Chasing The Hydra

Chasing The Hydra is the album Crimson Glory released through BraveWords Records on 17 April 2026, their first studio record since Astronomica in 1999. The label set one worldwide date for the CD, digital and vinyl editions, with No Remorse Records releasing and distributing the vinyl. The booklet lists Travis Wills on lead and backing vocals, Ben Jackson on guitar, Mark Borgmeyer on lead guitar, Jeff Lords on bass and Dana Burnell on drums. Three founding members were joined by Wills, of the Dallas band Infidel Rising, and by Borgmeyer, of the Florida act The Lost Boys, a line-up announced in December 2023; founding guitarist Jon Drenning is not part of it. The band produced the record itself. Jim Morris, who had produced and mixed Transcendence in 1988, mixed it; Lenny Long engineered it and Maor Appelbaum mastered it, and Lords plays the keyboards. The cover was designed by Justice Mitchell, who had also provided the cover illustration for Strange and Beautiful in 1991. Lords and Wills share the writing credit on all nine songs, with Jackson and Burnell each added on two. Speaking in May 2025, Jackson said the record was not a concept album and that "Armor Against Fate" and "Indelible Ashes" had grown from ideas Lords had been holding for a few years. When the new line-up was announced, "Triskaideka" and "Indelible Ashes" were named as its first two singles; "Triskaideka" went up on the band's official website in December 2023 and its lyric video followed on 20 January 2024. Both songs are on the album. BraveWords Records announced the release date on 23 February 2026 with a lyric video for the title track, and "Angel In My Nightmare" followed as an audio release on 13 March.