Industrial metal legends DIE KRUPPS have inked a multi-album deal with Dependent Records.
The German band’s new album will be released in 2026, and a large part of their catalog will also be reissued in digital and physical formats via the label.
DIE KRUPPS‘s Jürgen Engler comments: “We’re coming full circle and that is a good thing! Our first contact with [Dependent director] Stefan Herwig goes back about 30 years, before he founded Dependent Records.
Back in the days, he hooked us up with FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY for the compilation series ‘Remix Wars’ and put us on a tour with them in North America in 1996.
Now in 2025, the time has come for DIE KRUPPS and Dependent to join forces in order to write the next chapter in our long history. It somehow feels like a homecoming — a great omen for the successful collaboration that we are very much looking forward to!”
DIE KRUPPS is:
Jürgen Engler – vocals, keyboards, guitars, steelophone
Ralf Dörper – keyboards
Dylan Smith – guitars
Paul Keller – drums