Cold Steel - Discipline & Punish (Preorder 07/11/25)

Cold Steel - Discipline & Punish (Preorder 07/11/25)

Label: Spinefarm - SPINE800870P - 5401148008708 
Format: LP, Album, Black Ice
Country: UK
Released: 7th Nov 2025
Genre: Metal
Style: Metal

Description
In spite of all the sun, Tampa thrives as ground zero for extreme music in Florida. The
city has gestated the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Death, Morbid Angel, Obituary,
Deicide, and countless others and now Cold Steel. The six-piece—Jose Menendez
(vocals), Rafael “Rafi” Carbonell (guitar), Shawn Wallen (guitar), JanPierre “JP”
Mojica (bass), Rafael Calderon (guitar), and Brandon Thrift (drums)—engage in a full-
on sensory assault fueled by breakneck riffs, pit-splitting breakdowns, brain-busting
drums, and uncompromisingly crushing hooks.
Cold Steel made their mark with The Will of Spiritual Cleansing EP (2021) and
Deeper Into Greater Pain (2023) collectively racking up over 500k Spotify streams
and counting. By their fourth show, Cold Steel earned a slot as the direct support for
Trivium after receiving the most votes in a local poll. They’ve shared the stage with
everyone from Chicago power violence titans Weekend Nachos to Death metal
legends Obituary.
The album was recorded with producer Arthur Rizk [Blood Incantation, Cold world,
Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ghostmane]. They nodded to inspirations like
Metallica, System of a down, Machine Head, and Slipknot, shoring up their signature
sound. Trivium’s own Matt Heafy was also a part of helping the band contributing to
pre-production and arrangements whilst advising the band.
Their vision crystallizes on the incendiary and infectious single “Blacksmith of
Damnation.” Serrated guitar scrapes across a pummeling rhythm anchored by airtight
drums and a 2x4-thick bassline. Jose’s screams resound in a trance like chant, “A
force to end creation, the Blacksmith of Damnation.” A subtle bridge only spirals out
into one
last cathartic blast of unfiltered sonic brutality punctuated by the ominous crack of an
anvil.

Tracklist

1. No Escape
2. Protocol
3. Front To Enemy
4. Blacksmith of
Damnation
5. Killing Season
6. Vantage Point
7. Return to Agony
8. Fever Dreaming
9. Smoking Mirrors
10. The Coldest Death