• Pre-Order : Rocky & The Sweden "TOTAL HARD CORE (Reissue)" LP

Relapse Records 
  

Pre-Order by 15th Jan 2026 
ETA : End of Jan 2026

Pressed on Banana Kursh Color Vinyl.

ROCKY & THE SWEDEN present the official reissue of their first full-length album TOTAL HARD CORE. Now remastered with new bonus tracks, this is the first official reissue in over 20 years!

Back in 1998, during the band’s formative years, the legendary masterpiece, "Total Hard Core," which opens with "SMOKING SLUGGER," one of the most famous songs in Japanese hardcore, was born in 1998, the dawn of the band. A considerable number of copies were apparently circulated upon its initial release, and in 2005, an analog version was reissued by Partners In Crime overseas. Now, after more than 20 years since then, the album is finally being reissued.