German Rock royalty Mad Max have announced plans to celebrate their 45th anniversary in style, with a re-release of their debut album and a special new studio record, Stories Of Destiny, on its way.

Founding member and main composer Jürgen Breforth has revealed:

“When I founded Mad Max in 1981 in my home town of Münster, I would never have dreamed that I would be celebrating the band’s 45th anniversary in 2026. I’m very proud and grateful for that.

Of course I want to celebrate the anniversary together with the Mad Max fans, because these fans have loyally supported us for 45 years and we’ve been able to play concerts all over the world. The celebrations will begin at the end of the year with the re-release of the songs that started it all. Not only will the first album be released under the title Heavy Metal, but also the EP In Concert with the first 4 songs that we composed and released as a band. There will also be unreleased photo material, a detailed history, liner notes and many other surprises.”

He also said about the new studio effort Stories Of Destiny:

“For this album, we have come up with something very special for the fans. Of course, I don’t want to give too much away yet, but with Weapons Of Love and Until The End Of Time, there will be two previously unreleased Mad Max songs from 1991 and a spectacular duet that nobody expected. But that’s not all: I had the great honor of composing songs together with many stars from the rock business, of which there will be Mad Max versions of these tracks on Stories Of Destiny for the first time. You’ll be surprised who will be involved.”

PRESS SOURCE: :Mona Miluski/All Noir.