Rise Against is back! After three years without new music, the band will release “Broken Dreams Inc.” this Wednesday, the 16th. The track will be part of the soundtrack for the new edition of the DC Comics Dark Nights: Death Metal .
“Personally, being involved with this soundtrack is truly fantastic,” says vocalist Tim McIlrath about their first release since the 2017 album Wolves . “Growing up, my younger brother and I would bike to the newsstand near our house and spend all our money on the latest comic books, and Batman was a favorite.”
“Also, Zach [Blair], our guitarist, is probably the biggest comic book geek in our band. He’s talked about how, along with his brother and dad, they were all huge DC fans – Batman , Robin, Superman, Aquaman , all the comic book issues, the TV shows and movies. So, yeah, we’re all very excited to be a part of this,” he shares.
Tyler Bates , executive producer of the soundtrack, is concerned with clarifying something important, stating, "Our intention is not literally to create a death metal soundtrack, but instead to illuminate the darkest corners of each character's psyche from an authentic perspective that is thematically inherent to death metal music."
Check out a preview of “Broken Dreams Inc.” by Rise Against below.
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