Royal Blood couldn’t wait — and neither could their fans. The duo’s fifth studio album, Dead Company, arrived on Nov. 6, 2026, through Warner Records, a full week earlier than the originally announced Nov. 13 date.

The surprise early release is only half the story. Dead Company debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, behind James Blunt’s Airplane Mode — Royal Blood’s first album not to debut at No. 1. It did, however, top the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart at No. 1.

The 10-track album runs 32:45 in total and was self-produced by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher at Sound City Studios. The duo call the production style “anti-production” — raw and stripped-back.

Four singles led the way to the album: “Ten Over Ten” (Aug. 12), “Swallow the Bomb” (Sep. 16), “Dead Company” (Oct. 6) and “Mother Never Told You” (Nov. 4). The title track also features on the EA Sports FC 27 soundtrack.

It is Royal Blood’s first new material since 2023’s Back to the Water Below. The band broke a year-long social-media silence in June 2026 to tease the new album.

Fans won’t have to wait long to hear it live, either. A sold-out 7-date UK headline tour opens Nov. 24 in Bristol and closes Dec. 4 at the Brighton Centre.

Source: Wikipedia, “Dead Company” (citing Official Charts).

Royal Blood in 2021. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.