Night is Calling

The third album by German band DOMINUM, out on Napalm Records on 3 July 2026 and in Japan two days earlier, on 1 July 2026, from Marquee Avalon as MICP-12032 with an obi strip and Japanese liner notes. DOMINUM formed in 2022 around vocalist Felix Heldt, who performs as Dr. Dead; he, bassist Korbinian Benedict (Patient 0) and guitarist Jochen Windisch (Tommy Kemp) had played together in Hyrax, and Marcos Feminella (Victor Hilltop) drums. Their 2023 debut Hey Living People reached the top 20 of the Official German Album Charts and The Dead Don't Die, from December 2024, the top 10; Napalm Records state the band supported Bruce Dickinson and Avantasia in between. Heldt produced this record himself; Jacob Hansen, who mixed and mastered the previous album, handled the mix. The title track is a duet with Marina La Torraca of Phantom Elite and Exit Eden, announced in December 2025 as Battle Beast's new singer, and is credited as featuring Battle Beast. Napalm's two-disc edition adds a bonus disc recorded at Wacken Open Air in 2025; the Japanese pressing is a single disc. Videos for "The Circus Is In Town", "Doctor Doctor", "Dark Melodies" and the title track came first. Thirteen songs.