– August nineteenth, 2025 –
Pre-Orders Accessible!
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 Data. The discharge is available in celebration of the document’s twentieth anniversary!
THE RED CHORD has been cited as one of the influential crossover bands of the hardcore, grind, and metallic genres. After signing with Steel Blade in 2004, the band unleashed their second full-length, Shoppers in 2005, to widespread essential acclaim. Standing amongst one of the dynamic and poignant albums of that yr, Shoppers landed Decibel‘s first-ever excellent rating (Could 2005, Situation No. 7), the overview studying partly, “At the present time of bands creating prompt followings by pandering to the bottom frequent denominator… THE RED CHORD attained their success by throwing warning to the wind and taking their superior songs and strong dwell present wherever that might host ‘em. Fact be informed, it’s this quintet’s songs which have made the distinction and prompted their profile to blow up, automotive bomb-style.” In a 4/5 score, 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 metallic; however in the end, it’s the band’s finesse at weaving these items 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 metallic and grindcore with the technical prowess of experimental math metallic and the occasional driving, mid-tempo hardcore rhythm.” Added Blabbermouth, “It’s excessive music which you could 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 components 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 necessary a part of our historical past. There was a imaginative and prescient for each element. The songwriting, the ideas, the sonic wizardry of Planet Z, and the extraordinary visible arts. There was a selected inventive 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 way of the mix of Paul and Mike Wohlberg. Paul’s new illustrations are gorgeous. We’re so excited to current this anniversary reissue with a remaster by the almighty Zeuss. It’s been a sluggish 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 venture for me. I labored very carefully with Man and the band whereas they have been writing the album. From assembly with the precise ‘Shoppers’ to hanging within the observe 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 carry the thought to the following degree. It felt like visiting an outdated buddy and speaking as if no time had handed.”
Provides Zeuss, “I dug approach 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 accessible within the following shade variants:
White w/ Blended 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 models)
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 Monitor 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 Stay:
09/27/2025 Nightshift Get together Weekend – Daytona Seashore, FL w/ Dying Fetus, Incantation, extra…
12/05/2025 Decibel Steel & Beer Fest – Denver, CO w/ Acid Bathtub, Blood Incantation, Chat Pile, extra…
12/13/2025 Nova Void Fest – Portland, OR w/ Enterprise Earth, I Declare Battle, Nightmarer, extra…
12/19/2025 Monarch – Brooklyn, NY w/ The Quantity Twelve Seems to be Like You, See You Subsequent Tuesday, Vomit Forth
12/20/2025 The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA w/ The Quantity Twelve Seems to be 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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