Canadian Thrash masters Striker have announced their next album, Ultrapower for release in 2024, releasing on February 2nd, 2024. The band has shared a new single, video, and guitar playthrough for the new track “The Best of The Best of The Best!” Want to see how “The Best of The Best of The Best” shreds guitar with speed and headbanging finesse… Then head on over to Canadian heavy metal champs Striker’s YouTube and check out their new playthrough with Tim Brown and John Simon Fallon ripping it up for this single off their forthcoming album “Ultrapower” out February 2, 2024.
“ULTRAPOWER” is due out on February 2, 2024, and is available for pre-order via Kickstarter at http://kck.st/3P6Gws6
“If you’re not simultaneously leaping into the bed of a truck while it’s doing a burnout as you rip through a killer riff, are you even shredding?” adds guitarist John Simon Fallon.
“Ultrapower” follows their Juno Award-winning self-released full-length “Play to Win” (2018) released on their label Record Breaking Records and features the band’s latest lineup addition of long-time friend and guitarist John Simon Fallon (The Order of Chaos). For the band’s seventh full-length, they teamed up with producer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Tallah, King 810), entering the studio this past March. With the band writing material since 2018, “Ultrapower” is a collection of Striker tinkering and exploring new avenues.
“Ultrapower is the amalgamation of 5 years of writing and exploring music. With influences from AOR to Speed Metal, Hardcore to Hair Metal, Steely Dan to Deathcore, you name it, it made its way into the album. In the end with the help of Josh Schroeder’s guiding hand, we melted it all together to present something uniquely Striker. Lyrically we’ve stuck to the Striker tradition of writing montage songs for movies that don’t exist, songs about our spiraling serfdom, and lyrics about the evils that lurk in the shadows.” adds the band.
The album artwork created by Al Perez / Ramone Sketch (@ramonesketch) and the track listing for “Ultrapower” can be seen below.
“We wanted the album artwork to represent how we feel as a band right now. We are an engine that is fired up and ready to roll. We’re made of metal and our circuits gleam!”
The previous single “Circle of Evil” (2023), which will be featured on the album can be viewed and heard via their music video below.
Watch “Circle of Evil” at:
In additional news, Striker announced they will be joining the Legions of Metal 2024 lineup being hosted in Chicago, IL on May 3rd and 4th at Reggie’s – info. They will be performing alongside Unleash The Archers, WatchTower, Hirax, Mourn The Light, and Ice Howl among more to be announced at a later date.
Track Listing:
- Circle of Evil – (3:44)
- BEST of the BEST of the BEST – (3:19)
- Give it All – (4:14)
- Blood Magic – (4:35)
- Sucks to Suck – (3:15)
- Ready for Anything – (3:56)
- City Calling – (3:45)
- Turn the Lights Out – (2:49)
- Thunderdome – (4:01)
- Live to Fight Another Day – (4:00)
- Brawl at the Pub – (3:47)
Album Length: 41:30
Album Credits:
- All songs performed by: Striker
- All songs written by: Striker
- Produced by: Josh Schroeder
- Mixed by: Josh Schroeder
- Mastered by: Josh Schroeder
- Album Artwork by: Al Perez / Ramone Sketch (@ramonesketch)
- Member of SOCAN
- Canadian Content (MAPL)
Album Band Line Up:
Dan Cleary – Vocals
Tim Brown – Guitar
John Simon Fallon – Guitar
Pete Klassen – Bass
Jono Webster – Drums
Live Band Line Up:
Dan Cleary – Vocals
Tim Brown – Guitar
John Simon Fallon – Guitar
Pete Klassen – Bass
More info: https://www.Striker-metal.com
About: Blending classic heavy metal, hard rock, and 80’s hair metal, Striker has been making shredtacular anthems since 2007. The band has toured multiple times across Europe and North America along with festival appearances at 70,000 Tons of Metal, Bang Your Head Festival (Germany), and more to add to the almost 1000 shows performed in their decade-plus career. The band has been honoured with multiple Best Album awards in their home country of Canada from the JUNO Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards, and the Edmonton Music Awards. Since their inception, Striker has released six studio albums Eyes in the Night (2010, Iron Kodex), Armed to The Teeth (2012, Napalm), City of Gold (2014, Napalm), Stand in the Fire (2016, Record Breaking), Striker (2017, Record Breaking), and Play to Win (2018, Record Breaking).