Today, Armageddon Label announces September 25th as the international release date for DROPDEAD‘s long-awaited third album, once again self-titled Dropdead, on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape, and digital formats. Additionally, a video for the brand-new tracks “Prelude” and “Torches” can be seen & heard below. Dropdead officially formed in January 1991 in Providence, Rhode Island, but the original four-person lineup met in December 1989. They played music together for a year before a lineup change saw Bob and Ben switch instruments, a name change, and a great increase in speed and intensity. The idea was to play pissed-off, aggressive, no-bullshit hardcore-punk thrash with personally political lyrics. Musically, the influences drew from bands as diverse as Con...
