A whole new world of inventive, insidious and infectious metalcore awaits in 2026, with Melbourne’s The Gloom In The Corner — Mikey Arthur (vocals), Jesse Abdurazak (guitar), Paul Musolino (bass) and Joshua Clinch (drums) — today announcing their third full-length album Royal Discordance, due out on Friday 27 February via SharpTone Records.
Wielding 12 songs set to scintillate the senses and lure you deeper than ever into The Gloom In The Corner‘s universe of cinema-core, today’s announcement of Royal Discordance is also heralded by a new single Angel’s Wrath Whiskey; a theatrical barn-burner that opens with breakneck beats, swirling synths and a flurry of guitars, ultimately building into an anthemic chorus while also advancing the band’s ever-expanding conceptual universe.
“Angel’s Wrath Whiskey lives up to its namesake,” the band shares of their new single. “The first four shots are great, but too much of it will have you breaking down as hard as the end of the song.”
A record that could readily soundtrack an Anime epic, a Netflix smash series, or a sprawling open-world game, Royal Discordance is certainly not your average metalcore album. An action-packed opus hell-bent on sharp narratives and astonishing sonic dexterity, Royal Discordance journeys between an all-out onslaught (previous single Assassination Run) through to cinematic-yet-sinister brutality on Nope (Hollow Point Elysium), grinning chaotic frenzy on You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now), and a double closing sucker punch via the two-track suite Love 1: A Quaver Through the Pale and Love 2: A Walk Amongst The Poppy Fields.
Insatiably showcasing their relentless pursuit for sonic evolution, and recorded in 2024 with producer Jonathan Delese in Nashville, Tennessee, Royal Discordance also ushers in some of Gloom‘s most universal songs to date, all while remaining true to their chaotic core in the process. Whether channeling My Chemical Romance and positivity or penning pit-splitting breakdowns, The Gloom In The Corner balance their tumultuous creative DNA with an album primed for multiple revisits; and one that devoutly treads new ground.
“This album is a concoction of chaos and revelry,” the band shares of Royal Discordance,“a battle of light versus darkness, much like the story and themes covered in the record. If you really thought we were going to do Trinity for a second time, guess again.”
Royal Discordance Track Listing:
01. The Problem with Apocalyptic Tyranny
02. You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now)
03. Painkiller Soliloquy
04. Short Range Teleportation (A Guide to Guerrilla Warfare)
05. Nope (Hollow Point Elysium)
06. Angel’s Wrath Whiskey
07. Shadow Rhapsody II
08. Assassination Run
09. That’s Life (Carry Me Home)
10. Army of Darkness
11. Love I: A Quaver Through the Pale
12. Love II: A Walk Amongst the Poppy Fields