Los Bitchos’ Josefine Jonsson on her party-saving jams, plus Serra Petale on the pedal she would “never want to play guitar without.”

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR have released behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the music video for “Hate Über Alles”, the title track of the band’s upcoming fifteenth studio album. Check it out below.

“Hate Über Alles” will be made available on June 3 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2017’s “Gods Of Violence” was recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Germany. Helming the sessions was Arthur Rizk, who has previously worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, CODE ORANGE, POWER TRIP and SOULFLY, among others.

KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza comments: “‘Hate Über Alles’ reflects the time we’re living in. Everything is really loud and aggressive. The way we communicate has changed, thanks to social media. It causes a lot of imbalance. The world is in a state of disrepair. Life is not harmonic right now, it’s disharmonic… that’s where I was going with the title.”

The “Hate Über Alles” cover artwork was created by Eliran Kantor, who has previously worked with HATEBREED, SOULFLY, TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH and SODOM, among others.

“Hate Über Alles” track listing:

01. Sergio Corbucci Is Dead
02. Hate Über Alles
03. Killer Of Jesus
04. Crush The Tyrants
05. Strongest Of The Strong
06. Become Immortal
07. Conquer And Destroy
08. Midnight Sun
09. Demonic Future
10. Pride Comes Before The Fall
11. Dying Planet

Last year, Petrozza told the official podcast of Italy’s Metalitalia.com about the musical direction of the band’s new LP: “It’s definitely different. It’s hard for me to describe, but I think it’s definitely more thrash again. It has a lot of melody, and it has a lot of traditional parts, and it has a lot of ingredients of the last four or five albums. But it also has some very old-school moments. I think it’s definitely the next step.”

“Hate Über Alles” will mark KREATOR’s first album with bassist Frédéric Leclercq, who joined the group in 2019.

In September 2020, KREATOR guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö described the sessions for the band’s new album to Italy’s Poisoned Rock as “a lot of fun,” adding that the “mood” in the band “is great. And the general vibe and the atmosphere is very good,” he said. “[These are] creative times for KREATOR at the moment.”

In March 2020, KREATOR surprise-released a new single, “666 – World Divided”. The song was produced by Andy Sneap and Markus Ganter and was recorded at Hansa Tonstudios.

The music video for “666 – World Divided” was created under the direction of Jörn Heitmann, who was responsible for the music videos for “Radio” and “Ausländer” by RAMMSTEIN.

KREATOR played its first show with Leclercq in October 2019 in Santiago, Chile.

Before joining KREATOR, Leclercq rose to fame with U.K.-based extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE for whom he handled bass duties from 2005 until August 2019.

KREATOR’s previously announced “State Of Unrest” European tour with LAMB OF GOD has been rescheduled for November/December 2022 in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KREATOR released a new live set, “London Apocalypticon – Live At The Roundhouse”, in February 2020 via Nuclear Blast. The effort was professionally filmed and recorded on December 16, 2018 at the Roundhouse in London, England.

Photo credit: Christoph Voy

Sometimes, the difference between bravery and insanity is indistinguishable: Over the course of four wars in six decades, Adrian Carton De Wiart proved himself to be the most unkillable soldier of all time. The Belgian-born British army officer survived several plane crashes, lost an eye and a hand, sustained eleven grievous injuries: He fully dedicated his life to military services. Whenever there was a war, Adrian Carton De Wiart was there. “Frankly, I had enjoyed the war”, he said, peacefully passing away at the age of 83 in 1963.

With their new single “The Unkillable Soldier”, Swedish metallers SABATON pay tribute to this unique character of war history — in form of an epic anthem full of fantastic hooks, breathtaking guitar parts and once again a catchy tune. This tune surely will keep you whistling for some time after listening to this song!

Bassist Pär Sundström states about the song: “The story of Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart represents SABATON in many ways, but especially because he never gave up in spite of what was thrown against him. We were really captured by the life of this interesting character who ‘frankly enjoyed the war…'”

“The Unkillable Soldier” is taken from SABATON’s tenth studio album, “The War To End All Wars”, which will be released on March 4 via Nuclear Blast Records. Written and recorded during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the concept album of 11 brand-new songs once again dives deep into the atrocities, miracles, and events tied to the early 20th century’s World War I. The tenth album of the Falun-based five-piece will be available in an impressive variety of exclusive formats, including CD, vinyl, and cassette, with most available in limited editions.

“The War To End All Wars” track listing:

01. Sarajevo
02. Stormtroopers
03. Dreadnought
04. The Unkillable Soldier
05. Soldier Of Heaven
06. Hellfighters
07. Race To The Sea
08. Lady Of The Dark
09. The Valley Of Death
10. Christmas Truce
11. Versailles

In a recent interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice, SABATON frontman Joakim Brodén said about the musical direction of the band’s new material: “It’s very much a SABATON album in that way. We’ve been an evolutionary band always and not a revolutionary band. There’s always surprises on a SABATON album but we’re never gonna flip the coin and do something totally different on every song on a new album. There’s gonna be surprises on every album.

“It’s always subjective,” he continued. “I think it’s pathetic when an artist goes, ‘It’s the best album we’ve ever made,’ and they keep promoting the same tired line. I say it’s up to the listener to decide that, but I know for a fact that everybody in the band, without even sitting in the same room together, because I sort of shipped out the pre-mixes to everyone, and everybody — this is the only time in our history this has happened — everybody came back with, ‘Fuck. That sounds great.’ Everybody is super happy with the production. We were always happy before, but it was, like, ‘Maybe this, maybe that.’ Now it was more like, ‘Okay, yeah, I have some suggestions and ideas, but wow.’ We’re really happy with the sound.”

SABATON is considered to be one the most important bands to emerge from the Swedish modern metal scene, having been honored with five Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards (including “Best Live Band” three different years) and nominated several times for the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards, the Grammis. In 2016, SABATON’s “The Last Stand” album debuted at No. 1 in three different European countries and cracked the Top 3 in four others. Joakim Brodén (vocals), Pär Sundström (bass), Chris Rörland (guitar), Hannes Van Dahl (drums) and Tommy Johansson (guitar) curate a festival of their own, Sabaton Open Air, that started back in 2008, as well as their own forward-thinking Sabaton Cruise which has been held since 2009.

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Due to overwhelming fan requests, 10 new dates have been added to STYX and REO SPEEDWAGON’s “Live & UnZoomed” co-headlining summer ’22 tour. With special guest LOVERBOY, the legendary Midwest rockers will now bring their epic rock ‘n’ roll show to 45 cities across the nation. Produced by Live Nation, the “Live & UnZoomed” tour kicks off May 31 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena and will now draw to a close on September 18 at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor, Maine (see below for the complete routing).

In December, the bands unveiled the tour with a hilarious video and have now released an additional clip, including outtakes from the original, for the new dates.

General public tickets for the new “Live & UnZoomed” dates will go on sale starting Friday, February 18 at 10 a.m. local time on LiveNation.com. STYX and REO SPEEDWAGON will be offering VIP packages via their own exclusive pre-sales beginning Tuesday, February 15 at 10 a.m. local time at REOSpeedwagon.com and StyxWorld.com.

Citi is the official presale credit card of the U.S. “Live & UnZoomed” tour and Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday, February 15 at 10 a.m. local time through Citi Entertainment.

“Live & UnZoomed” tour dates:

May 31 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 01 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center (STYX closing)
Jun. 03 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amp. (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 04 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amp. Styx
Jun. 07 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amp. (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 08 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre (STYX closing)
Jun. 10 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 11 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (STYX closing)
Jun. 13 – Rogers, AR – Walmart Amphitheatre (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 14 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 17 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (STYX closing)
Jun. 18 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amp. (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jun. 19 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre (STYX closing)
Jul. 08 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena (STYX closing)
Jul. 09 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jul. 12 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jul. 13 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amp. (STYX closing)
Jul. 15 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (STYX closing)
Jul. 16 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jul. 19 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amp. (STYX closing)
Jul. 20 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Jul. 22 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amp. (STYX closing)
Jul. 23 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion (STYX closing)
Jul. 24 – Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Aug. 05 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amp. (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Aug. 06 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion (STYX closing)
Aug. 08 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater (STYX closing)
Aug. 10 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Aug. 12 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Aug. 13 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion (STYX closing)
Aug. 16 – Toronto, ONT – Budweiser Stage (STYX closing)
Aug. 17 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Aug. 19 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center (STYX closing)
Aug. 20 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center (STYX closing)
Aug. 21 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)

New dates:

Sep. 03 – Duluth, MN – Amsoil Arena (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Sep. 04 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Sep. 06 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Sep. 09 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amp (STYX closing)
Sep. 10 – Burgettstown, PA – Pavilion at Star Lake (STYX closing)
Sep. 13 – Huntsville, AL – Orion Amphitheater (STYX closing)
Sep. 14 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)
Sep. 16 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amp (STYX closing)
Sep. 17 – Gilford, NH – Bank of NH Pavilion (STYX closing)
Sep. 18 – Bangor, ME – Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion (REO SPEEDWAGON closing)

Formed in 1967, signed in 1971, and fronted by iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin since 1972, REO SPEEDWAGON’s unrelenting drive, as well as non-stop touring and recording jump-started the burgeoning rock movement in the Midwest. Platinum albums and radio staples soon followed, setting the stage for the release of the band’s explosive “Hi Infidelity” in 1980, which contained the massive hit singles “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run”. That landmark album spent 15 weeks in the No. 1 slot and has since earned the RIAA’s coveted diamond award for surpassing sales of 10 million units in the United States.

From 1977 to 1989, REO SPEEDWAGON released nine consecutive albums all certified platinum or higher. REO SPEEDWAGON has sold more than 40 million albums around the globe, and Cronin and bandmates Bruce Hall (bass), Neal Doughty (keyboards), Dave Amato (guitar), and Bryan Hitt (drums) are still electrifying audiences worldwide in concert with hits and fan-favorites such as “Ridin’ The Storm Out”, “Can’t Fight This Feeling”, “Time For Me To Fly”, “Roll With The Changes”, “Keep On Loving You”, “Take It On the Run” and many, many more.

REO SPEEDWAGON remained busy throughout the pandemic before the band was able to return to the road. Beginning in April 2020, Cronin began a series of webisodes from his home titled “Songs & Stories From Camp Cronin”. Consisting of anecdotes and acoustic performances from him and his family, the series posted 24 episodes. Cronin and members of REO gave back over the past 16 months by participating in charity events for St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Marilou and Mark Hamill’s USC McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative, John Oates’s “Oates Song Fest”, “Stars To The Rescue,” Acoustic-4-A-Cure, and more. Additionally, while Cronin began keeping a journal of the band’s 2016 U.K. tour, he never stopped writing and recently submitted what turned out to be his life story, as well as his telling of REO SPEEDWAGON’s history. He says, “Putting out an autobiography is risky. Once it’s out there’s nowhere to hide!” More information on his autobiography will be released shortly.

A new era of hope, survival, and prosperity comes calling with the release of “Crash Of The Crown”, STYX’s new “masterpiece” studio album, which was written pre-pandemic and recorded during the trying times of the pandemic. The multi-platinum rockers — James “JY” Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck Panozzo (bass, vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion), Lawrence Gowan (lead vocals, keyboards) and Ricky Phillips (bass, guitar, vocals) — released their 17th album June 18, 2021 on the band’s label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe, which is available as clear vinyl, black vinyl, CD on digital platforms. They released more new music on September 17, 2021, “The Same Stardust” EP, originally sold as part of Record Store Day (June 12, 2021). Available on blue 180-gram 12-inch vinyl only, featuring two brand-new songs on side one (“The Same Stardust” and “Age Of Entropia”), as well as five live performances on side two of some of STYX’s classic hits previously heard during their “Styx Fix” livestreams that have been keeping fans company during the pandemic on their official YouTube page, including “Mr. Roboto”, “Man In The Wilderness”, “Miss America”, “Radio Silence” and “Renegade”. It’s available worldwide on all digital platforms.

For more than 40 years, LOVERBOY has been “Working For The Weekend” (and on the weekend), delighting audiences around the world since forming in 1979, when vocalist Mike Reno was introduced to guitar hot shot Paul Dean — both veterans of several bands on the Canadian scene — at Calgary’s Refinery Night Club. Along with Reno and Dean, LOVERBOY still includes original members Doug Johnson on keyboards and Matt Frenette on drums, with Ken “Spider” Sinnaeve replacing the late Scott Smith on bass.

With their trademark red leather pants, bandannas, big rock sound and high-energy live shows, LOVERBOY has sold more than 10 million albums, earning four multi-platinum plaques, including the four-million-selling “Get Lucky”, and a trio of double-platinum releases in their self-titled 1980 debut, 1983’s “Keep It Up” and 1985’s “Lovin’ Every Minute Of It”. Their string of hits includes, in addition to the anthem “Working For The Weekend”, such arena rock staples as “Lovin’ Every Minute of It”, “This Could Be the Night”, “Hot Girls In Love”, “The Kid Is Hot Tonite”, “Notorious”, “Turn Me Loose”, “When It’s Over”, “Heaven In Your Eyes” and “Queen Of The Broken Hearts”. In March 2009, the group was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards show in Vancouver.