Album
Come This Madness
Come This Madness is the twelfth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe, released on 25 September 2026 through Silver Lining Music. It was produced by Tom Dalgety and recorded at RMV Studio in Stockholm.
The record arrives nine years after Walk the Earth (2017), the longest gap between albums since the band's debut in 1983. For anyone who has followed Europe from The Final Countdown through their reborn run since Start From the Dark in 2004, it is the next chapter in a story that has kept moving rather than looking back.
Come This Madness: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 41:19Tracklist
- 1One on OneLevén, Michaeli, Tempest3:41
- 2The Cult of IgnoranceMic Michaeli and Joey Tempest3:31
- 3Come This MadnessDalgety, Levén, Tempest4:02
- 4This Time of YearDalgety, Michaeli, Tempest4:05
- 5In a Different WorldJohn Levén and Joey Tempest3:45
- 6Scandinavian EyesDalgety, Levén, Michaeli, Tempest4:51
- 7Takin' It BackDalgety, Michaeli, Tempest3:46
- 8In the Absence of GraceMic Michaeli and Joey Tempest1:28
- 9The Angels Must Have FlownDalgety, Norum, Tempest3:45
- 10The Devil's BackDalgety, Michaeli, Norum, Tempest3:47
- 11Nothing Can Follow ThisMic Michaeli and Joey Tempest4:38
- Produced by
- Tom Dalgety
- Recorded at
- Damage Done Studio, IMRSV Studios, Olympic Studios, Play Yard Studios, Psalm Studios, Riksmixningsverket, RMV Studio, Stockholm
- Mixed by
- Mike Fraser
- Mixed at
- Armoury Studios
- Engineered by
- Erik Arvinder, Fraser Blanchflower, Willem Bleeker, Martin Bustgaard, Tom Dalgety, Nathalie Martinez, Pontus Norgren, Daniel Rejmer, Peer Stappe
- Labels
- Silver Lining Music, Silver Lining Music/Hell & Back
- Length
- 41:19
Line-up
- Joakim Agnas · trumpet
- Fredrik Åkesson · guitar · guest
- Vidar Andresson-Meilink · viola
- Claudia Bonfiglioli · violin
- Daniela Bonfiglioli · violin
- Pelin Cotal · oboe
- Karl-Johan Elf · tuba
- Anna Ferriol de Ciurana · French horn
- Karl Frisendahl · trombone
- Sigrid Granit · double bass
- Jannika Gustafsson · violin
- Ian Haugland · drums (drum set)
- Erik Holm · viola
- James Kent · bass trombone
- John Levén · bass guitar
- Jonas Lindeborg · trumpet
- Filip Lundberg · cello
- Mic Michaeli · keyboard, background vocals
- Laura Michelin · flute
- Daniel Migdal · violin
- John Norum · guitar, background vocals
- Christopher Öhman · viola
- Mikael Oskarsson · trombone
- Chris Parkes · French horn
- Vicki Powell · viola
- Andrej Power · violin
- Antonio Roland · cello
- Martin Schöpfer · French horn
- Jonna Simonsson · violin
- Anna Roos Stefansson · violin
- Fredrik Syberg · violin
- Lola Torrente · violin
- Oscar Treitler · violin
- Erik Uusijärvi · cello
- Erik Wahlgren · cello
- Johan Wahlgren · French horn
- Paul Waltman · violin
- Åsa Wirdefeldt · violin
- Benjamin Ziai · double bass
- Mikael Åkerfeldt · background vocals · guest
- Tom Dalgety · background vocals
- Tobias Forge · background vocals · guest
- Nathalie Martinez · background vocals
- Adam Parsons · background vocals
- Daniel Rejmer · background vocals
- Joey Tempest · background vocals, lead vocals
- Fin Van Bilderbeek · choir vocals · guest
- Lucy Farmer · choir vocals · guest
- Jack Larsson · choir vocals · guest
- Jamie Larsson · choir vocals · guest
- Alexa Victoria Marano · choir vocals · guest
- Freya Peltonen · choir vocals · guest
- Thomas Rahman · choir vocals · guest
- Woody Summerfield · choir vocals · guest
- Olivia Wheeler · choir vocals · guest
- Orson Wheeler · choir vocals · guest
- Joanna Nye · choir vocals · guest
- The Phantom Choir of Southwick · choir vocals · guest
Singles
- “One on One” · 28 April 2026
- “The Cult of Ignorance” · 3 June 2026
- “Scandinavian Eyes” · 1 September 2026
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2026 | 30 |
| Swedish Hard Rock Albums (Sverigetopplistan) · 2026 | 1 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2026 | 1 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) · 2026 | 2 |
| Swiss Albums · 2026 | 2 |
| UK Independent Albums · 2026 | 2 |
| French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) · 2026 | 3 |
| Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon) · 2026 | 3 |
| German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100) · 2026 | 4 |
| Norwegian Rock Albums (IFPI Norge) · 2026 | 4 |
All 25 charts
| Austrian Albums · 2026 | 5 |
| Scottish Albums · 2026 | 5 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2026 | 7 |
| German Albums · 2026 | 9 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2026 | 13 |
| Spanish Albums (Promusicae) · 2026 | 16 |
| Finnish Albums · 2026 | 24 |
| Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) · 2026 | 25 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) · 2026 | 29 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2026 | 29 |
| Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) · 2026 | 41 |
| Dutch Albums · 2026 | 52 |
| Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) · 2026 | 54 |
| French Albums · 2026 | 57 |
| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) · 2026 | 66 |
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1986
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 25 September 2026 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 25 September 2026 | |
| Deezer | 25 September 2026 | |
| UK / Europe release | 25 September 2026 | earliest UK or European date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2026 | XW | Silver Lining Music | 5026854807676 | original |
| 25 September 2026 | XE | Hell & Back Recordings | 5026854807621 | original |
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