DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to reissue KONTACT’s debut mini-album, First Contact, on CD and 12” vinyl formats.
In 2024, DYING VICTIMS released KONTACT’s critically acclaimed debut album, Full Contact, largely introducing these crazy Canadians to the international metal landscape. Amazingly askew yet strangely approachable, Full Contact inhabited a neon-hazed utopia / dystopia where sleaze metal fuses DNA with tech-thrash. But the roots of this dayglo landscape stretched back to early 2024, with the release of First Contact via the late / great Temple of Mystery Records.
Comparatively less “weird” but by no means any less idiosyncratic, KONTACT’s first public appearance encompassed a compact five songs in 24 minutes. The primary influences at this stage were commercial-peak Judas Priest (think Defenders of the Faith and Turbo – YES, Turbo!) fused with the frayed circuitry of homeland heroes Voivod, particularly that band’s transition from Dimension Hatröss to Nothingface. Likewise, where the realms of sci-fi were still within reach, there’s a certain rough-hewn atmosphere to First Contact that harkens to the dungeons of ‘80s true metal ala Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol – and the closing cover of Sacred Blade’s “Fieldz the Sunshine” surely cemented their spiritual sphere. Heady stuff any way you cut it, but above all, KONTACT had the SONGS to back up this slow-burn addictiveness: Where so many young bands’ reach is beyond their grasp, this ower-trio knew exactly where they wanted to go, this early on. As such, First Contact stands as a unique snapshot of an ongoing odyssey that’s totally and truly KONTACT!
Tracklist:
1. Ancient Malice
2. The Devil in Iron
3. Heaven's Gate
4. City of the Pyramid
5. Fieldz the Sunshrine
This item is available for pre-order. It will be available on 01/08/2027.
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