Gold-selling Canadian metal trailblazers Kittie have released Oracle XXV, a two track release via Sumerian Records marking 25 years of their landmark second album Oracle.
It features newly re-recorded versions of ‘Mouthful Of Poison XXV’, which comes with a brand new video, and ‘What I Always Wanted XXV’.
Released in 2001, Oracle followed the gold-certified success of debut Spit, which had launched four teenage girls from London, Ontario onto the international metal stage. Where Spit made its name with raw nu metal aggression, Oracle went much further into extreme territory. It was darker and heavier, built on crushing down-tuned riffs, death metal influences and Morgan Lander’s increasingly ferocious vocals.
“Revisiting and celebrating the 25th anniversary of our second album, with Oracle XXV, has been an absolute dream come true,” say the band. “Featuring a couple of our favourite re-recorded tracks, this offering brings the spirit of the original together with a fresh new energy.”
It follows last year’s Spit XXV, which reunited the band with original producer Garth Richardson. It also rounds off a huge year for Kittie, who marked their 30th anniversary with the Legacy Of Fire Tour: 30 Years Of Kittie, their first full North American headline run in more than a decade. That came after their return with 2024’s Fire, which was nominated for a JUNO and reached No. 13 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart.
Kittie are Morgan Lander (vocals, guitar), Mercedes Lander (drums), Tara McLeod (guitar) and Ivy Vujic Jenkins (bass).
