Scatterbox have given one of their most important records a second life with a newly remixed and remastered edition of Enemies, out now through Blackhouse Records.
Reconstructed from the original master tapes, the 13-track album has been substantially reworked to better represent the sound the Idaho hardcore-punk band originally envisioned. The reissue also brings Enemies to vinyl for the first time, including a limited-edition red pressing.
The album’s complicated history stretches back nearly two decades. Originally intended as Scatterbox’s fourth full-length, Enemies was recorded at The Tank Studios in Seattle with producer Tom Pfaeffle, whose credits included Jewel, Queensrÿche and The Blood Brothers. It was the band’s largest recording project at the time.
Before the remaining vocal sessions could be completed, however, Pfaeffle was killed. Scatterbox eventually finished the album elsewhere, but the band was never completely satisfied with its final mixes. Label changes following its release also resulted in limited promotion, and the record eventually slipped out of circulation.
After regaining ownership of the master tapes years later, Scatterbox enlisted film and audio engineer Kaleb Wrenchey to reconstruct the record from the ground up. The resulting 2026 edition gave the band an opportunity to finally finish what had become unfinished business.
Featuring Tom White on vocals, Mark Cogburn and Sean Nicol on guitars, Ryan White on bass and Scott Rozell on drums, Scatterbox channel the speed and urgency of early hardcore across songs like “Barf Lie,” “Captain Feeble,” “Radio Midnight” and “Scenester Do’s.”
For Scatterbox, the new Enemies is more than a conventional reissue. It is a chance to reclaim a record whose original release became tangled in tragedy and circumstances beyond their control, and finally present it the way they wanted it heard.
