Unless you have literally been hibernating for the past few months, the current Breaking Benjamin tour has been on your radar. I know you may be confused by which tour of Breaking Benjamin’s I am referencing, due to the fact that it seems that Breaking Ben tours constantly! I am talking about the Spring 2019 tour that is currently barreling through the mid-west as I am writing this. The fourteen show tour, is headlined of course by Breaking Benjamin, with Skillet as direct support. There are a few select dates that the roster changes, and there is a different opening band.Continue reading →
Ghost Cult’s Keefy had the pleasure of chatting with John Cooper of Skillet a while back at Rock Allegiance in Camden, New Jersey. He was super jazzed about his new band Fight the Fury and his new debut EP, ‘Still Breathing’ (Atlantic). John discusses getting his jones for heavy riffs out in a side project, when to expect a new Skillet record, Jen Ledger’s solo EP, why Metallica is the greatest band ever, and a lot more! Podcast production by Omar Cordy.Continue reading →
Modern rock band Skillet have released a new video for their track ‘Feel Invincible’ from their forthcoming album Unleashed, due out on August 5th. You can watch the video at this link or below:
Frontman John Cooper commented on Unleashed:
“I wanted to make an album that could make people feel the music. 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.”
Unleashed will be the follow-up to 2013’s Rise album which earned the band a Grammy nomination. Along with the band teamwork 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), they worked with a production team of Brian Howes, (Daughtry, Halestorm, Nickelback), 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, TobyMac) on Unleashed. Pre-orders for the album are now live:
