Legendary New York-based independent rock label Equal Vision Records and Louisville, KY hardcore punk icons Coliseum are excited to announce the Thursday, November 21 release of Coliseum (20th Anniversary Edition), a fully remixed and remastered offering of the band’s celebrated self-titled debut album (pre-save/pre-add HERE). Originally released on Level-Plane Records in June 2004, Coliseum was well-received and holds a special place in the band’s history (and heart). Unfortunately, the drums ended up buried in the original mix and the album didn’t quite portray an accurate representation of the band at that time. Now, 20 years after its original release, frontman Ryan Patterson remixed the album in the hope of shining a light on the entire band, particularly its original drummer, Patterson’s cousin Matt Jaha, who passed away in April 2020.
Recorded live on ½” 8-track in a rough-and-tumble, DIY-style by Sebadoh’s Jason Loewenstein in two sessions with very minimal overdubs and little consideration for nuanced recording, the band set up in the garage of a large house in downtown Louisville, KY where Patterson and his friends lived and their bands practiced. “We wanted a raw and immediate hardcore punk record, and that’s what we got,” Patterson recalls. “The drums were recorded with only four microphones, the amps were isolated in the upstairs bedrooms, the vocals were recorded in a bathroom.”
Patterson continues, “Now that Coliseum is back in action after a nearly nine-year hiatus, it’s even more poignant and important to give this special album a new 20th anniversary remix, remaster and reissue.” Stream “Children of Our Own Creation” from Coliseum (20th Anniversary Edition) on YouTube HERE.
One of the quintessential underground bands of the early millennium, Coliseum was founded in 2003 by singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Ryan Patterson. After releasing their debut album in 2004, Coliseum blazed an unrelenting trail of scorched earth across the globe, playing just shy of 1000 shows and releasing five full-length albums. Coliseum went on indefinite hiatus in late 2015 not long after releasing their fifth album, Anxiety’s Kiss.
In the years since the hiatus, the three members of Coliseum focused on their separate current bands. Patterson went on to form post-punk group Fotocrime, Kayhan Vaziri continued with grind metal act Yautja, and Carter Wilson fronts slowcore band Null. The trio remained close friends and their desire to make music together again led to secretly working on a new album. While Coliseum’s later albums were post-punk and noise rock-influenced post-hardcore, the new batch of songs Patterson began writing were raw hardcore punk that harkened back to Coliseum’s early D-beat days but with even faster tempos and more raging riffs.
The band’s latest under its C.L.S.M. moniker, Infinity Shit, was never intended to be a Coliseum album because it didn't feel like the next stylistic step after Anxiety's Kiss, but it was the three of its members and undeniably part of the same DNA. Mysterious and a bit confusing, C.L.S.M. succeeds in reflecting the new project’s intent: just as the music is faster and leaner, so is the name. 10 songs of blistering hardcore with unhinged vocals that deal with the chaotic insanity of everyday life in a world overrun with greed, self-infatuation, instant gratification, and ever-deepening class divisions, Infinity Shit is the perfect punk record for this moment and a hammer that shatters the facade of our daily reality. Stream the album on all digital platforms HERE.
Coliseum will be making the following appearances in the UK and Europe in November and December. Dates below.
NOVEMBER
28 — Ghent, BE — Asgaard
29 — Vienna, AT — Arena
30 — Prague, CZ — Punctum
DECEMBER
01 — Oslo, NO — Goldie
02 — Stockholm, SE — Hus 7
03 — London, UK — New Cross Inn
Coliseum (20th Anniversary Edition) track listing:
Detached (Remixed & Remastered)
Children of Our Own Creation (Remixed & Remastered)
Hostage of Privilege (Remixed & Remastered)
Burn out Bright (Remixed & Remastered)
F.F.P. (Remixed & Remastered)
In Time (remixed & remastered)
This Mind Locked Inside This Body (Remixed & Remastered)
Mire (Remixed & Remastered)
Claim Control (Remixed & Remastered)
Give Up and Drive (Remixed & Remastered)
Pretty Situation (Remixed & Remastered)
The Simple Answer Is... (Remixed & Remastered)
Recorded live on ½” 8-track in a rough-and-tumble, DIY-style by Sebadoh’s Jason Loewenstein in two sessions with very minimal overdubs and little consideration for nuanced recording, the band set up in the garage of a large house in downtown Louisville, KY where Patterson and his friends lived and their bands practiced. “We wanted a raw and immediate hardcore punk record, and that’s what we got,” Patterson recalls. “The drums were recorded with only four microphones, the amps were isolated in the upstairs bedrooms, the vocals were recorded in a bathroom.”
Patterson continues, “Now that Coliseum is back in action after a nearly nine-year hiatus, it’s even more poignant and important to give this special album a new 20th anniversary remix, remaster and reissue.” Stream “Children of Our Own Creation” from Coliseum (20th Anniversary Edition) on YouTube HERE.
One of the quintessential underground bands of the early millennium, Coliseum was founded in 2003 by singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Ryan Patterson. After releasing their debut album in 2004, Coliseum blazed an unrelenting trail of scorched earth across the globe, playing just shy of 1000 shows and releasing five full-length albums. Coliseum went on indefinite hiatus in late 2015 not long after releasing their fifth album, Anxiety’s Kiss.
In the years since the hiatus, the three members of Coliseum focused on their separate current bands. Patterson went on to form post-punk group Fotocrime, Kayhan Vaziri continued with grind metal act Yautja, and Carter Wilson fronts slowcore band Null. The trio remained close friends and their desire to make music together again led to secretly working on a new album. While Coliseum’s later albums were post-punk and noise rock-influenced post-hardcore, the new batch of songs Patterson began writing were raw hardcore punk that harkened back to Coliseum’s early D-beat days but with even faster tempos and more raging riffs.
The band’s latest under its C.L.S.M. moniker, Infinity Shit, was never intended to be a Coliseum album because it didn't feel like the next stylistic step after Anxiety's Kiss, but it was the three of its members and undeniably part of the same DNA. Mysterious and a bit confusing, C.L.S.M. succeeds in reflecting the new project’s intent: just as the music is faster and leaner, so is the name. 10 songs of blistering hardcore with unhinged vocals that deal with the chaotic insanity of everyday life in a world overrun with greed, self-infatuation, instant gratification, and ever-deepening class divisions, Infinity Shit is the perfect punk record for this moment and a hammer that shatters the facade of our daily reality. Stream the album on all digital platforms HERE.
Coliseum will be making the following appearances in the UK and Europe in November and December. Dates below.
NOVEMBER
28 — Ghent, BE — Asgaard
29 — Vienna, AT — Arena
30 — Prague, CZ — Punctum
DECEMBER
01 — Oslo, NO — Goldie
02 — Stockholm, SE — Hus 7
03 — London, UK — New Cross Inn
Coliseum (20th Anniversary Edition) track listing:
Detached (Remixed & Remastered)
Children of Our Own Creation (Remixed & Remastered)
Hostage of Privilege (Remixed & Remastered)
Burn out Bright (Remixed & Remastered)
F.F.P. (Remixed & Remastered)
In Time (remixed & remastered)
This Mind Locked Inside This Body (Remixed & Remastered)
Mire (Remixed & Remastered)
Claim Control (Remixed & Remastered)
Give Up and Drive (Remixed & Remastered)
Pretty Situation (Remixed & Remastered)
The Simple Answer Is... (Remixed & Remastered)