US doom metal legends, Trouble, are seeing in the 40th anniversary of their 1984 debut album, Psalm 9, with a deluxe reissue. The album is available to pre-order now from Hammerheart Records (shipping in late October), as a special edition picture LP. Keep reading below for details.


Pre-order the Psalm 9 40th Anniversary re-issue here: https://troublemetal.lnk.to/psalm9

Trouble’s early work and, in particular, Psalm 9 represent everything that doom metal should be (but so often is not). Think about it, here is a band who are really rather diverse, with regard to tempo, arrangements and mood, and are not afraid to break the mould of what is typically expected of a doom band. For 1984 this is an incredibly contemporary record; it’s doom to the bone, but also thrashy and featuring some, for the time, modern heavy metal touches. At its heart there’s nothing regressive or throw-backy about this record. Honestly, it makes one laugh when stuff like this is called ‘traditional doom metal’; what is traditional about it? Bands like Trouble and Candlemass weren’t operating in an established tradition, they were forging their own sound. Trouble’s Psalm 9 40th anniversary deluxe Picture-LP is available now for pre-order. Trouble’s classic debut album from 1984 with faithfully restored audio by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio represents everything that doom metal should be.