Avatar have released ‘Naughty List’, a festive single featuring a guitar solo from Zakk Wylde. The song arrives with an official music video.
The collaboration came together last summer, when Avatar and Wylde were both supporting Metallica; guitarist Tim Öhrström used the run to ask Wylde to appear on the track.
Frontman Johannes Eckerström explained the concept: “The idea is that the ‘Naughty List’ is full of people who are different rather than bad”. He described it as “a song about forgiveness and acceptance”.
The single arrives shortly after the first anniversary of ‘Don’t Go in the Forest’, the Swedish band’s latest album, released on Halloween 2025 and produced by Jay Ruston, who also helmed 2023’s ‘Dance Devil Dance’. Avatar close out 2026 with a European headline tour, head to Latin America in January for 12 dates, including five in Mexico, and will rejoin Metallica for a North American run in summer 2027, alongside Limp Bizkit. No UK dates have been announced for 2027 so far.
