The new official video for KITTIE’s ‘Mouthful Of Poison XXV’ accompanies Oracle XXV, the Canadian band’s two-track anniversary release. Out now through Sumerian Records, the double single arrived on November 13, 2026, pairing that re-recording with ‘What I Always Wanted XXV’ to mark 25 years of their second album, Oracle.
Both recordings revisit material from the 2001 album, which followed the gold-certified Spit. The original Oracle moved further into extreme metal, combining down-tuned riffs, death-metal influences and heavy grooves with Morgan Lander’s increasingly aggressive vocals. That shift followed the raw nu-metal sound of the band’s debut.
KITTIE said: “Revisiting and celebrating the 25th anniversary of our second album, with Oracle XXV, has been an absolute dream come true. Featuring a couple of our favourite re-recorded tracks, this offering brings the spirit of the original together with a fresh new energy. Much like our previous anniversary release, Spit XXV, it has been incredibly rewarding and exciting to see the past and present collide. We hope you love it as much as we do!”
- Mouthful of Poison XXV
- What I Always Wanted XXV
The two-song release follows Spit XXV, the four-track anniversary EP issued in 2025. For that project, KITTIE reunited with original producer Garth Richardson to re-record ‘Brackish,’ ‘Charlotte,’ ‘Spit’ and ‘Do You Think I'm A Whore?’ from their debut. Rolling Stone included the original song ‘Spit’ in its 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time list in 2023, while artists including Poppy have introduced the band’s early material to contemporary audiences.
The anniversary recordings have followed KITTIE’s return to the stage in 2022 and their seventh studio album, Fire, in June 2024. Released through Sumerian Records and produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Fire ended a thirteen-year studio hiatus. It reached No. 20 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 13 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart, and received a nomination for Best Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year at the 2025 JUNO Awards. Its single ‘We Are Shadows’ became the band’s highest-charting Mainstream Rock Airplay single to date.
In 2026, KITTIE marked their 30th anniversary with the Legacy Of Fire Tour: 30 Years Of KITTIE, their first full North American headline run in more than a decade. That tour provides the year’s live context for Oracle XXV; the announcement supplies no individual show dates.
Founded in London, Ontario, in 1996 and led by founding sisters Morgan and Mercedes Lander, KITTIE released their gold-certified debut Spit in 2000. After Oracle, their studio catalogue continued with Until The End (2004), Funeral For Yesterday (2007), In The Black (2009) and I've Failed You (2011), incorporating increasingly extreme metal influences.
The current lineup consists of Morgan Lander on vocals and guitar, Mercedes Lander on drums and backing vocals, Tara McLeod on guitar and Ivy Vujic on bass.
