Craft Recordings will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Drowning Pool’s Platinum-selling debut album, Sinner, with a limited-edition vinyl reissue and expanded digital release. The 2001 album, which is the band’s only record to feature their original frontman, Dave Williams, includes singles like“Tear Away,” “Sinner,” and “Bodies.”
Arriving June 5th, 2026 and available for pre-order, this special anniversary edition of Sinner is pressed on Sea Ink Swirl vinyl, while fans can also find exclusive pressings via Revolver (Clear Smoke vinyl) and through the band’s official website (Purple Smoke vinyl).
The expanded digital release will be available on streaming sites, featuring “Bodies (Chris Vrenna’s XXX Tweaker Mix),” “The Man Without Fear (feat. Rob Zombie),” and“Break You (Demo),” the former of which is available to stream now.
Nu-metal band Drowning Pool was formed in Dallas in 1996 by guitarist C.J. Pierce, drummer Mike Luce, and bassist Stevie Benton, originally as an instrumental trio. Three years later, with the addition of singer Dave Williams, the band solidified their sound. As a four-piece, the band found immediate success and signed to Wind-up Records.
There, they entered the studio with producer Jay Baumgardner (Slipknot, Papa Roach, Godsmack) to work on their debut album. Focusing their songwriting around relationships and religion, the band found inspiration from the album’s opener and title track, “Sinner.”
In an interview with MTV at the time, Williams shared:
It was just a natural progression that became the whole theme of the record. There are a lot of religious issues on the record and a lot of relationship issues. It just seemed like it would fit….We wanted to start with ‘Sinner’ and end with ‘Sermon.’ We covered all the bases….
Sinner Track List (Vinyl)
Side A:
1. Sinner
2. Bodies
3. Tear Away
4. All Over Me
5. Reminded
6. Pity
Side B:
1. Mute
2. I Am
3. Follow
4. Told You So
5. Sermon
Sinner Track List (Expanded Digital)
1. Sinner
2. Bodies
3. Tear Away
4. All Over Me
5. Reminded
6. Pity
7. Mute
8. I Am
9. Follow
10. Told You So
11. Sermon
12. Break You (Demo)*
13. The Man Without Fear (Feat. Rob Zombie)*
14. Bodies (Chris Vrenna’s XXX Tweaker Mix)*
*Bonus track
Drowning Pool Tour Dates:
April 17: 1st Street Stage, Fremont Street Experience (Las Vegas, NV)
April 18: Fiesta Oyster Bake, (San Antonio, TX)
May 8: Welcome To Rockville (Daytona Beach, FL)
May 20: Ace of Spades (Bogotá, CO)
May 22: CC Leguia (Lima, PE)
May 24: Teatro Caupolicán (Santiago, CL)
May 26: Teatro Vorterix (Buenos Aires, AR)
May 29: Mister Rock (Belo Horizonte, BR)
May 30: Carioca Club (São Paulo, BR)
May 31: Tork N’ Roll (Curitiba, BR)
June 12: Download Festival 2026 (Derby, UK)
June 14: Cheese and Grain (Frome, UK)
June 16: Tramshed (Cardiff, UK)
June 17: G Live Guildford (Guildford, UK)
June 18: De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill On Sea, UK)
June 19: Graspop Metal Meeting 2026 (Dessel, BE)
June 20: Beatpol (Dresden, DE)
June 23: Flex (Vienna, AT)
June 26: Basinfirefest 2026 (Pilsen, CZ)
July 25: The Venue Event Center (Cadillac, MI)
August 7: Sturgis Buffalo Chip 2026 (Sturgis, SD)
August 8: The Afterburn Ohio Music Festival (Ridgeville, OH)
October 2: Aftershock 2026 (Sacramento, CA)
