My Chemical Romance are preparing to drop the pre-orders for a new 20th anniversary edition run of their 4x platinum emo rock staple, “The Black Parade“. Various vinyl pressings, as well as cassettes and CDs are about to be made available via mychemicalromance.com, complete with newly commissioned artwork done by James Jean. The latter illustrated the original album’s cover art. You can signup at the aforementioned site for early access to the pre-orders.
The band said today, September 09th, alongside the reveal of this new collection:
“Twenty years ago, we wrote what would become “The Black Parade”, our third record and the follow up to “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge”.
At the time, we could never have imagined what the record would mean for the band. All we knew is that we had made something crazy, and something we couldn’t wait to get it out into the world.
Today, twenty years on, we celebrate its release.
For the first time, we have included everything we finished during those sessions in a single collection.
As importantly, we asked James Jean to revisit the world of The Black Parade and create three new pieces of art. What he has crafted is a beautiful collection of a few iconic characters from the record during that era. James is truly a one-of-a-kind artist, and so important to how this record was presented to the world. We are extremely grateful for meeting him all those years ago, and agreeing now to make something new.
Our hope is that you enjoy this collection of music and illustrations as much as we do, because we wanted to honor how timeless and enduring you’ve allowed it to be.
Thank you for marching with us.
To the death!
MCR“
