Narcissus - New Wave Techno Homicide (Metallic Sunflare Vinyl)

• Officially licensed from Century Media Records
• Originally released 2000 Takehold Records (2000) alongside releases by Underoath, Twothirtyeight, Hopesfall, Few Left Standing, Stairwell
• First time on Vinyl (Sunflare)
• Mastered for Vinyl by Rob Colwell (Sleeping Giant/Winter Solstice)
• Limited to just 200 copies
• 12x12 full color lyric insert
• Reflective write up from music critics Loyd Harp (Call & Response Records) and Doug Peterson (Down the Line Magazine)
• 25th Anniversary Edition of this historic release!
  
• Haunting lyrics that grapple with technology, identity, and transcendence
• A crucial entry in the spirit-filled Christian hardcore lineage
• Guitarist John Larussa would help form Inhale Exhale
• Vocalist John Pope would go on to be part of Symphony in Peril

For fans of Zao, Botch, Deadguy, Coalesce, Bloodjinn

Album Description

Originally released in 2000 on the legendary Takehold Records, New Wave Techno Homicide by Narcissus remains one of the most creative, genre-defying, and emotionally complex albums to emerge from the early 2000s underground heavy music scene. It arrived at a pivotal time in the rise of spirit-filled hardcore, standing proudly alongside powerful labelmates like Underoath, Hopesfall, Twothirtyeight, Few Left Standing, and Stairwell. While many of those bands would go on to sign with larger labels and reach mainstream audiences, Narcissus carved a more daring path—merging mathcore chaos, screamo intensity, industrial textures, and melodic metal into something wholly original.

New Wave Techno Homicide was ahead of its time. This is an album that blurs genres, challenges expectations, and digs deep into themes of technology, identity, and transcendence. At once brutal and poetic, it delivers a sonic and spiritual jolt that still resonates today. Mechanical imagery collides with lyrical beauty as the band shifts seamlessly between calculated dissonance and aching vulnerability. This is not just a product of its era—it’s a record that predicted the future.

The album features John Pope on vocals (later of Symphony in Peril), John LaRussa on guitar (who went on to form Inhale Exhale), Justin Carroll on bass, Derek Carter on drums, and was originally mastered by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Dashboard Confessional). After its release, Narcissus joined forces with Underoath, Few Left Standing, and Tantrum of the Muse for the now-legendary 40 Days of Disaster Tour, further solidifying their legacy within the scene.

Now, two and a half decades later, New Wave Techno Homicide is finally available on vinyl for the first time ever. Brutal Planet Records presents this historic 25th Anniversary Edition, pressed on stunning Sunflare vinyl and strictly limited to 200 copies. The reissue includes a full-color 12x12 insert featuring the album’s powerful lyrics and reflective liner notes from Loyd Harp (Call & Response Records) and Doug Peterson (Down the Line Magazine), offering new insight into the album’s impact and meaning.

This edition has been remastered for vinyl by Rob Colwell (Sleeping Giant, Blessed by A Broken Heart, As Hell Retreats, The Great Commission), ensuring the chaos and clarity of the original recordings sound better than ever. It’s a long-overdue celebration of a record that never played it safe—and never sounded like anything else.

For fans of Zao, Botch, Coalesce, Deadguy, and Bloodjinn, this is not just a collector’s item—it’s an essential document of a scene that changed lives. New Wave Techno Homicide wasn’t just part of the moment. It helped define it.

Tracks

[The Machine] / Octus Failure / Heartbreaker / Unto The World (A Melodic Departure) / Newwave Techno Homicide / The Battle Song / Perfect Words / Perfect World / Careful... He's Got A Bomb / Shaddai / Lakatha / Silvernegative / [Enicham Eht]