Death Metal band Narcotic Wasteland will be bringing their “Praise The Beast” 2026 North American Tour to Texas. Led by Dallas Toler-Wade – formerly of ancient Egyptian-themed death metal band Nile – the group will be performing in the following cities:
Feb. 28 Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater [TICKETS]
Mar. 1 Houston, TX – Scout Bar [TICKETS]
Mar. 2 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger [TICKETS]
Belphegor, Incantation, and Hate will support the band throughout Texas and the U.S.
WATCH the music video for one of their latest singles, “Barbarian””, from their upcoming third album, Digital Cordyceps:
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Narcotic Wasteland self-released their debut in 2014. In 2017, they released their second album Delirium Tremens.
Unlike Nile – which wrote consistently about Egyptian history, theology and the works of H.P. Lovecraft – Toler-Wade and Narcotic Wasteland choose to write about more pertinent subjects, exploring themes like addiction.
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Delirium Tremens is named after the title track, which is the medical term for symptoms an alcoholic suffers after about 36 hours without a drink. These symptoms include uncontrollable shaking, shivering, sweating, heart palpitations, confusion and hallucinations – similar to opiate and other narcotics withdrawal.
On its website, the band writes further about what inspired the lyrics and music of the album:
Over the years, many of Toler-Wade’s friends and family have fallen into the abyss of addiction. And some never returned. It’s a tragic byproduct of growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a military town where male residents have a PTSD rate as high as 75% and there are the most reported incidents of shaken baby syndrome in the country. Lots of Fayetteville’s disenchanted population chooses to escape misery through street drugs, prescription medication and alcohol. Instead of remaining silent about the scourge that has surrounded him, Toler-Wade addresses it throughout Delirium Tremens.
Perhaps the most poignant, the band calls Delirium Tremens’ closing cut “Pharma Culture” its “most political.” The song addresses how the medical industry is more intent on producing pills than it is in worthwhile long-term solutions, like curing diseases.
“It’s talking about how we’re being enslaved because there’s such a high addiction rate,” Toler-Wade says. “Everyone’s hooked on their pharmaceutical drugs, and it would cut into their money if there weren’t so many people that were dependent on their product.”
More recently, Narcotic Wasteland have released tracks, “Morality and the WASP”, The Best Times Have Passed”, “Sex, Lies & DNA”, and “Barbarian”, which will all be included on their much anticipated third album, Digital Cordyceps.
Praise the Beast North American Tour 2026
w/ BELPHEGOR, Incantation, Hate, Narcotic Wasteland
Feb-23 – Lakewood, OH – Mercury Music Hall
Feb-24 – Joliet, IL – The Forge
Feb-26 – Denver, CO – HQ
Feb-27 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Feb-28 – Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater
Mar-1 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
Mar-2 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Mar-5 – Mesa, AZ – The Rosetta Room
Mar-6 – San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
Mar-7 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
Mar-8 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
Mar-9 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720
Mar-10 – Anaheim, CA – The Observatory
Featured photo at top courtesy of Narcotic Wasteland. 2026.
