Halloween is Rob Zombie season in just about the most literal way possible; the man literally directed two Halloween movies. So it’s the perfect time for Zombie to drop a new single and announce a new album. (The only musician with a better claim on the holiday is probably Halloween creator John Carpenter, who also just dropped a new single and announced a new album.) Today, Zombie has let it be known that he’ll release the new LP The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy early next year, and he’s also let us hear our first taste of it. Zombie recorded the album with producer ZEUSS, the Hatebreed collaborator who also produced his last album, 2016’s The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser.

Zombie’s new single has the delightful title “The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition),” and it’s a big, chunky piece of industrialized thunder. The riffs are huge. The DJ-scratch solo and funk-guitar interlude, while unexpected, don’t seem out of place. Zombie has always had a way with soaring, ridiculous hooks, and he’s still got that working for him.

The video for “The Triumph Of King Freak” has the familiar look of past Rob Zombie and White Zombie videos, and it features Zombie leading a band of ghouls and monster clowns. It’s also got footage of Zombie performing for vast, festival-sized crowds — a different kind of scary sight in a time like this. Below, check out the “Triumph Of King Freak” video and the tracklist for The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Expanding The Head Of Zed”
02 “The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)”
03 “The Ballad Of Sleazy Rider”
04 “Hovering Over The Dull Earth”
05 “Shadow Of The Cemetery Man”
06 “A Brief Static Hum And Then The Radio Blared”
07 “18th Century Cannibals, Excitable Morlocks And A One-Way Ticket On The Ghost Train”
08 “The Eternal Struggles Of The Howling Man”
09 “The Much Talked Of Metamorphosis”
10 “The Satanic Rites Of Blacula”
11 “Shower Of Stones”
12 “Shake Your Ass – Smoke Your Grass”
13 “Boom-Boom-Boom”
14 “What You Gonna Do With That Gun Mama”
15 “Get Loose”
16 “The Serenity Of Witches”
17 “Crow Killer Blues”

The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy is out 3/12 on Nuclear Blast. Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches and pre-order the album here.