Limited edition 4LP boxset including Watching From A Distance & Watching From A Distance – Live At Roadburn
Announced for Roadburn 2026 / In-studio recording new album
Legendary British doom band WARNING present the deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of Watching from a Distance, out January 16, 2026 on deluxe 4LP Boxset/2LP/CD.
Pre-Order/Listen via Relapse.com here https://www.relapse.com/pages/warning-watching-from-a-distance
WARNING guitarist and vocalist Patrick Walker comments on the 20th Anniversary reissue: “I’m delighted that the first reissues under the Relapse banner can now be pre-ordered. The presentation of this record, and the live iteration of it, is a truly special and honouring start to Warning’s collaboration with the label.”
The Watching from a Distance deluxe edition 4LP boxset is limited to 535 copies and includes the Watching From A Distance (reissue) 2LP, plus the Watching From A Distance – Live At Roadburn 2LP, all housed in a rigid clamshell box with silver lamination.
Led by guitarist and vocalist Patrick Walker, every moment of WARNING’s Watching from a Distance feels monumental; the album is widely considered to be one of the most emotionally-driven and profoundly doom metal records.
From the onset, the album’s eponymous opener crawls with a sombre melody that carries the emotional heft of WARNING’s musings on love and longing. The band’s classic track “Footprints” showcases Walker’s ability to match his colossal riffs with a visceral, gut-wrenching vulnerability that was previously unheard of. Walker ruminates about his weakest moments; his vocal deliveries ranging from dejection to despair. The end result is truly “heavy” in every sense of the word – and a timeless take on the genre with thundering drums, lead-pipe backing bass, and swirling guitars.
Fast-forward to the present day, and WARNING’s introspective sensibilities resonate as hard as they ever have. Watching from a Distance showcases a band and moment in time that honed in on what “Doom” could really be.
Additionally, WARNING has been announced for Roadburn 2026, returning to the fest for the first since 2017!
WARNING live:
Apr 16-19 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
July 29-Aug 1 Bergen, NO @ Beyond the Gates
WARNING online:
warningband.com
linktr.ee/warningdoom
instagram.com/warningdoom
facebook.com/Warningdoom
warningdoom.bandcamp.com
