Exactly one year after the release of Blood & Glitter, Lord Of The Lost have announced their first ever covers album, Weapons Of Mass Seduction. With the release set for December 29, 2023 via Napalm Records, the band have also just released its first song, their rendition of Billy Idol‘s “Shock To The System.” Check out the video and more below.
Pre-order Weapons Of Mass Seduction here.
Chris Harms on “Shock To The System”:
“I remember exactly when I heard this song for the first time. I was 13 years old, it was summer and I was sitting in the back of the Opel Manta convertible in which I drove to the open-air pool with my older sister and her boyfriend. Rarely has the energy of a single song gripped me so much. We’d like to give a little bit of that energy back with our tribute to Billy Idol and this song through our cover and accompanying video.“
Weapons Of Mass Seduction features plenty of genre-crossing tracks and wraps up the busiest and most successful year in the band’s history so far. In addition to storming the charts with their latest studio album, being invited by the legendary Iron Maiden as special guest on their European tour (again!), numerous sold-out headline shows, and opening gigs for Powerwolf and Amon Amarth, the band represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest Finals in Liverpool in May of this year. Lord Of The Lost made it clear once again that they do not limit themselves when it comes to genre norms and influences.
While the album is entirely composed of covers, Weapons Of Mass Seduction confirms Lord Of The Lost’s creative ability to make even unexpected songs their own, and further confirms their status. The covers album comes in various different formats – some of them containing a second CD with 11 covers that are already released or have been played live. The deluxe boxset includes a third CD with 10 acoustic tracks, exclusively available in this format.
Lord Of The Lost state:
“During the production of our last album, Blood & Glitter, while recording our Roxette cover “The Look” in Finland, it had already become clear that we had opened Pandora’s box. The energy and fun of covering the songs of beloved and respected colleagues and idols was something we were determined to continue. So even before the release of Blood & Glitter we started working on this ‘covers album’ project, which for us is the perfect dessert to Blood & Glitter, before we embark on the adventure of reinventing ourselves again for a new studio album.“
A special 2CD edition of the new covers album provides a cross-cut of covers previously released or already covered live over the course of Lord Of The Lost’s career. Among them are the Roxette cover “The Look” feat. Blümchen – already known from Blood & Glitter – “Children Of The Damned”, a homage to Iron Maiden, and the cover of the Finnish ESC song “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä – sung by Chris Harms completely in Finnish.
Weapons Of Mass Seduction Tracklist:
CD 1
01 Shock To The System (Billy Idol Cover)
02 Unstoppable (Sia Cover)
03 Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat Cover)
04 Turbo Lover (Judas Priest Cover)
05 Hymn (Ultravox Cover)
06 Give In To Me (Michael Jackson Cover)
07 River (Bishop Briggs Cover)
08 Somewhere Only We Know (Keane Cover)
09 (I Just) Died In Your Arms (feat. Anica Russo) (Cutting Crew Cover)
10 High (Zella Day Cover)
11 House On A Hill (The Pretty Reckless Cover)
CD 2
01 The Look (feat. Blümchen) (Roxette Cover)
02 Ordinary Town (Celebrate The Nun Cover)
03 Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä Cover)
04 Judas (Lady Gaga Cover)
05 Children Of The Damned (Iron Maiden Cover)
06 Wig In A Box (Hedwig and the Angry Inch Cover)
07 Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Cover)
08 The Most Radical Thing To Do (The Ark Cover)
09 This Is The Life (Amy MacDonald Cover)
10 It’s A Sin (Pet Shop Boys Cover)
11 Ordinary World (Duran Duran Cover)
CD 3 – Ltd Deluxe Edition only
01 Starman (David Bowie Cover)
02 Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon (Neil Diamond Cover)
03 The Days Of Pearly Spencer (David McWilliams Cover)
04 Hey You (Pink Floyd Cover)
05 I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (The Electric Prunes Cover)
06 Where Do You Go To My Lovely (Peter Sarstedt Cover)
07 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (The Byrds Cover)
08 In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) (Zager & Evans Cover)
09 All I Have To Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers Cover)
10 Perfect Day (Lou Reed Cover)
Weapons Of Mass Seduction will be available in the following formats:
3 CD Boxset, incl 2 CD 6 pages Digisleeve (Ltd Deluxe Edition) and CD 3 incl 10 acoustic songs, exclusively available in the Deluxe Box + pink Sweatband with black logo, sharped patch and sticker – Napalm Records Mailorder and Lordshop exclusive – strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide
2 LP recycled color Vinyl – Die Hard Edition incl Slipmat, record butler and 12 inch booklet – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide
2 LP recycled color Vinyl incl 12 inch booklet – Lordshop exclusive – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide
2LP Gatefold recycled black Vinyl
2 CD 6 pages Digisleeve (Ltd Deluxe Edition), 12p booklet
1 CD 6 pages Digisleeve, 12p booklet
Cassette (pink w/ black print) – Napalm Records Mailorder and Lordshop exclusive – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide
Digital Album
Lord Of The Lost live:
Lordfest 2023:
December 09 23 DE – Hamburg
Blood & Glitter Shows:
December 13 23 FI – Helsinki
December 14 23 FI – Jyväskylä – LOW TICKETS!
December 15 23 FI – Tampere – SOLD OUT!
Festivals 2023:
November 17.+18 23 DE – Leipzig / Gothic Meets Classic
15 Years Of Lord Of The Lost tour 2024:
March 22 24 DE – Nuremberg
March 23 24 DE – Munich – LOW TICKETS!
March 24 24 IT – Trezzo sull’Adda
March 26 24 CH – Pratteln
March 27 24 FR – Grenoble
March 29 24 ES – Barcelona
March 30 24 ES – Madrid
April 02 24 FR – Paris
April 03 24 LU – Luxembourg
April 04 24 DE – Frankfurt
April 05 24 DE – Cologne – LOW TICKETS!
April 06 24 NL – Amsterdam – LOW TICKETS!
April 17 24 CZ – Prague
April 18 24 HU – Budapest
April 19 24 AT – Vienna
April 20 24 DE – Stuttgart
April 24 24 DE – Berlin
April 25 24 PL – Warsaw
April 26 24 PL – Krakow
April 27 24 DE – Leipzig
Back to Eurovision:
May 10 24 SE – Malmö
Special show one day before the ESC Grand Final
Festivals 2024:
January 29-February 02 24 US – Miami / 70000tons of Metal
June 06-08 24 PL – Gdańsk / Mystic Festival
August 09-11 24 BE – Kortrijk / Alcatraz Festival
August 10-11 24 DE – Hildesheim / M’era Luna
August 14-17 24 DE – Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze
August 24 24 DE – Wuppertal / Feuertal Festival
Tickets available here: http://tour.lordofthelost.de
Lord Of The Lost are:
Chris Harms – Vocals, Guitar
Pi Stoffers – Guitar
Class Grenayde – Bass
Gared Dirge – Piano, Synths, Percussion, Guitar
Niklas Kahl – Drums
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