Amplified Media Services, LLC
Narcissus - New Wave Techno Homicide (Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition, Anniversary Edition)
Originally released in 2000 on the legendary Takehold Records, New Wave Techno Homicide by Narcissus remains one of the most creative, genre-defying, and emotionally complex albums to emerge from the early 2000s underground heavy music scene. It arrived at a pivotal time in the rise of spirit-filled hardcore, standing proudly alongside powerful labelmates like Underoath, Hopesfall, Twothirtyeight, Few Left Standing, and Stairwell. While many of those bands would go on to sign with larger labels and reach mainstream audiences, Narcissus carved a more daring path-merging mathcore chaos, screamo intensity, industrial textures, and melodic metal into something wholly original.
New Wave Techno Homicide was ahead of it's time. This is an album that blurs genres, challenges expectations, and digs deep into themes of technology, identity, and transcendence. At once brutal and poetic, it delivers a sonic and spiritual jolt that still resonates today. Mechanical imagery collides with lyrical beauty as the band shifts seamlessly between calculated dissonance and aching vulnerability. This is not just a product of it's era-it's a record that predicted the future. The album features John Pope on vocals (later of Symphony in Peril), John LaRussa on guitar (who went on to form Inhale Exhale), Justin Carroll on bass, Derek Carter on drums, and was originally mastered by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Dashboard Confessional). After it's release, Narcissus joined forces with Underoath, Few Left Standing, and Tantrum of the Muse for the now-legendary 40 Days of Disaster Tour, further solidifying their legacy within the scene. Now, two and a half decades later, New Wave Techno Homicide is finally available on vinyl for the first time ever. Brutal Planet Records presents this historic 25th Anniversary Edition, pressed on stunning Sunflare vinyl and strictly limited to 200 copies. The reissue includes a full-color 12x12 insert featuring the album's powerful lyrics and reflective liner notes from Loyd Harp (Call & Response Records) and Doug Peterson (Down the Line Magazine), offering new insight into the album's impact and meaning. This edition has been remastered for vinyl by Rob Colwell (Sleeping Giant, Blessed by A Broken Heart, As Hell Retreats, The Great Commission), ensuring the chaos and clarity of the original recordings sound better than ever. It's a long-overdue celebration of a record that never played it safe-and never sounded like anything else. For fans of Zao, Botch, Coalesce, Deadguy, and Bloodjinn, this is not just a collector's item-it's an essential document of a scene that changed lives. New Wave Techno Homicide wasn't just part of the moment. It helped define it.
UPC/ISBN: 732131698206
Release Date: 01/09/2026
Product Information
Due to the nature of collectible items and ever changing market demand, we are unable to cancel pre-orders on ratio variants and select other items (1 per store variants, exclusive covers, ect) for a refund.For preorders on regular open order comics (the majority of which are normally cover price), we can cancel preorders and refund with a store credit that can be used in our brick and mortar stores or at thirdeyecomics.com
If you have any shipping questions check out our Shipping FAQs here
You can contact us through our contact page! We will be happy to assist you.
Cover art for Comics on our website is provided to us at the time of solicit. While we do our best to keep these images up to date; some covers may be subject to change!
At Third Eye, we ship thousands of comics every week, and we know condition matters. Whether you're reading, collecting, or grading, we want you to feel confident when a Third Eye package arrives.
This policy outlines our standard for new release and shipped comics, and the industry-standard guidelines we follow.
OUR STANDARD
Books without a stated grade will be offered as Near Mint 9.4 or better. We do not guarantee 9.8 condition on any book unless specifically noted.
We use industry-standard grading guidelines from:
- CBCS Comic Grading Scale
- Overstreet Comic Grading Standards
- CGC grading standards
If you're new to comic grading, the resources above are a great place to start.
WHY WE DON'T GUARANTEE 9.8
Modern comic printing is an imperfect process. Books are printed in massive
runs, bound at high speed, and shipped in bulk to retailers. Even brand
new books off the truck will exhibit minor production characteristics,
and that's normal, and consistent with industry standards across every
retailer.
A 9.8 grade represents near-perfection, and the reality is that not every printed book qualifies for that grade no matter where you buy it from.
We can absolutely commit to NM 9.4 or better. We cannot commit to 9.8 on every book, because that's not how comics are made.
WHAT QUALIFIES AS NM 9.4
Per industry standards, a book may exhibit the following minor characteristics and still grade as Near Mint 9.4, as long as there's no accumulation of defects:
Bindery characteristics:
- Minor to moderate corner tears
- White edges along the spine (common on most modern printings)
- Covers slightly offset from interior pages (common on cardstock covers)
Printing characteristics:
- Slight color rub on back covers
- Small paper wrinkles present from the paper roll prior to printing
- Wavy paper texture from the printing process
Spine characteristics:
- 2-3 small color-breaking spine ticks
- Minor non-color-breaking spine dings
These are normal modern production characteristics, not damage from handling or shipping. They are present on books across the industry, regardless
of retailer.
OUR RETURN & EXCHANGE POLICY
We do not accept returns or exchanges on books that meet our NM 9.4 or better standard.
We will replace or refund:
- Books damaged during shipping (clear shipping damage, not pre-existing print characteristics)
- Books that fall below NM 9.4 standard (significant spine damage, major creasing, tears, etc.)
- Wrong cover or wrong issue shipped
For premium variants (1:25, 1:50, 1:100, 1:250, 1:500 incentive covers, signed editions, exclusive variants), we apply enhanced QC during pull and packing. If a premium variant arrives outside our standard, contact us within 7 days of delivery and we will work with you on a replacement.
QUESTIONS?
If you have questions about a specific book or want to learn more about comic grading, our team is happy to help. Reach out to service@thirdeyecomics.com.
We appreciate your trust in Third Eye Comics, and we're committed to delivering books that meet the standards both you and we expect.