Following last year's late release of the reconstructed 2014 acclaimed full length, Foundations of Burden, Pallbearer has announced plans to tour across North America to celebrate the Redux version. The band has confirmed they will perform the album in full, celebrating the enduring shelf life of the original and nodding to the refreshed edition on the same run. 

The band shared of the announcement, “It’s no secret that we’re passionate about Foundations of Burden. Revisiting the record last year was so invigorating for us, and presenting it live in its entirety on stage has been a blast. We hold it as a special landmark in our history. We are so pleased to announce more of these performances in 2026, including a reprise of appearances alongside the funereal chaos apparitions in Knoll who joined us last December.”

The Redux version of Foundations of Burden gave Pallbearer the opportunity to revisit an album that not only proved pivotal for the band, but has remained. celebrated since. Bassist/vocalist Joesph D. Rowland spoke about the decision to dissect and rebuild their masterwork. “During the writing and preparation for 'Foundations,' everything was ephemeral and we were practically feral. We had no real practice space, we barely had a single working computer between the four of us. Our demos of the record consisted of something barely discernible from white noise. Nevertheless, we knew we were working towards building a set of songs we were deeply enthusiastic about.  

Once in the thick of recording, the feeling went from dream to dreamlike very quickly, as we found ourselves in what felt like an endless churn of repetition. We slept at the studio on whatever soft surfaces we could find, waking each day to discover that some of the previous day’s work had been corrupted overnight. This resulted in some parts of the album being recorded many times over. The guitars in particular mutated into something Sisyphean.”

Rowland explained how even though the album was considered an accomplishment upon its initial release, there was a sense of unfinished business. “Since the time that we finally committed the original version of 'Foundations' to print, we knew it would be a sonic space we would eventually revisit. Its form did not unfold according to the original version as the numerous file corruptions, delays, and exhausted studio budget compounded into a final feverish push to finish the mix. We were relieved to get those massive and difficult mixes turned into finished songs just in time, but not without a nagging thought; we had to sacrifice much of the nuance we had spent so much time crafting.”

The Foundation of Burden North American tour will begin February 19th in Oklahoma City, OK and close out April 23rd in Knoxville, TX. The run will feature support from Tennessee funeral grind specialists, KNOLL. Tickets are set to go on sale January 23rd. See a complete list of dates and cities below. Get tickets - HERE