SKILLET Streaming New Track “Back From The Dead”
July 8, 2016, 8 years ago
Grammy-nominated rockers, Skillet, will release Unleashed, their new studio album and follow-up to their 2013 release Rise, on August 5th via Atlantic. The 12-track album, a year in the making, is currently available for pre-order via all digital retailers including iTunes and Amazon (widget below). Pre-orders will include an instant download of the debut single “Feel Invincible”, and the follow-up track “Stars”. Skillet have released audio for "Back From The Dead”, streaming below.
From the bombastic opening riff of “Feel Invincible” to the memorable closing of the album finale “The Resistance,” it is clear the band has created an album that lets their music speak loudest, while still delivering some of their most personal and heartfelt collections of songs to date.
“I wanted to make an album that could make people feel the music,” said Skillet’s John Cooper. “I always aim to write songs to which people can relate, but this time I wanted to see not only how the songs would connect lyrically, but also how they’d connect musically.”
Songs like “Back From The Dead”, “Stars” and “Out Of Hell” showcase the musicianship and songwriting that has garnered the band a rabid worldwide fan base, a platinum selling album and multiple Grammy nominations. Comprised of husband and wife John (lead vocals, bass) and Korey Cooper (rhythm guitar, keyboards, programming, backing vocals), Seth Morrison (lead guitar) and Jen Ledger (drums, vocals), the band wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the album. Once again they collaborated with Brian Howes, (Daughtry, Halestorm, Nickelback), as well as, Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch), Neal Avron (Twenty One Pilots, Walk The Moon, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park) and Seth Mosley (Newsboys, TobyMac) to create Unleashed.
Unleashed tracklisting:
“Feel Invincible”
“Back From The Dead”
“Stars”
“I Want To Live”
“Undefeated”
“Famous”
“Lions”
“Out Of Hell”
“Burn It Down”
“Watching For Comets”
“Saviors Of The World”
“The Resistance”
"Back From The Dead":
"Feel Invincible" music video:
“Feel Invincible” lyric video:
Skillet will embark on a headline tour of the United States this September. The tour will kick off on September 22nd in Clive, IA and through October with more dates to be added and announced in the near future.
The tour will feature Thousand Foot Krutch on the first half of the US run and Sick Puppies will finish the second half of the tour. Devour The Day will be playing the entire tour.
The headline tour will make stops in cities such as Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; and Sayreville, NJ to name a few. More tour dates will be announced in the near future. An exclusive pre-sale for The Panheads (The Official Skillet Fan Club) goes live today, Wednesday, June 22nd. Tickets and VIP Packages will be available and fans can sign up for the fan club at this location.
Tour dates:
September
22 - Clive, IA - 7 Flags Event Center *
23 - Turtle Lake, WI - St. Croix Casino *
24 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium *
25 - Wichita, KS - Cotillion *
29 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall *
30 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theatre *
October
1 - Peoria, IL - Limelight *
6 - Fort Wayne, IN - Piere’s ^
7 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews #
8 - Cleveland, OH - Agora #
9 - Knoxville, TN - The International #
12 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom #
13 - Washington, DC - The Fillmore Silver Spring #
14 - Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater #
15 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva #
16 - Richmond, VA - The National #
20 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre #
23 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom #
* Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, Devour The Day
^ Skillet, Sick Puppies
# Skillet, Sick Puppies, Devour The Day