Hold onto your pints and tighten those laces, butt — South London’s swagger kings are BACK and they’re not messing about 🤘

Rising rock ‘n’ roll firestarters The Karma Effect have just dropped a double whammy of absolute belters:
👉 A full-blown UK headline tour for Autumn 2026
👉 AND the long-awaited third album ‘Cruel Intentions’, landing 15th May 2026 via Earache Records

And let’s be honest… this lot are on a proper tear right now 💥

⚡ FROM PANDEMIC PROJECT TO FULL-BLOWN ROCK FORCE

What started as a lockdown brainchild between vocalist Henry Gottelier and guitarist Robbie Blake has evolved into one of the UK’s most exciting modern rock outfits.

From their 2022 debut to the Top 20-smashing Promised Land in 2024, the band have been climbing faster than a Steelhouse crowd up that mountain 🍻🏔️

Now?
They’ve levelled up again.

With a refreshed lineup — including Nathan Keevil (bass), Alan Taylor (drums), and Tom Pitt (keys) — The Karma Effect have locked in their identity and cranked the dial to MAXIMUM RIFFAGE.

💿 ‘CRUEL INTENTIONS’ – BIGGER, LOUDER, FILTHIER

Recorded at The Hive Rooms near Gatwick (not your average airport lounge, mind 😏), the new album promises:

  • 🎤 Massive vocals
  • 🎸 Swagger-drenched riffs
  • 🔥 Stadium-sized production
  • 😈 Themes of love, lust, danger… and a bit of cheeky chaos

Henry sums it up perfectly:

“This album is the culmination of everything we have… a stadium experience for your ears.”

And you can feel it already from tracks like:

  • “Dangerous Love” – pure reckless passion
  • “Ride Or Die” – a statement opener dripping in classic rock DNA
  • “Cruel Intentions” – darker vibes with a sinister twist
  • “Better Luck Next Time” – proper tongue-in-cheek chaos anthem

🎶 FULL TRACKLIST – NO SKIPPERS HERE, MUN

  1. Ride or Die
  2. Dangerous Love
  3. Lady Bohemian
  4. Raised on Rock ‘n’ Roll
  5. Bad Manners
  6. Closest Thing to Crazy
  7. Waiting on a Miracle
  8. Better Luck Next Time
  9. Long Gone
  10. Cruel Intentions
  11. One More for the Road

💿 Bonus track alert: Chasing Sunsets (USB edition only — cheeky!)

🚐🔥 AUTUMN 2026 UK TOUR – GET IN THE PIT

And now for the real magic… LIVE MAYHEM 🤘

The band are hitting the road across the UK with special guests Juliet’s Not Dead — and if you’ve seen either of these live, you already know… this is gonna be carnage in the best way possible.

📍 TOUR DATES:

  • 31 Oct – Guildford, Boileroom
  • 29 Oct – Hastings, The Carlisle
  • 30 Oct – Norwich, Waterfront Studio
  • 1 Nov – Cambridge, Portland Arms
  • 5 Nov – Edinburgh, Bannermans
  • 6 Nov – Glasgow, Classic Grand
  • 7 Nov – Nottingham, Beta Rock City
  • 8 Nov – Crumlin, The Patriot 🇬🇧🔥 (YES WALES, GET IN!)
  • 12 Nov – Blackpool, Waterloo Music Bar
  • 13 Nov – Sheffield, Corporation
  • 26 Nov – Wolverhampton, KKS Steel Mill
  • 27 Nov – London, Water Rats
  • 5 Dec – Gravesend, Leo’s Red Lion

🎟️ Tickets are ON SALE NOW — and judging by the near sell-out launch show… don’t hang about.

🌐 FOLLOW THE KARMA EFFECT (GET INVOLVED, MUN 🤘)

Don’t just stream ‘em — join the ride:

👉 Go on, give ‘em a follow before they blow up and you start pretending you were there from day one 😏

🧠 RIFF REPORT VERDICT

Let’s not sugar-coat it…
The Karma Effect are on the brink of something massive.

They’ve taken vintage rock swagger, polished it up, and injected it with modern firepower. This isn’t nostalgia — this is evolution.

👉 Bigger hooks
👉 Sharper songwriting
👉 Proper arena-sized ambition

And most importantly?
👉 They actually deliver it LIVE 🔥

⭐ RIFF REPORT RATING (EARLY HYPE METER)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 – and we haven’t even heard the full album yet… that’s how confident we are)

🗣️ FINAL WORD

If you like your rock:

  • Loud 🔊
  • Sleazy 😈
  • Hooky as hell 🎶
  • And built for sweaty venues and big nights 🍻

Then The Karma Effect should already be on your radar.

If they’re not?
Sort it out, mun.