Whereas they’ve already made it clear that their long-awaited fifth studio album will lastly arrive in 2026, reactivated mathcore outfit The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza have now provided followers a short new tease of what is to come back by way of their social media.
Throughout a latest podcast look, the band defined that bodily distance between members has made the writing course of extra sophisticated, although progress remains to be being made. After returning earlier this yr for his or her first dwell reveals in additional than a decade, the group are already starting to fill out their 2026 dwell calendar, with the next dates at present booked:
2/27 Nashville, TN The Mil at Cannery Corridor (feat. Destroy Destroy Destroy, Nonetheless Right here, Delta Hate & Circuit Circuit)
5/2 Corpus Christi, TX Home Of Rock (Crush The Coast)
One lingering query surrounding the reunion has been the standing of guitarist Josh Travis. Although Travis appeared in promotional supplies for the band’s latest reunion reveals, he didn’t carry out at both date. Including to the confusion, Eric Berngruber stepped in on guitar for these performances.
Talking on a newly launched episode of The Totally Legitimate Business Podcast, Travis clarified that he stays concerned with the band, however scheduling has made full participation troublesome. Along with his position in Emmure, Travis additionally works behind the scenes on the highway with A Day To Keep in mind, whose touring schedules are sometimes deliberate far upfront.
Requested instantly about his present standing, Travis provided a self-aware response: “What’s my present standing? Effectively, I’d say over the past two months, I assume I’ve realized that now we have a brand new guitar participant. This guitar participant will principally be dealing with something that I do, or have performed, anytime I am not there… I’ve additionally been listening to issues like, possibly we simply have three guitar gamers?
“I have been form of ready to see, like, am I gonna should be a second drummer? I do not know what is going on on but. However one factor I do know is I haven’t got to do vocals and I haven’t got to play bass.”
He continued, explaining the balancing act between initiatives: “I’ll undoubtedly be right here. It is just a bit more durable as a result of I nonetheless play guitar in Emmure, and I additionally work for A Day To Keep in mind. Their schedule is ready out fairly far upfront… when Danza stuff began coming into it, it was form of like, ‘I am most likely gonna go soar right into a river or a lake or one thing.'”
Regardless of the joking tone, Travis emphasised that the band has labored round scheduling conflicts efficiently, noting that Berngruber stuffed in for Danza whereas Chris Dombrowski (Sentinels) dealt with guitar duties for Emmure when wanted.
As for the follow-up to 2012’s Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega, the band indicated that the artistic door is huge open. Whereas they are not far alongside collaboratively but, they pressured that the method has been enjoyable and unburdened by expectations.
Notably, the group revealed they have not revisited outdated unreleased materials, as an alternative focusing fully on writing brand-new songs. One problem stays the bodily distance between members — notably Travis, who lives out of state — however momentum seems to be constructing.
When requested about the opportunity of a full-scale tour, the band largely dominated it out attributable to profession commitments and household life, favoring festivals and particular one-off reveals as an alternative. That stated, when prompted a couple of dream tour, the band tossed out an sudden mixture of influences, starting from Deftones, Nothingface, and Coal Chamber to Meshuggah, Imaginative and prescient Of Dysfunction, Candiria, and extra.
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