026 John Henry’s – Eugene, OR [tickets]
12/11/2026 Above DNA – San Francisco, CA [tickets]
Find exclusive gear at THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD’s arsenal HERE, scope their visual antics on YouTube HERE, and load your cannons with digital fodder via Bandcamp HERE.
More from the crew…
“Holy hell has it been 10 years already? It seems like only yesterday we were loading in at Seahorse Sound Studios to record our most ambitious album to date! Well, to date in 2016 anyway. This album, featuring such hits as ‘Side Quest’ and ‘Dead Man’s Medley’ (but not ‘Lawful Evil’ because we’re punks) took us to new horizons and we’re stoked to be returning to the asphalt sea to play our favorites and your favorites from it!” – Boatswain Deckard Cordwain
“While we still can’t agree whether we are lawful evil or chaotic evil, we all agree this album rules! I’m excited to dust off some songs that haven’t been performed in a decade and give North America the closest thing to a full-album performance of Lawful Evil they can get without their eyes getting wet.” – Quartermaster Stark Cordwain
“I can’t tell you how rum-pumped we are to revisit the glory of Lawful Evil for an entire tour! The album that truly defined our sound and musical direction has finally aged enough to be a decent scotch or whiskey, and it’s high time we regurgitate its guttural elements and hurl them at fans across the continent, old and new! It’s been far too long since we plundered the coasts, plains, and mountains of North America, and what better way to do it than a victorious headlining tour celebrating a decade of Lawful Evil?” – Captain Wolfbeard O’Brady
“I can’t wait to haul my giant bass coast to coast for you in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of an album that was already sailin’ the seven seas long before this salty wench climbed aboard. But I am ready to make a ruckus, and I want to see all your faces in the crab pit and hopefully, nobody has to end up in my bigos stew!” – Navigator Dagnasty Bigosowa
THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD is currently composing their next auditory attack, with more information to be made available later this year. Be prepared to walk the plank.
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