MMXII is out today. If you’ve already got your copy, let us know what you think over on our Facebook and Twitter… but if you’ve not, order yours online now, and get your head stuck into it.

This record has had the most phenomenal response, with 9/10 reviews from Classic Rock and Rock Sound, 8.5/10 from Zillo and Obskure, and 4/5 reviews from The Times, Big Cheese, Mojo, Kerrang, Terrorizer, Rolling Stone and Artrocker. This already looks to meet the bar of classic Killing Joke records, so needless to say we’re excited about the release – but it’s you we want to hear from.

You can buy the album now from:

CD ALBUM PRE-ORDER | iTunes
CD ALBUM PRE-ORDER | Amazon
LP ALBUM PRE-ORDER | What Records
‘IN CYTHERA’ VINYL / CD | What Records

You can also listen to the album on Deezer HERE, watch a special interview with Jaz HERE, catch the new video for ‘In Cythera’ right HERE, and see all of the artwork that eventually led to the cover of MMXII over on our Facebook HERE.

We hope you enjoy this record, and we’ll see you on tour soon. Regards. Killing Joke.

Understand the great washes of sound – the death disco with huge slabs of guitar that soundtrack these dangerous times – in it’s fullest by ordering the record now from HERE. This is the classic KIlling Joke line-up, with a classic Killing Joke sound… needless to say, this is a classic Killing Joke album, already racking up support with a 9/10 review from Classic Rock, 4/5 from Mojo and a 4/5 from Artrocker.

We need your support on this album, so choose your weapon:

CD ALBUM PRE-ORDER | iTunes
CD ALBUM PRE-ORDER | Amazon
LP ALBUM PRE-ORDER | What Records
‘IN CYTHERA’ VINYL / CD | What Records

September 11th 2012 – Newcastle Metro Arena
September 12th 2012 – Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
September 14th 2012 – Manchester Arena
September 15th 2012 – Birmingham LG Arena
September 16th 2012 – London Wembley Arena

Click on the shows to get hold of tickets before they disappear into the hands of others in the ether.

Killing Joke. x

The new album, ‘MMXII’ is released on April 2nd 2012. You can PRE-ORDER THE RECORD HERE.

‘MMXII’ is an end-of-time album that somehow finds moments of optimism in the downward swirl of the planet. Finding hope in the apocalypse. This album just could be the Killing Joke masterpiece.

When the original line-up of Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Big Paul reconvened in 2008 after working together intermittently, that strange voodoo once again filled the room. Individually, they have a power, but together they have something sulphurous and strong that few bands can match. Killing Joke are not an average band with an average agenda; they lock the door and let the ritual commence, and ‘MMXII’ is the result.

GET THE RECORD…

You can now watch the brand new Killing Joke video for ‘In Cythera’, the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album ‘MMXII’, released on 2nd April 2012. The single will be available to purchase from the 19th of March as limited and numbered 12″ coloured vinyl / CD (featuring exclusive unreleased track ‘Penny Drops’) plus two track download.

April 2nd sees Killing Joke release our new album, ‘MMXII’, on Spinefarm Records / Universal. You can now pre-order the record from HERE or the digital version from HERE, and read a little more about the album via a conversation with Jaz HERE.

We’d also like to remind you of the track listing:

Killing Joke have always been an instrument designed to poke fun at authority, greed, and stupidity, not to strip people (of any creed or kind) of their dignity.

Without stooping to the level of ‘Some our best friends are gay’ etc, it really shouldn’t come as much surprise to anyone that scrapes below the surface, that this band was born out of countercultural movements (good and bad) and from the kind of clubs where ANY degree of misguided prejudice would have been swiftly dealt with.

The quote that people are getting in a twist about (which will be given no dignity here) was printed uncredited in Zig Zag magazine 27 years ago and even at the time the band denied saying it, following their horror at their recent visit to the death camps that year.

The only group of people that were singled out by the band were the hypocrites of organised religion, made the target of satire on the cover of the singles album ‘Laugh I Nearly Bought One’ which features on the front Catholic dignitaries being Nazi Saluted. This was a comment,again, of the hypocrisy of organised religion.

In summary … if anyone out there thinks that we as a band are homophobic, racist, facist or anything of the sort and feel this is a positive ,the message is ,stay away from us.

Is that clear now?

Killing Joke

2012 is the perfect year for us to be releasing an album that is as dense and as dark as the surrounding swirls of madness in the world. At a time when the news is fast-forward and the planet seems to be descending into madness, who better than Killing Joke to reflect this?

The album’s key is the end of times, an age of flux, a shift in consciousness…

“I can’t see the point contemplating extreme life extinction – it’s good for nothing. It’s nihilism in the absolute even considering it.” – Jaz Coleman

This kind of thinking sets the tone for this powerful record, with 2012 and the state of flux the key issue…

“It’s in many different calendars – the great unveiling, the sky and the earth coming together. It’s a significant date. In the autumn, there is a major planetary alignment, and on that day I’m doing this rock festival, ‘A Party At The End of The Earth’, which is going to be in New Zealand. Everything is speeding up. It’s not just our minds shrinking. We are heading towards the Eschaton and no-one really knows what’s going to happen.”

The album reflects this dark vision, but Jaz Coleman sees the great change in a more positive light – the dawning of the Age Of Aquarius…

“All the remote viewers I know, myself included, cannot penetrate beyond. This year is about getting our collective dreams in order, restoring the biosphere, the idea of well-being as opposed to economic growth, the idea of partnership and co-creation with fellow human beings, moving away from national boundaries and more towards what Schiller and Beethoven were saying in some of their work.”

The album’s themes are political, anti-capitalist and forward-looking…

“If we can concentrate on what it can be, the dream of clean streams, of re-forestation, of permaculture, of disengaging all the banks – identifying all the majority shareholders of the top 100 corporations and dismantling them. If we start dreaming of a fairer system and defining what an elite should be – an intellectual powerhouse and not international bankers.”

Jaz laughs that wild laugh and stares.

“This is what I’m touching on with the songs; ‘Fema Camp’ is about the concentration camps they have been building in America; ‘Corporate Elect’ needs no explanation; ‘Rapture’ is the way I perceive a Killing Joke concert – it’s a spiritual experience for myself to get into that state of grace… music is the theme of mantra. I’m not into organised religion at all, but I’ve always liked what Fela Kuti did in Nigeria, playing music like it was a temple. Maybe we will evolve into a time where we will be performing for ritualistic and spiritual reasons alone and not for monetary reasons?”

“There’s a song called ‘On All Hallows Eve’, which is about my belief in ancestor worship, backed up by quantum theories that there is no death. You only ever remember the time-line that you are alive in – you can’t remember being dead because you never were. ‘Colony Collapse’ is about what’s happening, what’s going on out there. ‘Poleshift’ is the first track on the album and about the potential polar shift of the earth’s magnetic field, its erratic behaviour, and also the polar shift that will be needed.”

The 11 album tracks are an avalanche of sound that is empowering whilst jolting you awake. They are as fascinating as chatting with Coleman, as he talks of future humans living forever but with no emotions, and of the Age Of Aquarius and the cycles of time, the shift in the earth’s electro-magnetic field, the end of extreme capitalism, the Arab Spring and how his trips to Cairo to record music have added to his belief that when Cairo falls everywhere else follows…

’2012′ is possibly Killing Joke’s best album ever, and fittingly Mike Coles, long-time Killing Joke collaborator and artistic genius, has completed the artwork.

To celebrate the album’s release, Killing Joke will be streaming the track ‘Rapture’ as a taster on YouTube
‘2012’ is a dense and multi-layered work. Killing Joke have never sounded so intense. The songs are great washes of sound – a death disco with huge slabs of guitar that soundtracks these dangerous times.

‘2012’ is an end-of-time album that somehow finds moments of optimism in the downward swirl of the planet.
Finding hope in the apocalypse, this album just could be their masterpiece.

‘2012’ formats & track-listing
CD/Digital Album
1.Pole Shift
2.Fema Camp
3.Rapture
4.Colony Collapse
5.Corporate Elect
6.In Cythera
7.Primobile
8.Glitch
9.Trance
10. On All Hallow’s Eve

Double Coloured Gatefold Vinyl
SIDE A:
1.Pole Shift
2.Fema Camp
SIDE B:
1.Rapture
2.Colony Collapse
3.Corporate Elect
SIDE C:
1.In Cythera
2.Primobile
3.Glitch
SIDE D:
1.Trance
2.On All Hallow’s Eve

Itunes Album
Itunes exclusive track
11. New Uprising

When their original line-up of Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Big Paul reconvened in 2008 after working together intermittently, that strange voodoo once again filled the room. Individually, they have a power, but together they have something sulphurous and strong that few bands can match. Killing Joke are not an average band with an average agenda; they lock the door and let the ritual commence, and ’2012′ is the result.

We will be releasing our new album in April 2012 which will be preceded by a UK tour (see below) and followed by a European tour. On the Eve of the UK dates an EP will suddenly appear on both Ltd Vinyl and Download which will contain a variety of Brand new tracks and ‘Mixes’.

We are delighted to announce that after a short absence Mike Coles will be back in the visuals chair and that the original line up remains intact. The album will come out (as did the last) on Spinefarm/Universal records and is 100% finished and mastered, last minute arguments on track listing aside.

We genuinely believe this is our masterpiece and hope you will too. A few track names to whet your appetite;

‘Pole Shift’
‘Fema Camp’
‘In Cythera’
‘Glitch’
‘Colony Collapse’

In the meantime there is still time to Pledge on the KJ Royal Festival Hall Live album via HERE, which has already been sent out for digital download to people whom have pledged. Both Jaz and Youth will be coming at you with new projects through this channel soon.

So, a reminder of those shows…

2012-03-04 Lemon Grove Exeter
2012-03-05 Academy Bristol
2012-03-06 Waterfront Norwich
2012-03-08 Roundhouse London
2012-03-09 Corporation Sheffield
2012-03-10 Academy 2 Manchester
2012-03-12 ABC Glasgow
2012-03-13 Academy Newcastle
2012-03-14 Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton
2012-03-16 Pyramids Portsmouth
2012-03-17 Academy Oxford

Tikets for the above shows available HERE, or head to the GIG SECTION of the website for direct ticket links for individual shows, including our European Tour…

2012-04-11 MELKWEGA MSTERDAM (HOLLAND)
2012-04-12 ROADBURN FESTIVAL TILBERG (HOLLAND)
2012-04-13 LA CIGALE PARIS (FRANCE)
2012-04-14 LA LAITERIE STRASBOURG (FRANCE)
2012-04-16 BIKINI TOULOUSE (FRANCE)
2012-04-19 TRANSBORDEUR LYON (FRANCE)
2012-04-20 LIVE CLUBMILAN/TREZZO (ITALY)
2012-04-22 ORION ROME (ITALY)
2012-04-24 ABART ZURICH (SWITZERLAND)
2012-04-25 SZENE WIEN VIENNA (AUSTRIA
2012-04-27 BACKSTAGE MUNICH (GERMANY)
2012-04-29 FABRIK HAMBURG (GERMANY)
2012-05-01 BATSCHKAPP FRANKFURT (GERMANY)
2012-05-02 POSTBAHNOF BERLIN (GERMANY)
2012-05-03 VOORUIT GENT (BELGIUM)
2012-05-04 CIRCUS HELSINKI (FINLAND)
2012-05-05 Aysmetry Festival POLAND

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