⚙️ Carpenter Brut has officially announced his new album Leather Temple, arriving February 27th via No Quarter PROD / Virgin Records. The record closes the door on the ambitious Leather trilogy and pushes its cinematic narrative into a fully realized dystopian future.

🧥 The Final Chapter of the Leather Saga
Leather Temple stands as the third and concluding entry following 2018’s Leather Teeth—a glam-soaked, retro-charged debut—and 2022’s Leather Terror, a darker slasher-horror descent centered on serial-killer anti-hero Brett Halford. As with its predecessors, the new album functions as both a musical release and a narrative soundtrack, unfolding like a brutal, neon-lit film.

🌆 2077: A World in Ruins
The story leaps forward to the year 2077. Decades after a nuclear catastrophe, civilization exists under the rule of a transhuman elite known as the Overlords, who reside in glowing megacities while the rest of humanity struggles among the wreckage. At the center of this fractured world is Midwichpolis, a capital ruled by the iron-fisted tyrant Iron Tusk—addicted to a synthetic drug called Pink Base and obsessed with eternal life.

🏁 Speed or Perish
To maintain control, Iron Tusk broadcasts Speed or Perish, a weekly death race promising freedom to its contestants—an escape no one has ever achieved. Far from the capital, in the Midwichslums, a rebel collective known as the Horde fights back. Led by Lita Connor, the group uncovers a forgotten cold room buried in the ruins. Inside lies Bret Halford—Leather Teeth himself—frozen in time.

🦾 Reforged for Rebellion
Upgraded with advanced technology and reborn as a half-man, half-machine weapon, Bret becomes the unlikely spearhead of a resistance determined to dismantle the regime. This violent, hyper-stylized world forms the backbone of Leather Temple, brought to life visually through the title track’s official video.

🎥 Sound, Speed, and Saturation
Musically, Leather Temple leans harder into urgency and impact. The album is more cinematic and orchestral, yet sharper and more direct—channeling a saturated ’90s electro atmosphere that’s dark, aggressive, and unrelenting. Tracks hit like scenes: short, explosive, and relentless. There’s no exposition—only motion. Neon flickers, engines roar, and tension never lets up.

🔥 Leather Temple – Track Listing

🎸 A Decade-Defining Force
Since 2012, Carpenter Brut has fused electronic music, metal, and 1980s pop-culture obsession into a singular aesthetic that’s as brutal as it is cinematic. Drawing inspiration from filmmakers like John Carpenter and Dario Argento alongside the sonic aggression of Slayer and Justice, his universe sits at the crossroads of retro thrillers, glam metal, and futuristic dystopia.

🎤 Live Assault Incoming
The audiovisual spectacle continues on stage, with Carpenter Brut announcing shows across Europe and the United States in March 2026. This includes a special standalone UK headline performance at Shepherds Bush Empire on March 22nd.

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