Not Your Kingdom
Madball
Madball’s Not Your Kingdom is the New York hardcore institution’s tenth studio album, released through Nuclear Blast on July 24, 2026. The 14-track, 29-minute record is their first full-length in eight years, and it preserves the band’s core formula—hard-charging punk rhythms, thick metallic riffs, street-level toughness, and Freddy Cricien’s commanding bark—while bringing a more reflective edge to its lyrics. Rather than treating survival and loyalty as simple slogans, the album considers personal growth, family, endurance, power, and the effort to keep moving through a hostile world.
The opening “Tethered” sets the tone with fast, muscular momentum, followed by the groove-heavy “Flammable” and brief instrumental “Rebelude.” “Rebel Kids,” the lead single, is one of the record’s most anthemic songs, built around a large gang-vocal chorus and a metal-leaning guitar attack, while “Don’t MisStep,” “Clockwork,” “IWI,” and “Stab Wounds” supply its most punishing beatdowns. Elsewhere, “Sunrise,” “Life’s a Mural,” and “Family First” introduce more personal and hopeful notes without softening the band’s directness; closing track “Chase a Dream” ends on an unexpectedly uplifting note. Not Your Kingdom succeeds by sounding unmistakably like Madball—urgent, physical, and built for packed rooms—while showing that the band’s perspective has broadened with time.
Not Your Kingdom
Madball
Madball’s Not Your Kingdom is the New York hardcore institution’s tenth studio album, released through Nuclear Blast on July 24, 2026. The 14-track, 29-minute record is their first full-length in eight years, and it preserves the band’s core formula—hard-charging punk rhythms, thick metallic riffs, street-level toughness, and Freddy Cricien’s commanding bark—while bringing a more reflective edge to its lyrics. Rather than treating survival and loyalty as simple slogans, the album considers personal growth, family, endurance, power, and the effort to keep moving through a hostile world.
The opening “Tethered” sets the tone with fast, muscular momentum, followed by the groove-heavy “Flammable” and brief instrumental “Rebelude.” “Rebel Kids,” the lead single, is one of the record’s most anthemic songs, built around a large gang-vocal chorus and a metal-leaning guitar attack, while “Don’t MisStep,” “Clockwork,” “IWI,” and “Stab Wounds” supply its most punishing beatdowns. Elsewhere, “Sunrise,” “Life’s a Mural,” and “Family First” introduce more personal and hopeful notes without softening the band’s directness; closing track “Chase a Dream” ends on an unexpectedly uplifting note. Not Your Kingdom succeeds by sounding unmistakably like Madball—urgent, physical, and built for packed rooms—while showing that the band’s perspective has broadened with time.