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Goldstar (album)

Goldstar is the sixth studio album by American avant-garde metal band Imperial Triumphant. It was released on March 21, 2025 through Century Media Records.

Background

In 2024, Imperial Triumphant released the album's first two singles, "Eye of Mars" on September 19 and "Hotel Sphinx" on November 13. The release of "Hotel Sphinx" coincided with the announcement of their sixth album, Goldstar, which would be released in March 2025. On January 16, 2025, the band released the third single "Lexington Delirium", featuring Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, along with revealing more details about Goldstar. "Pleasuredome" featuring Dave Lombardo and Meshuggah's Tomas Haake was released on February 12, 2025.

Goldstar was recorded at Colin Marston's Menegroth Studios in New York City for five days, the last album to do so before the studio's closure.

Touring

Imperial Triumphant began touring in 2025 to support the album starting with the Decibel Magazine Tour, which took place in March and April. In April 2025, they announced the dates for European part of the Goldstar World Tour.

Reception

Goldstar received positive critical reviews upon release, and was listed on several year end lists. Metal Injection ranked it as the 6th best album of 2025, and Decibel and Metal Hammer both ranked it as the 13th best album of the year. Loudwire included the album in their list of the best rock and metal albums of 2025.

Track listing

Personnel

Imperial Triumphant
  • Zachary Ezrin – vocals, guitars, orchestration
  • Kenny Grohowski – drums
  • Steve Blanco – bass, keyboards, piano, vocals
Additional personnel
Production
  • Zbigniew Bielak – cover art
  • Colin Marston – production, recording, mixing
  • Arthur Rizk – mastering

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