In 2024, Imperial Triumphant released the album's first two singles, "Eye of Mars" on September 19[1] and "Hotel Sphinx" on November 13.[2] The release of "Hotel Sphinx" coincided with the announcement of their sixth album, Goldstar, which would be released in March 2025.[2] On January 16, 2025, the band released the third single "Lexington Delirium", featuring Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, along with revealing more details about Goldstar.[3] "Pleasuredome" featuring Dave Lombardo and Meshuggah's Tomas Haake was released on February 12, 2025.[4]
Goldstar was recorded at Colin Marston's Menegroth Studios in New York City for five days, the last album to do so before the studio's closure.[5][6]
Touring
Imperial Triumphant began touring in 2025 to support the album starting with the Decibel Magazine Tour, which took place in March and April.[5][6] In April 2025, they announced the dates for European part of the Goldstar World Tour.[7]
Goldstar received positive critical reviews upon release,[8][11] and was listed on several year end lists. Metal Injection ranked it as the 6th best album of 2025,[13] and Decibel and Metal Hammer both ranked it as the 13th best album of the year.[14][15]Loudwire included the album in their list of the best rock and metal albums of 2025.[16]
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