Grammy-nominated rockers Skillet performed yesterday (June 11th) for the first time at the annual Dutch Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf. The full show can be seen in the video below.
Skillet‘s upcoming album “Unleashed” which will be released to the world on August 5 via Atlantic Records.
Skillet will be spending the next several weeks performing in European music festivals, including Rock Im Park & Rock am Ring in Germany, Pinkpop in Holland, Download Festival in United Kingdom & France and Graspop Metal Festival in Belgium. The band will come back to the States for some festival appearances in Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, New Hampshire, Georgia, Colorado, California, and Florida. Skillet’s tour dates can be seen 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 frontman 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 multipleGrammy 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 “Unleashed”. 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, Toby Mac) to create “Unleashed”.
Our review of Skillet‘s latest album “Rise” can be found here.
Upcoming Shows:
Jun 12 Download Festival Paris Paris, France
Jun 15 Art-Zavod Platform Kiev, Ukraine
Jun 18 Graspop Metal Festival Dessel, Belgium
Jun 19 Rock The Ring Hinwil, Switzerland
Jun 21 Skillet Russia Tour Perm, Russian Federation
Jun 22 Skillet Russia Tour Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Jun 23 Skillet Russia Tour Chelyabinsk, Russia
Jun 25 Skillet Russia Tour Ufa, Russian Federation
Jun 27 Skillet Russia Tour Samara, Russian Federation
Jun 30 Volt Festival Sopron, Hungary
Jul 02 Most Festival Minsk, Belarus
Jul 03 Rock For People Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Jul 09 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
Jul 14 Rock Fest Cadott, WI
Jul 15 Rock USA Oshkosh, WI
Jul 22 Alive Festival Mineral City, OH
Jul 23 Kingdom Bound Darien Center, NY
Aug 04 Soulfest Gilford, NH
Aug 06 Wild Adventures Valdosta, GA
Aug 13 Elitch Gardens, Denver, CO
Aug 27 SoCal Harvest Anaheim, CA
Sep 04 Joshuafest Quincy, CA
Sep 09 Rock The Universe Orlando, FL
Setlist:
01. Whispers in the Dark
02. Sick of It
03. Rise
04. Feel Invincible
05. Awake and Alive
06. Those Nights
07. Hero
08. Not Gonna Die
09. Back From the Dead
10. Comatose
11. Monster
12. Rebirthing
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