We’ve allowed ourselves greater lyrical freedom on this record for sure!” It’s always time for revolution, so that message is loud and clear on multiple songs, but we also sing about musical heroes like the Bad Brains (‘That Crazy White Boy Shit’), inner demons (‘The Snake (Break Free.)’), our distaste of animal abuse (‘Bull’s Anthem’), annoying narcissism on social media, friends we’ve lost, life on the road, impending wars for resources, as well as mosh pit patterns that can be linked to male pattern baldness. We’ve done ‘serious’ so often, that what might stand out most to people is how much fun we had with the lyrics. “So many different topics were covered, some way more lighthearted than others. “On this record, we had a more open, communal, tongue-in-cheek approach to lyric writing,” says Majidi. If a new comment is published from a 'banned' user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the 'banned' user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).While daily frustrations, political idiocy, war, power imbalances, and general inequality have long fueled SICK OF IT ALL’s no-bullshit lyrics-the album title Wake the Sleeping Dragon! refers to a protest mechanism-today they’re focusing on the bigger picture while also injecting a bit of levity into the songs. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to 'hide' comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to 'ban' users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the 'Report to Facebook' and 'Mark as spam' links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 'Wake The Sleeping Dragon!' features guest appearances by RISE AGAINST vocalist/guitarist Tim McIlrath and HOT WATER MUSIC frontman Chuck Ragan.īLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The cover artwork was created by Ernie Parada. The follow-up to 2014's 'The Last Act Of Defiance' was produced by Jerry Farley ( EVERY TIME I DIE, DEMON HUNTER) over a two-and-a-half-week period at Nova Studios in Staten Island, New York and was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen ( MESHUGGAH, THE HAUNTED, MADBALL). SICK OF IT ALL's twelfth studio album, 'Wake The Sleeping Dragon!', was released in November 2018 via Century Media. It's, like, that's not rock and roll that's not metal.' I'm watching these people on stage playing great music going wild, and the people are sitting in little corrals separated from each other just staring. Everything has to stand…' I've seen videos of bands doing shows - there was a metal band called THUNDERMOTHER or MOTHER THUNDER, and I couldn't believe it. 'Cause personally, if they allow us to tour, but they say, 'Okay, but you can only have half the amount of people. I'm banking that I think 2022 will be the year that everything starts to get back to normal. 'Everything's been shifted from this year to next year, but I don't know if it's gonna come through yet. 'We have tours booked for next year here in the States and in Europe,' he continued. We weren't gonna actually release 'em at first - they were just gonna be tests - but we were, like, 'Let's just release 'em for fun. And they're old songs - it's nothing brand new - but we did about six of 'em. He said (see video below): 'The only thing concrete we have is we did a lot of what we call 'test' videos where we recorded songs together remotely. SICK OF IT ALL frontman Lou Koller spoke to Italy's Poisoned Rock webzine about the band's recording and touring plans for the coming months.

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