THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Kittie are re-recording their sophomore album, with 'Oracle XXV' landing Friday, November 13, 2026, almost 25 years to the day after the original hit shelves on November 12, 2001 *. The first taste, a 'Mouthful Of Poison XXV' video preview, is locked behind a text-in keyword rather than a normal premiere *. This follows 'Spit XXV' in 2025, so the band is clearly working through the catalog in order *.
THE DETAILS
- 'Oracle XXV' arrives Friday, November 13, 2026, featuring re-recorded versions of the 2001 album *, ‡
- The original came out through Artemis Records and debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200 with 33,000 copies sold in week one *
- It was tracked July to August 2001 at EMAC Recording Studios with producer Garth Richardson *
- Kittie cut it as a three-piece after Fallon Bowman left, with Jeff Phillips brought in as touring guitarist *
- It remains the only Kittie record with bassist Talena Atfield, who exited four months after release *
- The band just wrapped the 16-date 'Legacy Of Fire Tour: 30 Years Of Kittie', with Rachel Gonzales of Neon Knights covering bass for Ivy Jenkins *
SUPPORT
Kingdom Of Giants and Gore backed Kittie on the Legacy Of Fire run *.
WHY IT MATTERS
ANNIVERSARY: 'Oracle' was made by a band mid-collapse, two members down and barely holding together, and it still cracked the Billboard 200 *. Re-recordings usually smell like a rights grab, but Kittie are doing these in chronological order on the exact anniversary weeks, which is a weirdly disciplined way to handle it.