Check out this week's news!
This Friday, the 9th, is full of incredible releases and we've picked out the best ones for you! Here, you can listen to Judas Priest's eighteenth studio album, Myles Kennedy's debut album, and the final album in Jimi Hendrix's trilogy of unreleased songs, among many other new releases.
Check out this week's releases below:
Judas Priest, Firepower
Elected the most anticipated album of 2018, Judas Priest's eighteenth work seeks to bring a more "heavy and classic" , according to frontman Rob Halford. With 14 tracks, the album includes the previously released "Never The Heroes," "Lightning Strike," and the title track.
Jimi Hendrix, Both Sides of the Sky
The album features thirteen tracks recorded between January 1968 and February 1970 and never released before. Both Sides of the Sky follows Valleys of Neptune (2010) and People, Hell and Angels (2013), all posthumous releases of unreleased recordings by the guitarist. Between original compositions and covers, the tracks were produced by Eddie Kramer, John McDermott, and Janie Hendrix, Jimi's sister.
Myles Kennedy, Year Of The Tiger
In his first solo album, Myles Kennedy explores his and his family's history after the tragic death of his father. “My father got sick and didn't want to go to the doctor. He died of appendicitis. One night it burst and we believe it led to gangrene (…) My mother woke up and he was dead,” he recounts, “I found out that 1974, the year he died, was the year of the tiger, hence the name of the album.”
Nightwish, Decades
To celebrate Nightwish's 20th anniversary, the band released a compilation featuring 22 of the most important tracks from their career. "If someone has never heard Nightwish and would like to get to know the band and understand what we've been through in the last twenty years, this album will be a great way. That was my philosophy while choosing the tracks , revealed keyboardist and founder Tuomas Holopainen.
Three Days Grace, Outsider
Three Days Grace's sixth studio album, and successor to Human (2015), features 12 new tracks that, according to bassist Brad Walst, represent the journey we take in search of our place: “Sometimes the world seems crazy. We try to escape from time to time. We do our thing and we're comfortable that way. We always need to look to the future, never to the past. That's the theme of the album.”
Ministry, AmeriKKKant
The first release in five years, AmeriKKKant seeks to critique the current political situation. Its nine tracks convey “respect for the American constitution and a rejection of the moral sense of our leaders. We are in uncharted territory now ,” says frontman Al Jourgensen, “Our government is under attack. Our planet is under attack. It’s time for a major change.”
