Old Gods

Old Gods is the tenth and final studio album by New Zealand rock band Shihad, released on 8 October 2021.

Much of the album was inspired by Jon Toogood's experiences after his conversion to Islam, before his marriage to Dana Salih in Sudan in 2014, and the band's disgust at the rise of Conservative politicians in the world.

[1][2] The song "Little Demons" was one of the first songs written for the album, inspired by a televised Australian political debate where a Liberal Party of Australia told an Aboriginal Australian woman to call the police when she experiences racist threats.

[8][9] Shihad held their This Is the Sound of an Empire Falling tour in New Zealand, performing four dates in September and October 2022.

[10] All tracks are written by Jon Toogood, Karl Kippenberger, Phil Knight and Tom Larkin