The Gloom In The Corner release palpitating new single ‘You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now)’

Rapidly approaching the release of their third full-length album, “Royal Discordance” due out Friday 27 February via SharpTone Records, today Melbourne’s The Gloom In The Corner unveil the rollicking new single “You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now)”.

Balancing palpitating urgency with sweeping choruses, fiery guitars and swooning melodies, “You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now)” is the rambunctious lovechild of My Chemical Romance in a DnD campaign, showcasing both The Gloom In The Corner‘s dazzling dexterity along with an empowering lyrical spine. 

“‘You Didn’t Like Me Then’ is not just about accepting one’s self, but also embracing it, regardless of what other people think,” the band explains of their latest single. “Not everyone is going to like you or accept you, and that’s totally okay – you don’t have to like them either.”

A record that could readily soundtrack an Anime epic, a Netflix smash series, or a sprawling open-world game, “Royal Discordance”  is certainly not your average metalcore album. An action-packed opus hell-bent on sharp narratives and astonishing sonic dexterity, “Royal Discordance” journeys between an all-out onslaught (previous single Assassination Run) through to cinematic-yet-sinister brutality on Nope (Hollow Point Elysium), grinning chaotic frenzy on You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now), and a double closing sucker punch via the two-track suite Love 1: A Quaver Through the Pale and Love 2: A Walk Amongst The Poppy Fields.

Insatiably showcasing their relentless pursuit for sonic evolution, and recorded in 2024 with producer Jonathan Delese in Nashville, Tennessee, “Royal Discordance” also ushers in some of Gloom‘s most universal songs to date, all while remaining true to their chaotic core in the process. Whether channeling My Chemical Romance and positivity or penning pit-splitting breakdowns, The Gloom In The Corner balance their tumultuous creative DNA with an album primed for multiple revisits; and one that devoutly treads new ground.

Pre-order here.

“Royal Discordance” Tracklisting:

01. The Problem with Apocalyptic Tyranny
02. You Didn’t Like Me Then (You Won’t Like Me Now)
03. Painkiller Soliloquy
04. Short Range Teleportation (A Guide to Guerrilla Warfare)
05. Nope (Hollow Point Elysium)
06. Angel’s Wrath Whiskey
07. Shadow Rhapsody II
08. Assassination Run
09. That’s Life (Carry Me Home)
10. Army of Darkness
11. Love I: A Quaver Through the Pale
12. Love II: A Walk Amongst the Poppy Fields

Over the years, The Gloom In The Corner have engineered a space for total sensory immersion via a series of releases, spanning their 2016 debut album Fear Me, through to their Homecoming EP (2017), Flesh & Bones (2019), Ultima Pluvia EP (2020) and their 2022 third album Trinity, with the latter commanding a 5/5 star album review from New Noise Magazine, praising it as “a real stunner and a benchmark for metalcore going forward”. Translating their rich sonic universe into a live setting, The Gloom In The Corner have dazzled stages around the globe, spanning Australia, Europe and North America, along with aligning a horde of elite collaborators including Fit For A King‘s Ryan Kirby, Fit For An Autopsy‘s Joe Badolato, Cane Hill‘s Elijah Witt and many more.

Closing out 2025 in Europe supporting Swedish metalcore greats Aviana, The Gloom In The Corner will support American heavies King 810 nationally in Australia this March, and will also perform this October as part of the entirely sold out inaugural Hellbound Cruise alongside Parkway Drive, Polaris and more.