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 studio album “Royal Discordance”, due out on February 27th, 2026, 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”.
Pre-order & pre-save “Royal Discordance” here.
Tracklist:
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
Over the years, The Gloom In The Corner have engineered a space for total sensory immersion via a series of releases, spanning their 2016 debut album “Fear Me”, through to their “Homecoming” EP (2017), “Flesh & Bones” (2019), “Ultima Pluvia” EP (2020) and their 2022 album “Trinity”, with the latter commanding a 5/5 star album review from New Noise Magazine, praising it as “a real stunner and a benchmark for metalcore going forward”. Translating their rich sonic universe into a live setting, The Gloom In The Corner have dazzled stages around the globe, spanning Australia, Europe and North America, along with aligning a horde of elite collaborators including Fit For A King’s Ryan Kirby, Fit For An Autopsy’s Joe Badolato, Cane Hill’s Elijah Witt and many more.
The Gloom In The Corner are currently on the road in Europe supporting Swedish metalcore greats Aviana, and will also perform in 2026 as part of the entirely sold out inaugural Hellbound Cruise along with Parkway Drive, Polaris, Northlane and more.
