Japanese metal quintet Bridear have announced new UK dates for 2025. The band will play seven dates in England and Scotland next April, supporting the release of their brand-new album . Tickets will go on sale on Friday, July 12.
See the full list of dates below. According to promotional materials, the UK shows will be part of an extensive world tour, which will also hit Australia, Japan, North America and mainland Europe. It’s also been announced that the Australian leg will see Bridear support Dream Evil, whose singer Nick Night appears on finale .
That portion of the tour will start in Brisbane on October 31, 2025. Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Bridear vocalist Kimi comments: “We are so excited to start our first world tour! “The reaction to has been amazing and we can’t wait to play these songs for the world!” To accompany the news, Bridear have released the music video for , a track featured on the album. Watch the clip via the video player below.
was released last Friday (June 28) via Psychomanteum to positive reviews, including an . Journalist Catherine Morris wrote of the album: “Full of great guitar licks that scratch an itch in your brain, culminates in an inspired duet with Dream Evil’s Nick Night on that serves as its grand climactic moment, as it builds to an all-out power metal anthem.” She continued: “It’s not a particularly fashionable road that Bridear have gone down.