In loving memory of the late Adam Ramey – the co‑founder, spirit, and powerful voice of DROPOUT KINGS – the band’s newest and most personal album, Yokai, dropped last Friday, August 8 to great acclaim and heartwarming messages of support from fans around the world. Now, fans can pre-order the album’s limited physical variants, out November 7, 2025 via Napalm Records.
Each format of Yokai is designed and curated to honor Adam’s creative vision and unwavering passion. Together with the band, this release isn’t just a farewell – it’s a celebration of everything Adam stood for: creativity, connection, and the raw power of music. Available to pre-order today, new physical formats include a special edition green translucent vinyl variant limited to 200 copies worldwide, as well as CD digipak.
Explore and Order Physical and Digital Versions of Yokai HERE
Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, DROPOUT KINGS fuse the raw energy of nu‑metal and rap, a synergy Adam helped forge from the very beginning. Just weeks before his tragic passing on May 19, 2025 at age 32, Adam completed the finishing touches on what he considered the band’s most personal and powerful album to date.
Yokai is more than an album – it’s a legacy. Across its tracks, the influence of Adam’s dynamic stage presence and lyrical authenticity resonates profoundly. The album channels the same heart‑pounding aggression and rap‑rock fusion that brought hits like “Virus” to the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, but with an added emotional depth that can only come from one final shared chapter.
DROPOUT KINGS said upon the announcement of the album:
“It’s with an incredible mix of emotion and devotion that we announce the release of our new album, Yokai! However, so much more than just new music, this album is our greatest dedication to the late legend, new father and cherished brother, Adam Ramey. Not just entertainment, but a testimony to the ambition, struggle, pain and indomitable will that has made the Dropout Kings who they are. Not only a journey into the hearts and souls of the band during a time of their greatest loss as well as the experience of Trap Metal’s evolution, but the soundtrack to the realization of dreams and the defeat of nightmares across the world. We ask that you to listen, enjoy and join us in the mission of not just uplifting and remembering the spirit of one of the best men we’ll ever know, but in creating a better world so that those like you, him and us can LIVE better and with brighter futures ahead.”
Yokai track listing:
1. Black Sheep
2. Brace Yourself
3. Baka
4. F.T.W.
5. Devil Fruit
6. First Day Out
7. Guillotine
8. Fake It
9. Yokai
10. Eye Bleach
11. Deadname
DROPOUT KINGS supporting Wargasm in North America:
Tue, Sep 02 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
Wed, Sep 03 – Austin, TX – Mohawk (Inside)
Fri, Sep 05 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Underground
Sat, Sep 06 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720
Sun, Sep 07 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of The Hill
Tue, Sep 09 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Wed, Sep 10 – Denver, CO – HQ
Fri, Sep 12 – St Paul, MN – Turf Club
Sat, Sep 13 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s
Mon, Sep 15 – Brooklyn, NY – TV Eye
Tue, Sep 16 – Cambridge, MA – Sonia
Wed, Sep 17 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
Fri, Sep 19 – Toronto, ON – Garrison
Sat, Sep 20 – Lakewood, OH – Foundry
DROPOUT KINGS are:
Black Cat Bill – Vocals
Rob Sebastian – Vocals
Chucky Guzman – Guitar
Jeremy Garcia – Guitar
The Cowboy Drummer – Drums
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