KNIFE Release Second Single, “Nightmare”

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German Speed Metallers KNIFE Unleash Second Hellish Single, “Nightmare” | Watch the Official Music Video HERE!

New Album Into Your Nightmare, Releases December 18, 2026 Via Napalm Records an | Pre-Order NOW!

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Speed metallers KNIFE dive deeper into their upcoming third album with another single. The de-facto title track “Nightmare” is the opening track to Into Your Nightmare, which releases on December 18, 2026 via Napalm Records. Building up slowly and atmospherically, it explodes into a raw speed metal attack, pulling anyone into the dark that is brave enough to give it a listen.

KNIFE about „Nightmare“:
“‘Nightmare’ has already been baptized by fire during the summer festivals 2026 and it has proven that the KNIFE is still risen in merciless fury. An energetic manifesto of pure speed metal. Follow us Into Your Nightmare.”

Watch the Official Music Video For “Nightmare” NOW!

Speed metallers KNIFE share their next swath of destruction into the scene – the German band’s furious third album, Into Your Nightmare, releases December 18, 2026 via Napalm Records. Just in time for the holiday season, the four-piece celebrates the unholy trinity of speed metal, black metal, and scabious punk. Into Your Nightmare is heavier, wilder, and definitely more grim than previous releases, resuming KNIFE’s path authentically.

Into Your Nightmare is sinister, raw, and impressively precise in its frenzy. Watch out – as this nightmare won’t let you go!

KNIFE about Into Your Nightmare:
“The KNIFE is back to give all you maniax what you need. The Chamber of Storms has opened its gates and out comes the most relentless and versatile piece of sonic steel. We are delivering the goods and you can be sure that we will continue to haunt your dreams forever. The grimness of steel is upon you! Follow us Into Your Nightmare.”

Get Your Copy of Into Your Nightmare NOW!

Leading into the darkness is “Nightmare”, a track that KNIFE have already unleashed on live audiences. Sawing riffs and a crushing bass line open up the gates to metal hell, flanked by thunderous drums and frontman Vince Nihil demanding, “Follow me into your nightmare.” In the underworld, “Sulphur” bows to the Gods of rock’n’roll, while “Teeth Of The Devil” emerges as the snappiest song in the band’s career so far. Crust punk, thrash, and death metal get put through the meat grinder to make up a proper portion of deadly lunacy. With galloping “Sound Of The Requiem Bell” and the following instrumental interlude, “Home Came The Nameless Dead”, KNIFE are opening up to classic 80s heavy metal – featuring their trademark energy. The second half of the album first sweeps over listeners with “Gehenna” and its speed metal-heavy melodies and catchy chorus, ready to become the next live classic. “Insanity” offers what its title states, heading back into darkness. Just like on their first demo, Black Leather Hounds (2020), KNIFE pay homage to the true metal maniax on Into Your Nightmare, having “Raging Metal” serve just that. “Gospel Of The Grotesque” leans into extreme metal of the 80s, after which “Shadows” bundles all of KNIFE’s strengths – unmistakable proof of the band refining their sound.

Into Your Nightmare Tracklisting:

Nightmare
Sulphur
Teeth Of The Devil
Sound Of The Requiem Bell
Home Came The Nameless Dead
Gehenna
Insanity
Raging Metal
Gospel Of The Grotesque
Shadows

Into Your Nightmare will be available in the following formats:
– 1LP Testpressing (Sleeve Edition) signed by all band members, incl. Certificate – limited to 25 copies (Napalm Europe only)
– 1LP Gatefold Splatter Milk/Royal Blue, incl. Bonus Track & A2 Poster – limited to 200 copies (Napalm Records only)
– LP Gatefold Translucent Blue
– 1LP Gatefold BLACK (band only)
– 1Tape Edition – limited to 180 copies (Napalm Records and band only)
– 1LP Gatefold Black & Shirt Bundle, incl. logo shirt
– Digipack & Logo Shirt Bundle, incl. logo shirt
– 6 Page Digipack, incl. 16-page booklet
– Digital Album

[1LP Gatefold Splatter Milk/Royal Blue, incl. Bonus Track & A2 Poster – limited to 200 copies (Napalm Records only)]

KNIFE Live 2026/27

Festivals
26.09.26 DE – Rauschenberg / Erntedrunk Fest
14.11.26 DE – Tübingen / Ferryman Metal Festival
11./12.06.27 DE – Lähden / Schnickschnack-Festival

Dark Gospel Over Germany
w/ Sacred Steel*, Game Over** and Catbreath
27.12.26 DE – Bitterfeld / Festung*
28.12.26 DE – Erfurt / From Hell*
29.12.26 DE – Passau / Zauberberg*
30.12.26 DE – Marburg / KFZ*
08.01.27 DE – Übach-Palenberg / Rockfabrik**
09.01.27 DE – Waldbronn / Soundcheck One**
15.01.27 DE – Essen / Don’t Panic*
16.01.27 DE – Cologne / Helios 37*
22.01.27 DE – Cottbus / Gladhouse**
23.01.27 DE – Dresden / Chemiefabrik**
* w/ Sacred Steel
** w/ Game Over