Erupting into 2026 ahead of the upcoming release of their third full-length album, Royal Discordance due out Friday 27 February via SharpTone Records, today Melbourne’s The Gloom In The Corner returns with a brand new single and accompanying visualizer Nope (Hollow Point Elysium).
A rhapsodic outing cleaving together sinuous verses and blistering dynamic shifts, Nope (Hollow Point Elysium) also hurls thematic pop culture nods deep into its core, emerging as a gripping and expansive step deeper once again into the Gloom Cinematic Universe.
“Nope is the ode to some of my favourite action movies and video games growing up,” the band shares of their latest single. “A bullet ballet for metalcore that will – much like the definition of “Hollow-Point Elysium” – blow your head smooth off.”
A record that could readily soundtrack an Anime epic, a Netflix smash series, or a sprawling open-world game, Royal Discordance is certainly not your average metalcore album. An action-packed opus hell-bent on sharp narratives and astonishing sonic dexterity, Royal Discordance journeys between an all-out onslaught (previous single Assassination Run) through to cinematic-yet-sinister brutality on Nope (Hollow Point Elysium), grinning chaotic frenzy on You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now), and a double closing sucker punch via the two-track suite Love 1: A Quaver Through the Pale and Love 2: A Walk Amongst The Poppy Fields.
Insatiably showcasing their relentless pursuit for sonic evolution, and recorded in 2024 with producer Jonathan Delese in Nashville, Tennessee, Royal Discordance also ushers in some of Gloom‘s most universal songs to date, all while remaining true to their chaotic core in the process. Whether channeling My Chemical Romance and positivity or penning pit-splitting breakdowns, The Gloom In The Corner balance their tumultuous creative DNA with an album primed for multiple revisits; and one that devoutly treads new ground.
Over the years, The Gloom In The Corner have engineered a space for total sensory immersion via a series of releases, spanning their 2016 debut album Fear Me, through to their Homecoming EP (2017), Flesh & Bones (2019), Ultima Pluvia EP (2020) and their 2022 album Trinity, with the latter commanding a 5/5 star album review from New Noise Magazine, praising it as “a real stunner and a benchmark for metalcore going forward”. Translating their rich sonic universe into a live setting, The Gloom In The Corner have dazzled stages around the globe, spanning Australia, Europe and North America, along with aligning a horde of elite collaborators including Fit For A King‘s Ryan Kirby, Fit For An Autopsy‘s Joe Badolato, Cane Hill‘s Elijah Witt and many more.
Closing out 2025 in Europe supporting Swedish metalcore greats Aviana, The Gloom In The Corner will support American heavies King 810 nationally in Australia this March, and will also perform this October as part of the entirely sold out inaugural Hellbound Cruise alongside Parkway Drive, Polaris and more.
NOPE (HOLLOW POINT ELYSIUM) – OUT NOW
https://bfan.link/nope-hollow-
ROYAL DISCORDANCE – OUT FEBRUARY 27
https://bfan.link/royal-
THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER
UPCOMING 2026 LIVE SHOWS
SUPPORTING KING810
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH – JIVE BAR, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 5 MARCH – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
FRIDAY 6 MARCH – CROWBAR, SYDNEY
SATURDAY 7 MARCH – KING STREET WAREHOUSE, NEWCASTLE
SUNDAY 8 MARCH – CROWBAR, BRISBANE
Tickets from https://www.
