A Taste Of Things To Come

The end of another year is just around the corner.  People are making resolutions, and the music industry is busy cranking out plans for albums, tours, and lots of other things to make us spend our money.

Album cover

First and foremost in my mind is the new RED album slated for release on February 5, 2013.  The 4th studio album from the group is called Release The Panic, and is the only album cover to not have the color red involved in it at all.  Along with that, the songs on the album seem to be slightly different than the norm of RED sounds.  This may be a good or bad thing depending on who you ask, but I for one welcome the experimentation.  This is not to say that the entire album is different.  They still have their ballad piece on this record.  This time around the song is called "Hold Me Now".




The guys have been busy making lyric videos for 3 of the songs off of the new album, you can check them out on their Facebook page, but just for fun.... here's "Release The Panic" for you to watch.  By the way.... totally a pit song (can you say "drop C")!

Dave Grohl on the kit

On the touring end of things comes two interesting twists.  Dave Grohl, frontman for the Foo Fighters, has teamed up with Queens of the Stone Age, once again, for their upcoming tour/album in 2013.  Dave's been keeping busy with directing videos, making documentaries, reuniting with Nirvana, and now drumming for Queens.  Got enough on your plate, buddy?  Also set to help on the upcoming Queens album is Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails.  Lord only knows what can come out of this.  Be sure to check out Revolver's article for more info.

Flyleaf Live

The other twist in touring comes from Flyleaf.  I know what you're thinking, "What on earth can be twisted about Flyleaf?"  Well, it's not so much them as it is who they are co-headlining with.  The band has announced that they will be touring with Drowning Pool.  Drowning Pool?  What rock did they crawl out from under?  Nevertheless, Revolver has posted a list of tour dates, if you happen to be interested.

Thousand Foot Krutch

Last on the list for this year is an album review for Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK).  They've released a remix album called Metamorphosiz. The idea of remixing a previously released album (End Is Where We Begin) is not unheard of, but often does not go well, as seen with Linkin Park's Reanimation.  This is no exception to that rule.  The songs were stronger before the "wub-wubs" came in guys.  Suffice to say that these remixes are sure to be used in youth groups and church camp videos for the next two years, so basically "There is no escape" (Darth Vader).  If you happen to want to hear this for yourself, you can check out some samples on iTunes and Amazon.