– August nineteenth, 2025 –
Pre-Orders Out there!
Pre-Order THE RED CHORD’s twentieth anniversary vinyl version of Shoppers HERE
Shoppers, the now-landmark full-length from THE RED CHORD, will see launch on vinyl for the primary time ever on October seventeenth by way of Steel Blade Information. The discharge is available in celebration of the report’s twentieth anniversary!
THE RED CHORD has been cited as one of the vital influential crossover bands of the hardcore, grind, and steel genres. After signing with Steel Blade in 2004, the band unleashed their second full-length, Shoppers in 2005, to widespread crucial acclaim. Standing amongst one of the vital dynamic and poignant albums of that 12 months, Shoppers landed Decibel‘s first-ever excellent rating (Might 2005, Difficulty No. 7), the evaluate studying partially, “Nowadays of bands creating instantaneous followings by pandering to the bottom widespread denominator… THE RED CHORD attained their success by throwing warning to the wind and taking their superior songs and sturdy stay present anyplace that might host ‘em. Reality be informed, it’s this quintet’s songs which have made the distinction and brought on their profile to blow up, automobile bomb-style.” In a 4/5 ranking, Various Press wrote, “Shoppers explodes with the chug of hardcore, the rate of grindcore, the time modifications of math-metal, and the guttural vocals and pinched guitar squeals of technical loss of life steel; however finally, it’s the band’s finesse at weaving these things right into a blur that’ll have you ever scraping your jaw off the ground when the album’s taking part in.” Pitchfork concurred lauding a, “frenzied blast of uncompromising aggression that fuses the chaos, growling vocals, and lightning-fast beats of loss of life steel and grindcore with the technical prowess of experimental math steel and the occasional driving, mid-tempo hardcore rhythm.” Added Blabbermouth, “It’s excessive music you can really feel in your bones, that satisfies the primal urges, and that stimulates and/or scars the thoughts.”
THE RED CHORD‘s Shoppers was recorded at Planet-Z in January 2005, produced by the band and Zeuss, recorded and combined by Zeuss, with cowl artwork by Paul Romano. The twentieth anniversary vinyl version of Shoppers was mastered by Zeuss and is available in a gatefold jacket, six-panel tri-fold insert, and DL card, plus a brand new vinyl cowl, structure, and artwork parts that aren’t within the authentic 2005 CD structure and THE RED CHORD 2025 band portrait by Karen Jerzyk.
Displays vocalist Man Kozowyk on the discharge, “Shoppers is such an essential a part of our historical past. There was a imaginative and prescient for each part. The songwriting, the ideas, the sonic wizardry of Planet Z, and the extraordinary visible arts. There was a selected creative idea that [artist] Paul [Romano] and I’ve mentioned for the vinyl structure looming since 2004. After 20 years, the celebrities aligned and the idea of the ‘Shoppers Household Tree’ was lastly realized by means of the mixture of Paul and Mike Wohlberg. Paul’s new illustrations are beautiful. We’re so excited to current this anniversary reissue with a remaster by the almighty Zeuss. It’s been a gradual and methodical course of, however we really feel the ultimate product is well worth the wait. Thanks, Steel Blade for tolerating our fastidious nature and permitting us to be artists first.”
Notes Paul Romano, “All through my profession, THE RED CHORD’s Shoppers stays an all-time favourite undertaking for me. I labored very carefully with Man and the band whereas they had been writing the album. From assembly with the precise ‘Shoppers’ to hanging within the apply house whereas the album was being written helped me have a deep understanding that makes the art work really feel ingrained with the music. Having this complete understanding lent itself to selecting up the place we left off 20 years in the past with a dream of Shoppers on vinyl with new artworks that might actually deliver the thought to the subsequent stage. It felt like visiting an previous buddy and speaking as if no time had handed.”
Provides Zeuss, “I dug manner deep into the archives from 20 years in the past and located the unique mixes. Not solely are they correctly ready and mastered for vinyl, they sound even higher than earlier than!“
Shoppers will come out there within the following coloration variants:
White w/ Combined Pink Splatter (US – Ltd. 1300)
Neon Inexperienced w/ Black Swirl (US – Ltd. 500)
Pink w/ Black Splatter (US – Ltd. 300)
Ghost Impact Neon Pink w/ Off-White Coloration In Coloration (US – Ltd. 300 items)
Glow-In-The-Darkish w/ Fluorescent Pink Coloration In Coloration (US Band Tour Unique – Ltd. 500)
Bone Oxblood Soften (EU – Ltd. 500)
Orange Gray-Brown Haze (EU – Ltd. 300)
Orange Mint Soften (EU – Ltd. 200)
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Shoppers Vinyl Observe Itemizing:
SIDE A
01. Fixation on Plastics
02. Lay the Tarp
03. Black Santa
04. Antman
05. Shoppers
06. Higher Decker
SIDE B
07. Hospice Residence
08. Dragon Wagon
09. Love on the Concrete
10. Blue Line Cretin
11. He Was Lifeless After I Received There
THE RED CHORD Dwell:
09/27/2025 Nightshift Celebration Weekend – Daytona Seaside, FL w/ Dying Fetus, Incantation, extra…
12/05/2025 Decibel Steel & Beer Fest – Denver, CO w/ Acid Tub, Blood Incantation, Chat Pile, extra…
12/13/2025 Nova Void Fest – Portland, OR w/ Enterprise Earth, I Declare Conflict, Nightmarer, extra…
12/19/2025 Monarch – Brooklyn, NY w/ The Quantity Twelve Appears Like You, See You Subsequent Tuesday, Vomit Forth
12/20/2025 The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA w/ The Quantity Twelve Appears Like You, See You Subsequent Tuesday, Vomit Forth
THE RED CHORD Shoppers Lineup:
Man Kozowyk – vocals
Mike McKenzie – guitar, vocals
Kevin Rampelberg – guitar
Greg Weeks – bass
Brad Fickeisen – drums
Visitor Musicians:
Extra vocals on “Lay The Tarp,” “Black Santa,” “Shoppers,” and “Blue Line Cretin” by Nate Johnson
Piccolo trumpet on “Shoppers” by Forbes Graham
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