Avatar "Naughty List": New Single With Zakk Wylde

By Odessa Vance, November 14, 2026

Avatar released "Naughty List," a new single with Zakk Wylde, on Nov 13, 2026. The track is on Apple Music and on the band's smart link. A music video is on the Avatar Metal YouTube channel.

Avatar: "Naughty List" (feat. Zakk Wylde)

The single

A Nov 13, 2026, press release from Atom Splitter says Wylde appears on the song after a guitarist in Avatar asked him to take part while both were supporting Metallica in 2026. Apple Music lists the single "Naughty List" as credited to Avatar & Zakk Wylde, with a 2026 copyright for Black Waltz AB, marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers.

Johannes Eckerström says, in that release, "The idea is that the 'Naughty List' is full of people who are different rather than bad, and someone needs to have their backs, too." He adds, "It is a song about forgiveness and acceptance, and doing what is actually the right thing to do, rather than just following the norm."

Avatar's latest studio album, Don't Go In The Forest, came out Oct 31, 2025. The release says the band marked the album's one-year anniversary on Oct 31, 2026.

Tour dates

The release lists a 2026 European headline tour. It marks the Nov 20 through Nov 25 dates in England, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland as postponed. The remaining listed dates run from Nov 27, 2026, in Norwich, England, through Dec 19, 2026, in Wrocław, Poland. The release also says Latin America dates follow in January 2027, and that Avatar will support Metallica on a 2027 North American tour, with Limp Bizkit as support.