Dissonance Theory (album)

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Dissonance Theory
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Released17 October 2025
Length47:20
Label Century Media
Coroner chronology
The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95
(1996)
Dissonance Theory
(2025)
Singles from Dissonance Theory
  1. "Renewal"
    Released: 15 August 2025 [1]

Dissonance Theory is the upcoming sixth studio album by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner, due for release on 17 October 2025, through Century Media Records. [1] It will be the band's first studio album since Grin (1993), and their first release with drummer Diego Rappachietti, who replaced original drummer Marky Edelmann in 2014.

Contents

Background and production

After disbanding in 1996, Coroner announced in 2010 that they were reuniting for a series of festival appearances, including the following year's installments of Maryland Deathfest, [2] Hellfest, [3] and Bloodstock Open Air. [4] Although guitarist Tommy Vetterli had stated that new music from Coroner was a possibility, he claimed both vocalist and bassist Ron Broder and drummer Marky Edelmann had no interest in making a new album. [5] [6] On 12 February 2014, Edelmann announced that he would be leaving the band at the end of the month, citing a disinterest in new material, as opposed to Broder and Vetterli; [7] he was replaced three months later by Diego Rapacchietti. [8]

In a June 2014 interview with Andrew Haug, Vetterli spoke about the possibility of a new album, saying, "I can't say when [a new studio album might arrive]. It's just what we want. But everybody's very busy, you know — me producing bands in the studio all the time... If we do something, it has to be very good." [9] In the following year, Broder stated that the band had individually been in the process of collecting songwriting ideas and was hopeful that they would enter the studio in 2016 to begin recording a sixth studio album. [10]

Progress on a sixth studio album from Coroner had been slow for years, due to the band members taking their time on writing and recording new material without having to rush it. On 26 July 2016, the band announced that they had entered studio to begin recording their new album, which was initially set for release in 2017; [11] however, the album never arrived in 2017 and there had been no news about the album until April 2020, when Coroner announced via Twitter that they were "going to record a NEW album this year." [12] In a May 2021 interview with Agoraphobic News, Edelmann (who has remained in contact with his former bandmates since leaving Coroner) stated that the band was planning to "finally go to the studio this fall" to work on their new album. [13] In a May 2022 interview with 69 Faces of Rock, Vetterli said, "We've actually started the recording, we have started recording drums, six songs are recorded and two more songs are ready, but Ron's part is missing and then we have to write another one, and then we hit the studio and record it." [14]

Coroner released their first song in more than three decades, "Renewal", on 15 August 2025 and announced on the same day that their sixth studio album Dissonance Theory will be released on October 17. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Oxymoron"0:59
2."Consequence"6:15
3."Sacrificial Lamb"6:03
4."Cirsium Bound"5:30
5."Symmetry"3:58
6."The Law"5:01
7."Transparent Eye"5:16
8."Trinity"5:42
9."Renewal"5:22
10."Prolonging"3:14
Total length:47:20

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CORONER Announces First New Album In More Than 30 Years, 'Dissonance Theory'; Shares 'Renewal' Single". Blabbermouth.net. August 15, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  2. "Reunited CORONER Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST IX". Blabbermouth.net. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. "It's Official: CORONER To Reunite For Appearance At Next Year's HELLFEST". Blabbermouth.net. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. "CORONER Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival". Blabbermouth.net. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. "Coroner To Release Retrospective DVD". Blabbermouth.net. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. "CORONER Guitarist On Possibility Of New Studio Album: 'You Never Know'". Blabbermouth.net. July 2, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  7. "MARKY EDELMANN To Leave CORONER; Band To Continue With Replacement Drummer". Blabbermouth.net. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. "CORONER Announces New Drummer". Blabbermouth.net. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. "CORONER Guitarist TOMMY VETTERLI Says Band Wants To Release New Music". Blabbermouth.net. June 8, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  10. "Ron Royce (CORONER)". artistsandbands.org. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  11. "CORONER To Release New Studio Album In 2017; 'Autopsy' Set Due In September". Blabbermouth.net. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  12. "CORONER To Record First Album Since 1993 This Year". metalinjection.net. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  13. "Coroner - Entering The Studio This Fall". Metal Storm. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  14. "Coroner - New Album Update". Metal Storm. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2025.