Murderdolls have announced a 2027 reunion with Wednesday 13, Acey Slade & Eric Griffin
METAL SLUDGE / Friday November 13th 2026 – What better day than today, Friday the 13th to share the news that Murderdolls have reunited!
Murderdolls have officially announced their return with all 3 of the (surviving) classic lineup with co-founder and lead vocalist Wednesday 13, Acey Slade (Guitars) and Eric Griffin (Bass).
As readers know, the band’s co-founder and guitarist Joey Jordison passed away back in July of 2021 and drummer Ben ‘The Ghoul’ Graves lost a battle with cancer in May of 2018… ironically both were 46 years of age.
Parade shared news of the Murderdolls reunion earlier in the month writing: “The family of the band’s late co-founder, drummer-turned-guitarist Joey Jordison, also confirmed the news in an Instagram post, writing, ““We’re excited to announce that Murderdolls have officially joined the lineup for Graspop Metal Meeting 2027.”
Wednesday 13 took to his official social media sharing an extensive message about the band’s reunion as seen below.
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The inimitable MURDERDOLLS return. To mark 25 years since their debut album Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls, the band have reunited and confirmed their first appearances will include Download Festival & Graspop Metal Meeting in June 2027.
Three of the original members, Wednesday 13 (vocals), Eric Griffin (guitar), and Acey Slade (guitar), will be joined on stage by Wednesday 13’s solo band members Mike Dupke (drums) and Jack Tankersley (bass), the latter of which is more than familiar with MURDERDOLLS’ material since fleshing out the band’s previous touring line-up.
Together they’ll pay tribute to Joey Jordison and Ben Graves, the brothers MURDERDOLLS lost and still miss dearly.
The shows are a celebration of what they built together, with the blessing of Joey’s sisters, Katie Riekena and Annie Jordison JOEY JORDISON FAMILY .
Formed in 2002, MURDERDOLLS were the Frankenstein brainchild of Joey Jordison and partner-in-grime Wednesday 13. Joey stepped away from his day job behind the drum kit in Slipknot to play low-slung lead guitar, while Wednesday fronted the band. Their fuck you’ attitude, devilish glamour, and trademark black sense of humour set them apart.
Amid a musical landscape full of baggy pants, backwards caps, and tracksuits, the metallic glam punk MURDERDOLLS defied the prevailing trends and brought back hard, fast rock ‘n’ roll. They dug up the corpse of rock and injected pure, undead, unadulterated life back into it. And it was glorious! Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls and its successor Women And Children Last, were like nothing else: fast, dirty, raw, and macabre, with every track full of tongue-in-cheek horror executed to perfection. Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls became a cult favourite, and fans have kept it alive ever since.
With sinister, sneering vocals, huge hooks, gang vocal choruses, pounding rhythms, and some of the catchiest riffs ever penned, MURDERDOLLS wrote songs for arenas and played them in theatres, making their adrenaline-fuelled odes to darkness that much more thrilling.
Art design Jonny Bush
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The 3 band-members along with the Joey Jordison Family all shared a video to announce the return with a short message that read: “25 years ago, evil arrived. Next year it returns.”
Next year’s concerts from Murderdolls will pay tribute to both of their late bandmates Jordison and Graves.
As of press time, there are ‘2’ festival appearances that have been announced with more expected.
June 9-13th 2027 @ “Download Festival” Leicestershire, England
June 18th 2027 @ “Graspop Metal Meeting” Dessel, Belgium
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