Photo credit: Nick Fancher

To mark the one-year anniversary of their acclaimed album What Remains, Pop Evil announce the release of What Remains (Midnight Edition), arriving March 27, 2026.

The band’s new single, “The Decay,” is out today after premiering on SiriusXM Octane yesterday. The track is a riff-forward modern rock track with depth, melody, and staying power.

Regarding the release, Pop Evil shares, “In a world full of pain, lies, distractions, and half-truths, how easy is it to swallow venom dressed up as medicine without recognizing the damage being done? The choice to help or to hurt is ours. This song is raw, uncomfortable, and honest, an invitation to face the darkness, accept responsibility, and choose to make a difference while you still have time.”

To further reflect this mindset, the band made the conscious decision to forgo any use of AI in crafting the official visualizer. Directed by Sam Shapiro and produced by the skilled CGI team at VSRL Company, the visualizer reinforces the song’s core message: what we choose to create and support truly matters. Watch it below.

What Remains (Midnight Edition) expands the album’s powerful legacy with new material, including “The Decay” and a studio-refined reimagining of the iconic ’80s anthem “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” reimagined through Pop Evil’s unmistakable modern-rock lens.

Originally released as Pop Evil’s most uncompromising and emotionally exposed body of work to date, What Remains stands as both a sonic reckoning and a personal confession. Heavier, darker, and more direct than anything the band has released before, the album channels arena-ready modern rock and metal into a deeply introspective narrative, with frontman Leigh Kakaty laying bare the truths, scars, and battles that shaped both his life and the band’s.

With What Remains (Midnight Edition), Pop Evil completes a full creative arc, stripping away armor, confronting the past, and standing firmly in the present. It is a reckoning with who Leigh Kakaty was, who he is now, and who he’s determined to become. More than an anniversary release, the Midnight Edition solidifies What Remains as the definitive Pop Evil statement, unflinching, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore.

Pop Evil tour dates:

Feb 6 - Destin, FL - Club LA
Feb 7 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay
Feb 9 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - FTL War Memorial*
Feb 10 - Tampa, FL - Yuengling Center*
Feb 12 - Biloxi, MS - The Sanctuary
Feb 13 - Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall*
Feb 14 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom*
Feb 15 - San Antonio, TX - Boeing Center at Tech Port*
Feb 18 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre
Feb 19 - Las Vegas, NV - The Portal at Area15
Feb 20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Kia Forum*
Feb 21 - Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Live*
Feb 22 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Feb 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Union Event Center*
Feb 25 - Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theatre
Feb 26 - Loveland, CO - Blue FCU Arena*
Feb 27 - Omaha, NE - Steelhouse Arena*
Feb 28 - St. Louis, MO - The Factor*
Mar 2 - Des Moines, IA - Vibrant Music Hal*l
Mar 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Armory*
Mar 4 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed*
Mar 6 - Milwaukee, WI - Landmark Credit Union Live*
Mar 7 - Cincinnati, OH - Andrew J Brady Music Center*
Mar 8 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore*
Mar 10 - Pittsburgh, PA - UPMC Events Center*
Mar 11 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met*
Mar 12 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
Mar 14 - Virginia Beach, VA - The Dome*
Mar 15 - Washington, DC - The Theatre at National Harbor*
Mar 17 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Special Events C*
Mar 18 - Atlanta, GA - Coca-Cola Roxy*
Apr 6 - Halifax, CAN - Scotiabank Center*
Apr 9 - Laval, CAN - Place Bell*
Apr 11 - Toronto, CAN - Great Canadian Casino Resort*
Apr 12 - Sault Ste. Marie, CAN - The Machine Shop
Apr 14 - Winnipeg, CAN - Burton Cummings Theatre*
Apr 17 - Edmonton, CAN - Edmonton Convention Centre*
Apr 18 - Calgary, CAN - Grey Eagle Event Centre*
Apr 20 - Vancouver, CAN - PNE Forum*
Apr 22 - Billings, MT - Pub Station
Apr 24 - Dubuque, IA - Q Casino
Apr 25 - Moline, IL - Rust Belt
Apr 26 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theatre
Apr 28 - Kansas City, MO - Truman
Apr 29 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi

* Supporting Sabaton