Beginning today, hardcore-metal leaders HATEBREED will roll-out 5 consecutive digital singles on iTunes from their forthcoming new covers album, FOR THE LIONS leading up to the album’s May 5th release date. The first single, the band’s bludgeoning take on “Thirsty & Miserable” (from Black Flag) is now available for purchase.
Click here for more:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=309184941&s=143441
Each digital track purchased will count toward iTunes’ “complete my album” initiative. The more you buy, the less you pay for the full album on 5/5/09.
The other forthcoming digital singles from FOR THE LIONS will be available on iTunes as follows:
4/07 – “Suicidal Maniac” (Suicidal Tendencies)
4/14 – “Shut Me Out” (Sick Of It All)
4/21 – “Ghosts of War” (Slayer)
4/28 – “Escape” (Metallica)
The band weighs in on the FOR THE LIONS “complete my album” plan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4BIQYeYwNc.
HATEBREED also recently completed a video for Slayer’s South of Heaven classic, “Ghosts of War.” Directed by LIVE DOMINANCE director, Kevin Custer, the video is the first to feature return of guitar player Wayne Lozinak. For a taste of the new video, please click on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMPcDpBXxc.
FOR THE LIONS, to be released on E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records), is the follow-up to the band’s #1 Billboard charting DVD, LIVE DOMINANCE (released September of 2008) which left fans “Picking their teeth up off the floor” and “sounding immense” according to Outburn.