Employed To Serve & Cabal - EU/UK CO-HEADLINE TOUR 2026

Name: Employed To Serve & Cabal - EU/UK CO-HEADLINE TOUR 2026
Start: 2026-11-17T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-17T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Ratinger Hof

Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 19:30

Ratinger Hof, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Employed To Serve & Cabal - EU/UK CO-HEADLINE TOUR 2026 — Ratinger Hof, Düsseldorf

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Employed To Serve and Cabal play Düsseldorf on Tuesday, 17 November 2026 at Ratinger Hof. The British metalcore band brings the EU/UK Co-Headline Tour 2026 to the city, one of seven German stops on the run. Ratinger Hof is a legendary bar and music club in Düsseldorf's old town, rooted in the German punk and new wave scene of the late 1970s and 1980s. The venue hosted bands including Die Toten Hosen, Fehlfarben, and DAF, and remains a cornerstone of the city's live music landscape.

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About: Employed To Serve

Woking metalcore veterans Employed To Serve bring the weight of their fifth album Fallen Star to the stage - a record that pulls in Jesse Leach and Will Ramos as guests and marks the band's most ambitious work to date.

studio albums released

#41

Conquering ranked in Loudwire best rock/metal albums of 2021

Exist ranked in Loudwire best metal songs of 2021

What's new

2026-07
Employed To Serve released new single 'A Moment Gone Too Soon' on Church Road Records - their second new track of 2026.
2026-07
The band announced a co-headlining European and UK tour with Cabal for November-December 2026, with Cold Culture as support.
2026-early
Employed To Serve released 'Dead Reckoning', their first new single of 2026, signalling a move beyond the Fallen Star album cycle.

Tour

BrightonManchesterNewcastleGlasgowNottinghamBristolPlymouthLondonDordrechtTilburgDüsseldorfHannoverMünsterHamburgCopenhagenStockholm

Tracks

Atonementlead single from Fallen Star (2025), featuring Will Ramos of Lorna Shore

Existfrom Conquering (2021), ranked 6th best metal song of 2021 by Loudwire

The Warmth of a Dying Suntitle track of the 2017 breakthrough album

Whose Side Are You On?from Fallen Star (2025), featuring Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage

Dead Reckoningfirst new single of 2026, post-Fallen Star

About: Cabal

Copenhagen's Cabal have spent a decade pushing deathcore into darker, more industrial territory - four albums deep and still accelerating, with 'Everything Rots' (Nuclear Blast, 2025) as their most ferocious statement yet.

Albums released

Nuclear Blast

Record label (since 2021)

What's new

2025-07
Cabal announced a co-headline European and UK tour with Employed To Serve for November-December 2026, supported by Danish band Cold Culture.
2025-04
Cabal released their fourth album 'Everything Rots' via Nuclear Blast Records on April 11, 2025.
2025-04
Cabal supported Caliban on the 'Back From Hell Tour' across Europe in spring 2025, with dates in Germany, Austria, Poland, Switzerland and the UK.

Tour

KarlsruheBerlinHamburgOsloHelsinkiStockholmCopenhagenEindhovenBristolBirminghamLondonZürichMunichViennaBudapestKrakow

Tracks

Everything Rotstitle track from their 2025 Nuclear Blast album

End Timeslead single from 'Everything Rots' (2025)

Exsanguinationfan favourite from 'Magno Interitus' (2022), regular setlist staple

Death Marchlive setlist staple, from 'Drag Me Down' (2020)

Snake Tonguesfocus track from 'Everything Rots', blending deathcore riffs with industrial textures

About the venue: Ratinger Hof

The Ratinger Hof is a legendary bar and music venue in Düsseldorf's Altstadt, closely associated with the German punk and new wave scene of the late 1970s and 1980s. It served as a key gathering place for bands such as Die Toten Hosen, Fehlfarben, and DAF, and remains an iconic address in German rock history. Today it continues to operate as a bar with live music events.

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