{"id":45194,"date":"2026-05-08T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45194"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:17:04","slug":"lords-of-acid-are-back-with-karaoke-superstar-their-first-new-music-in-8-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45194","title":{"rendered":"Lords of Acid are back with \u2018Karaoke Superstar\u2019 \u2014 Their first new music in 8 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lords of Acid are back \u2014 and they&#8217;ve brought Princess Superstar with them. The Belgian industrial dance legends have just dropped <em>Karaoke Superstar<\/em>, their first new music in eight years, and it lands exactly as chaotically and provocatively as you&#8217;d hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out now via <strong>Metropolis Records<\/strong>, <em>Karaoke Superstar<\/em> is a hyper-sexual, neon-drenched industrial-metal-acid-dance collision that draws inspiration from Japanese game show absurdity, underground fetish culture and the gleeful mockery of pop stardom. Aggressive EBM-style sequencing meets playful call-and-response hooks, dark club energy crashes into ironic theatrical excess, and European industrial roots tangle wildly with Japanese pop references and metal drums and guitars. In other words: very much a Lords of Acid record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US vocalist and DJ <strong>Princess Superstar<\/strong> guests on the track, lending her own brand of sharp wit and star power to what is, frankly, an anthemic dancefloor weapon dressed up in a feather boa and a spiked collar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B82aEiT3R-M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Karaoke Superstar<\/em> is the first in a series of singles building toward the group&#8217;s long-awaited <strong>seventh studio album<\/strong>, due in late 2026. More notable guest appearances are on the way, though the backbone of the record features the powerhouse vocals of newly crowned Acid Queen <strong>Carla Harvey<\/strong> \u2014 formerly of metal band Butcher Babies \u2014 who joined Lords of Acid in early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0426.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0426-1024x381.png?resize=1024%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0426.png?resize=1024%2C381&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0426.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0426.png?resize=768%2C285&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0426.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The group will also be hitting the road across the US this spring 2026. <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Check here for dates and tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Lords of Acid<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in Antwerp, Belgium in 1988, Lords of Acid are one of the most influential acts to emerge from the hard-edged electronic dance music scene of that era. Blending techno, acid house and industrial music with provocative lyrics rooted in themes of sexuality, drug use and hedonism, they debuted with New Beat classic <em>I Sit On Acid<\/em> before their 1991 debut album <em>Lust<\/em> set the template for a career that would see them become a fixture on both the Billboard dance and alternative charts. Decades on, they remain one of the genre&#8217;s most recognisable and enduring names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Lords of Acid:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dmanalytics2.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flordsofacid&amp;i=4&amp;d=8JIkZukyS4mqHrh1TpF52Q&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=Y_v3rU2BRJyluTuOTielEg&amp;s=sahfMVRcJE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dmanalytics2.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Flordsofacid&amp;i=5&amp;d=8JIkZukyS4mqHrh1TpF52Q&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=Y_v3rU2BRJyluTuOTielEg&amp;s=VBxXIHJfyfM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dmanalytics2.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lordsofacidofficial.com&amp;i=7&amp;d=8JIkZukyS4mqHrh1TpF52Q&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=Y_v3rU2BRJyluTuOTielEg&amp;s=h1eSYAhH0RM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Official Store<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lords of Acid are back \u2014 and they&#8217;ve brought Princess Superstar with them. The Belgian industrial dance legends have just dropped Karaoke Superstar, their first <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45194\" title=\"Lords of Acid are back with \u2018Karaoke Superstar\u2019 \u2014 Their first new music in 8 years\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[13796,12462,424,6088,11597,12117,13795],"class_list":["post-45194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-carla-harvey","tag-ebm","tag-electronic","tag-industrial","tag-lords-of-acid","tag-metropolis-records","tag-princess-superstar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0427.jpeg?fit=1199%2C674&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bKW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35092,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35092","url_meta":{"origin":45194,"position":0},"title":"Datarock share industrial-dance single \u2018Digital Life\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Datarock\u00a0have returned with a new semi-industrial electronic single Digital Life out now via YAP Records. 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