Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) hopes to begin writing the band’s next album in early 2027

Crowbar frontman Kirk Windstein has offered an update on the New Orleans sludge metal band’s next studio album, suggesting that the writing process could get under way in early 2027. Speaking in an interview with Metalcavern, Windstein discussed his intention to return to new Crowbar material.

We’re gonna start writing first of the year. But we write quickly, and if we can get on maybe like a three-day-a-week type of schedule and really stick to it, it’ll come very quickly, because it’s been a while since we’ve written. Obviously, I write the majority of the riffs, but [guitarist] Matt [Brunson] writes — what he writes is great. He might not write as much, but what he writes is great. And [bassist] Pat’s [Bruders] an amazing writer. He wrote a lot of the really killer stuff on the new Down [album] as well. He’s a great, great writer, man. So, it’ll come together, man. We just need to get with [drummer] Tommy’s [Buckley] schedule.

Matt, Pat and I live closer to the rehearsal space than Tommy does. He’s about 15 minutes from where Phil lives, on the north shore of New Orleans, so he’s over in the… He says Covington, but I tell him all the time, I’m, like, Dude, you must be the last street in Covington. ‘Cause you ain’t far from Phil in Folsom. But it’s a great area over there. It’s very nice. But he’s 10, 15 minutes from Phil, which is a little hike for him for rehearsal. Luckily, the rehearsal room is off the bridge and the main highway that you… It’s only one block off of where he’s coming from, so it’s not that long. But, yeah, we’re ready to dive into the new Crowbar first of the year and just get this thing rolling, man.

Upcoming shows:

• Saturday, November 07, 2026 – BEC Arena, Sale, United Kingdom
• Friday, November 13, 2026 – Kia Forum, Inglewood, CA, US (with Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Cavalera Conspiracy)
• Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Kia Forum, Inglewood, CA, US (with Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Cavalera Conspiracy)
• Friday, November 20, 2026 – UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA, US (with Pantera, Black Label Society, Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Eyehategod, Pig Destroyer, Power Trip, HERAKLEION)
• Saturday, May 15, 2027 – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, Columbus, OH, US