MIDNIGHT to Release 'Satanic Attack Live!' In November

Reigning in hell, screaming like a storm, MIDNIGHT's obscenely intense aural display of lust, filth, and sleaze ripped the Los Angeles faithful a new one at two sold-out shows on May 28-29, 2026. As part of the Cleveland filth metal practitioners' "Satanic Royalty 15th Anniversary World Tour", the incendiary gigs at Hollywood venue Knucklehead were recorded in all their sweaty, filthy glory, resulting in "Satanic Attack Live!", set for release on November 6 via Metal Blade Records.

Recorded by Mark Borders with mixing/mastering done by Zach Rippy, "Satanic Attack Live!" captures ten tracks off 2011's landmark "Satanic Royalty" LP — live and in the original album running order — plus five additional songs, including "Shock Til Blood", "T.A.P." and "Fucking Speed And Darkness".

"Did I ever think there would be a MIDNIGHT live, in concert record album? Haha shit, naw!," says the band's aural architect, Jamie "Athenar" Walters. "But if you're reading this, you are probably holding a copy in your bloody semen/leukorrhea-dripping paws. With the help of D.K. Vagslay, Iron Possessor and about 300 dirt merchants and headbanging Hollywood sleazeballs, it was possible to concoct such a document of disgust."

Watch MIDNIGHT's "You Can't Stop Steel" video below.

"Satanic Attack Live!" will be released on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl with included poster in several color variants.

"Satanic Attack Live!" track listing:

01. Unholy And Rotten
02. Evil Like A Knife
03. Satanic Royalty
04. You Can't Stop Steel
05. Rip This Hell
06. Necromania
07. Black Damnation
08. Lust Filth And Sleaze
09. Violence On Violence
10. Savage Dominance
11. Holocausting Deafening
12. Shock Til Blood
13. T.A.P.
14. Fucking Speed And Darkness
15. F.O.A.L.

One-man-army Athenar has been spewing out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits, EPs, and LPs and ultimately slaying the metal/punk underground with his own addictive brand of lust, grime, and sleaze for over two decades.

Athenar originally played in Cleveland metal band BOULDER before forming MIDNIGHT more than 20 years ago. The group is just a solo project, though Walters employs a guitarist and drummer for the live shows.

"I was tired of being in a band situation," Walters told the Cleveland Scene. "You know how it is having to answer to this person or that person. I just wanted to make music I wanted to hear. I do all the stuff myself. I play all the drums and do all the singing and play all the crap that’s on there. I do it all."

Photo by Tanner Rawleigh