TRAPPIST – bring EP and split material together on Gutter Monks – Imperial Edition

TRAPPIST’s new ten-song EP anchors Gutter Monks – Imperial Edition, a 25-track collection scheduled for December 4, 2026, through Tankcrimes. The CD and digital edition combines Gutter Monks with the band’s sides of splits with Hetze and Connoisseur, its Decibel Magazine flexi and an unreleased bonus track.

The Southern California powerviolence/hardcore punk trio began developing the EP in 2022. The announcement frames the intervening four years through the band’s brewing and monastic imagery, describing the songs as left to ferment before Tankcrimes CEO Scotty Heath “finally tapped the keg” in 2026. Its description of the material spans hardcore and metal, calling it “Aggressive yet intricate, savage yet surprisingly nuanced.”

The standalone Gutter Monks EP is forthcoming on 7-inch, with preorders available. Its ten tracks come housed in a Crass-style, 12-panel poster foldout sleeve. Swamp Green vinyl is limited to 300 copies, while Crystal Clear is limited to 500. CD preorders and digital orders for the Imperial Edition are also supplied in the announcement.

TRAPPIST’s lineup consists of Brother Dodge on bass and vocals, Brother Vera on guitars and vocals, and Brother Harkins on drums and vocals. The announcement extends the brewing theme into their credits, listing zymurgy for Dodge, endosperm for Vera and terpenoids for Harkins. The supplied band photograph is credited to Brian Diaz.

The first ten tracks comprise the new EP; the complete CD and digital sequence follows.

1. Let’s Firkin Go
2. Grain Damaged
3. Straight Edge Till Payday
4. Con Cerveza, No Hay Tristeza
5. Stange Things
6. Beer Minus Fun Equals NA
7. My First Beer
8. In Cervisa Veritas
9. Waiting In Line: Sixth Stanza
10. Last Call
11. Cross Faded
12. Crush Pils, Destroy!
13. The One Thing That Still Holds Brew
14. Dude, Put Your Fucking Arm Down (Dude)
15. Number Of The Yeast
16. One Strain Away
17. Waiting In Line – Fourth Stanza
18. I Don’t Need Sobriety
19. Amateur Hour
20. Violent Sacchariification
21. Trapped Under Eis
22. Not Straight Edge
23. Waiting In Line – Fifth Stanza: Maiden In Line
24. Pint Of No Return
25. Growler In The Yard

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