Kittie are marking 25 years of their second album with Kittie Oracle XXV, a two-track release on Sumerian Records that came out Friday, Nov. 13. The set pairs newly re-recorded versions of “Mouthful Of Poison” and “What I Always Wanted,” now titled “Mouthful Of Poison XXV” and “What I Always Wanted XXV.” The first one arrived with a brand-new music video, which premiered on Sumerian’s YouTube channel the night before release.
What’s on Kittie Oracle XXV
The Kittie Oracle XXV track list is short and to the point:
- “Mouthful Of Poison XXV”
- “What I Always Wanted XXV”
“What I Always Wanted XXV” has an official visualizer on Sumerian’s channel, and the “Mouthful Of Poison XXV” video was directed by William Felch, according to Theprp. The band summed up the project in a joint statement: “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 favorite re-recorded tracks, this offering brings the spirit of the original together with a fresh new energy.”
Who worked the boards this time is less settled. Theprp reports that the sessions again took place with the album’s original producer, Garth “GGGarth” Richardson, and that Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Korn) mixed the new versions. Blabbermouth’s story on the release doesn’t list production credits for Kittie Oracle XXV, so treat the Richardson and Wilbur credits as reported rather than confirmed by the band.
Why Oracle still matters
The original Oracle came out Nov. 12, 2001, on Artemis Records. It followed Spit, the gold-certified debut that took four teenagers from London, Ontario, onto the international metal circuit. Where Spit leaned on raw nu-metal aggression, Oracle went darker and heavier, with down-tuned riffs, death-metal influences and a more ferocious vocal attack from Morgan Lander.
It was also a turbulent record. Kittie made it as a three-piece between July and August 2001 at EMAC Recording Studios with Richardson producing, after co-founding guitarist and vocalist Fallon Bowman left. Touring guitarist Jeff Phillips stepped in for the road. Oracle was the band’s only album with bassist Talena Atfield, who left four months after it came out. It still debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200, selling 33,000 copies in its first week.
That history is what Kittie Oracle XXV is built on. Blabbermouth’s write-up describes the original as the moment the band “decided to turn the heaviness up several more notches,” and the new versions put two of those songs in front of fans who discovered Kittie through Fire and the reunion shows. The band’s statement says the re-recordings bring “the spirit of the original” together with “a fresh new energy.”
Following Spit XXV and a 30th-anniversary year
This is the second anniversary project in a row. In 2025, Spit XXV reunited Kittie with Richardson to re-record four songs from the debut: “Brackish,” “Charlotte,” “Spit” and “Do You Think I’m A Whore?” Kittie Oracle XXV follows the same idea on a smaller scale, with two songs instead of four.
It also rounds off a big year. Kittie marked their 30th anniversary in 2026 with the Legacy Of Fire Tour: 30 Years Of Kittie, their first full North American headline run in more than a decade. That tour came after 2024’s Fire, their first album following a 13-year break, which earned a Juno nomination for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year and gave them their highest-charting Mainstream Rock Airplay single to date, “We Are Shadows.” Bassist Ivana “Ivy” Jenkins sat out that run because of a family commitment, and Rachel Gonzales of Las Vegas band Neon Knights filled in.
No new tour dates were announced with Kittie Oracle XXV, so there’s no San Diego show attached to this release. Sumerian has been busy on the touring front, though. Labelmates Boundaries just mapped out a 2027 tour that skips San Diego but stops in Anaheim. If you’re in the mood for more nu-metal-era veterans making new music, check out Theftuous, the new band with members of Snot and One Minute Silence. You can also read about the return of Ozzfest in 2027, a festival name closely tied to that era.
Kittie Oracle XXV is streaming now, and the “Mouthful Of Poison XXV” video is above.
