Coil’s ‘Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)’ remastered for 30 October

Coil’s experimental 1987 album ‘Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)’ receives a comprehensive remaster arriving 30 October 2026 via Mute Records and Threshold House. The third installment in a trilogy following ‘Scatology’ and ‘Horse Rotorvator’, the album draws from rejected material and incorporates unconventional field recordings including Mexican brass bands and Thai boxing arena captures. The reissue marks the first in a planned series restoring early Coil works and features reconstructed artwork with archival photographs and notes from deceased founder John Balance. Upcoming releases include soundtracks for Derek Jarman’s ‘The Angelic Conversation’ and previously unreleased Clive Barker ‘Hellraiser’ compositions. The album showcases Coil’s characteristic blend of industrial experimentation, with accidental distortion preserved on ‘Metal in the Head’ as creative artifact.

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