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artist: Zorn
title: Return to Castle Death
year: 2026
genre: Metal
type: Album
label: Sorry State
language: English
rel. date: 2026-07-01
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:20:06
size: 46.1 MiB / 7 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-03
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/ers0cd2jnn3zk
tracklist:
01. Kill Him With Poison 2:07
02. Catholic Girls 1:52
03. Curse of the Black Witch 4:28
04. Black Dog March 2:12
05. Ready to Kill 2:10
06. Return to Castle Death 2:23
07. Guest of the Mad Prince 4:54
release notes:
Philadelphia's Zorn returns with a new album for Sorry State, Return to
Castle Death. While the two years since Endless Funeral have seen Zorn's
stage show grow increasingly surreal and elaborate (giant Kaiju-style
monsters and oversized medieval weaponry are now regular features of
their gigs), Return to Castle Death finds the band whittling things down
musically, giving us a meaner, leaner, and more riff-focused Zorn than
we've heard previously. But while these seven tracks feel more
straightforward, the hallmarks of Zorn's sound are still here in force:
the blackened punk riffs, virtuosic drumming, touches of neoclassical
melody, and vocals that can can move from a Sakevi-influenced gurgle to a
banshee death howl in the space of a line. There are also a few new
twists, like the warped organ solo at the climax of album-closer "Guest
of the Mad Prince." And make sure to pick up the physical version,
because the vinyl features an exclusive bonus track: a cover of
Annihilation Time's modern classic "Bald Headed Woman" put through Zorn's
metal-punk meat grinder.