Social Distortion - Born To Kill

Born To Kill is the eighth studio album by American punk band Social Distortion, released in May 2026 via Epitaph Records.

Orange County’s Social Distortion returns with its first album in 15 years with Born To Kill. Armed with 11 urgent songs, Mike Ness continues to build on the mystique that Social Distortion is more than just a punk band.

Throughout the collection, Ness revisits the sounds of the 1970s, his formative adolescent years. For many, Born To Kill is a return to form, but instead, it’s a continuation of the bar of excellence that Social Distortion and, in turn, Ness has long been praised for.

Born To Kill is a body of work that will live long in the Social Distortion catalogue. Songs like the rowdy title track that serves as the album’s mission statement, along with the riff-laden “Partners in Crime,” the nostalgic “The Way Things Were,” and rollicking “Tonight” are songs that fit in across any of Social Distortion’s various eras.

Now nearly five decades into its career and with a remarkable catalogue spanning nearly three generations, Social Distortion has no intention of slowing down any time soon.

This double album 2LP record set is an indies exclusive edition on pink (LP1) and yellow (LP2) coloured vinyl with an etching on Side D, housed in a gatefold sleeve with an art print, pressed in the US via Epitaph Records.