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New album, Not Your Kingdom, by New York Hardcore band MADBALL out July 24, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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New York City’s Madball continues to let you know that they’re still here, still sincere and  still doing it better than everyone else. Not by simply saying so - any band can brag on  themselves - but by year after year producing crucial recorded output in-line with the  temperature of the times and consistently presenting devastating live performances  dripping with ferocity and most importantly, integrity and passion. Ain’t nothing changed. 

MB doesn’t concern itself with online debates regarding the old school days versus the  present, because the group proudly maintains a substantial chunk of both. The essence of  hardcore is in its DNA; quite literally in the blood of its front man Freddy Cricien, in large  part due to his familial relationship with Agnostic Front icon, Roger Miret. “Bridging the old  to the new is something I think we’ve always done whether consciously or subconsciously,”  Freddy explains. “This new album, Not Your Kingdom achieves that, but maybe on a more  personal level than ever before. We’ve sort of reinvented ourselves without losing a bit of  what we are.” 

Freddy and co. represent the heart and soul of the hardcore movement. That’s a fact. And  that personification shines brilliantly on their newest long player. The collection bears each of the musical ingredients which have made Madball what it has been for the better part of  an unfathomable 38 years as a band: volume, energy, groove, power and crunch, but with  some tasteful and well-placed twists and turns. Lyrically, Cricien remains as disillusioned  by our society and ways of doing things as he ever was. The singer clarifies, “There are definitely some nostalgic tales, survival tales on Not Your Kingdom. The things we’ve lived  through that built us up and gave us our grit will always be important. But a lot of the lyrics  represent my perspective on the state of the world and how people react to it.” 

Rebel kids don’t follow trends, 
Not when I was coming up. 
We questioned everything, 
Seems that’s coming to an end. 
- Rebel Kids 

Not Your Kingdom was produced in the not so hotbed of hardcore, Nashville, Tennessee by  Andrew Baylis along with the band. Freddy offers up, “We worked with all Nashville cats,  and they killed it for us. Really delivered on the sound and the tones we wanted. I’m extremely proud of what we’ve done.” 

While some members have come and gone over time, it’s important to note that “the new  guys,” guitarist Mike Gurnari and drummer Mike Justian, have been members of Madball for  longer than most musicians last in their respective bands; 7 years and 15 years respectively. “Paul Delaney (Kill Your Idols, Black Anvil…) played bass for us, and he will be  the ‘official guy’ moving forward. He’s long been in the Madball rotation, so the transition  feels organic. He’s family at this point,” says Freddy. 
Cricien adds, “The writing process went really smoothly. No egos - we just had a collective  desire to put something amazing together and the songs just came out. No overthinking,  nothing contrived, just Madball on a new level. It’s still crazy to me that this is album  number 10 for Madball.” 
In summing up where he’s coming from, and really always has, Freddy breaks it down: “The  lyric ‘Not Your Kingdom’ appears on the song ‘What Say You.’ The complete lyric is ‘You Hold  the Keys but it’s Not Your Kingdom.’” Simply, we don’t run this extremely dysfunctional world we live in. Even the politicians and their ‘gangs’ everyone fights over, they don’t run it  either. There’s a group of extremely wealthy and powerful folks who pull the strings.”

He continues, “I don’t subscribe to the ‘normality’ others do and tend to live on the fringes with  a lot of things. It’s a very punk/hardcore way of being which I never let go of. I don’t agree  with a lot of what’s happening politically, socially, economically… So, I live my life as I see  fit and as self-sufficiently as possible. I take care of my family as best I can and have a job  which allows me to speak my piece. I’m not going to succumb to anything or anyone that  goes against my own moral compass.”

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Official music video for "Doc Marten Stomp" from the MADBALL album,  HARDCORE LIVES, released on June 27th (EU) and June 30th, 2014 (UK) via Nuclear Blast Records. 

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Teaser for "Doc Marten Stomp" from the MADBALL album,  HARDCORE LIVES, released on June 27th (EU) and June 30th, 2014 (UK) via Nuclear Blast Records. 

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Official music video for "Born Strong" from the MADBALL album, HARDCORE LIVES, released on June 27th (EU) and June 30th, 2014 (UK) via Nuclear Blast Records. 

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