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Dirty Thirty (The Best Of) – OUT TODAY!

To celebrate 30 years of activity, Romanian folkcore metal pioneers Dirty Shirt are releasing “Dirty Thirty (The Best Of)”, a career-spanning retrospective featuring 30 songs that trace the band’s journey from its earliest recordings to its latest releases.

The compilation brings together songs from every era of Dirty Shirt:

• Very Dirty (2000) – 1 song, represented by the new version released 25 years later on Pandemic Special
• Same Shirt Different Day (2010) – 2 songs
• Freak Show (2013) – 4 songs, plus the orchestral version of “Away” released on Pandemic Special
• Dirtylicious (2015) – 7 songs
• Letchology (2019) – 7 songs
• Get Your Dose Now & Pandemic Special (2022) – 7 songs
• Plus two recently released singles from the upcoming studio album: “FOMO” and “Büntető”

Dirty Thirty (The Best Of) will be available in three formats:

• Digital edition on all major streaming and download platforms
• Limited double-CD digipak edition
• Vinyl edition featuring 22 selected tracks (due to format limitations)

Several tracks from the band’s earlier catalogue have been newly remastered by Adrian “Bila” Urițescu, Dirty Shirt’s long-time sound engineer. The album artwork was created by internationally acclaimed artist Costin Chioreanu, extending a creative collaboration with the band that has now lasted more than 13 years.

The project was partially financed through a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2025.

Featuring more than 40 musicians.

Mihai Tivadar (keyboards, guitars):

“As someone who was already playing alongside future Dirty Shirt members in the wedding band that gave birth to this adventure, I can honestly say it has been an incredible journey. We started in a small town in north-western Romania during the post-communist years, and somehow ended up performing on some of Europe’s biggest stages.

Dirty Shirt became much more than a band. It became a family. Over the years, we have kept most of the core members while continuously welcoming new people into the project. Today, we are nine official band members, but the Dirty Shirt family is much larger: a collective of nearly thirty active people involved in the studio and on the road, including musicians, technicians, crew members and many others working behind the scenes.

None of this would have been possible without the support of our families, our friends and, above all, our fans. This album is a celebration of all of them. Thank you for being part of these thirty years.”

DIRTY SHIRT – DIRTY THIRTY (THE BEST OF)

Date: 26.06.2026

Orders:
https://www.dirty-merch.com/
https://dirtyshirt.bandcamp.com/

Streaming:
https://linktr.ee/dirtyshirtband