The Alarm announced plans to release a final album recorded by the late Mike Peters in 2026, several months after the Welsh rock band’s frontman died from cancer.

Peters, who passed away on April 29 at age 66 after a decades-long battle with blood cancer, completed recording “Transformation” before his death. According to a Nov. 1 post on the bandsintown platform , the album was “recorded between sessions of gruelling treatment for Richter’s syndrome” and is described as “The Alarm’s most dynamic and powerful release to date.”

The band’s statement calls the upcoming release “a lasting reminder of the creative genius of Mike Peters.”

“Mike Peters was known as a bit of a workaholic, so it’s no surprise he had some work in the (angel) wings,” Pete Chakerian, a life and culture editor for

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