The Red Chord - Clients [White with Pink Splatter Vinyl]

Clients, the now-landmark full-length from THE RED CHORD, will see release on vinyl for the first time ever on October 17th via Metal Blade Records. The release comes in celebration of the record's 20th anniversary!

THE RED CHORD has been cited as one of the most influential crossover bands of the hardcore, grind, and metal genres. After signing with Metal Blade in 2004, the band unleashed their second full-length, Clients in 2005, to widespread critical acclaim. Standing among one of the most dynamic and poignant albums of that year, Clients landed Decibel's first-ever perfect score (May 2005, Issue No. 7), the review reading in part, "In this day and age of bands developing instant followings by pandering to the lowest common denominator… THE RED CHORD attained their success by throwing caution to the wind and taking their awesome songs and robust live show anywhere that would host 'em. Truth be told, it's this quintet's songs that have made the difference and caused their profile to explode, car bomb-style." In a 4/5 rating, Alternative Press wrote, "Clients explodes with the chug of hardcore, the velocity of grindcore, the time changes of math-metal, and the guttural vocals and pinched guitar squeals of technical death metal; but ultimately, it's the band's finesse at weaving this stuff into a blur that'll have you scraping your jaw off the floor when the album's playing." Pitchfork concurred lauding a, "frenzied blast of uncompromising aggression that fuses the chaos, growling vocals, and lightning-fast beats of death metal and grindcore with the technical prowess of experimental math metal and the occasional driving, mid-tempo hardcore rhythm." Added Blabbermouth, "It's extreme music that you can feel in your bones, that satisfies the primal urges, and that stimulates and/or scars the mind."

Format / LP
Released / 10/17/2025
Catalogue / MTB-161696
Barcode / 039841616965
Artist / The Red Chord
Label / Metal Blade
Genre / Punk / Metal