That was an oof.

Probably gonna sell even more than the last record.

Band only exists to make music for WWE and video game ads

"why even bother making an news article for this toondude"

maybe because they're a popular mainstream rock band and not everyone is an elitist

they still deserve news on the bands they enjoy

they’ve been putting out the same single for the past 7 years it seems

I mean c'mon, their target audience is probably in their late 20's by now. And why is he humping his guitar around the 3 minute mark, like what is this spasm all about?

^^^
Its honestly absurd how similar this sounds to the single from the last record.

Ok this made me go revisit part of Comatose and I still can’t believe how much I enjoy that album.

Yep that's a Skillet song.

My curiosity got the better of me and holy shit, I knew what Skillet were capable of nowadays but I never expected this heaping pile of garbage could be possible

forget Comatose, go listen to Collide, their last good album before they caught the radio-rock bug. it's hard to imagine the same band wrote "Fingernails" and, well, everything they've written lately

this was extremely meh
not terrible, not amazing

You sir, are an oxygen thief!

This is just sooooo boring. But then that's been every album since Comatose so what's new?

This band is such a joke

Ok so.... I like mainstream rock a lot, as Sputnik knows. I'm nowhere near an elitist. But this.... is LITERALLY "Feel Invincible" but slightly heavier. Pretty damn mediocre and lazy.

Not as bad as it could be, but still not great. Comatose and Collide are great albums and nobody can ever tell me otherwise. They've gone pretty downhill since but still can put out a catchy tune here and there.

Yeah this is basically just Feel Invincible Part 2. It's okay, I guess. Hopefully this won't be one of the best songs the album has to offer.

"sowing i dont need your sass i am not an elitist and it was a genuine question ok"

Genuine question: Do you not know what news is?

there are very few bands I actively despise, but this has been one of them for the past 10 years and this solidifies that.

thats alright then because comatose comes alive came out in 2008 ;)

I hate their stuff that everyone inexplicably seems to love as well

see me outside kid

Actually one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

listen to more music^

meh, it's just bland and boring tbh

The pitch correction is annoying too
People who only listen to 'christian' bands get what they deserve, I guess

Once was a huge Skillet fan, I even defended Rise inspite of all its obvious flaws. But this is just f****ng bad. And yeah Christian Music kindo sucks

I'll take the new Hillsong over anything Skillet has released anyday.

"why even bother making an news article for this toondude"

because the people need to know!

"People who only listen to 'christian' bands get what they deserve, I guess"

and with that kalkwiese comes out swinging against Thrice, Anberlin, pre-hiatus Underoath, ABR, As Cities Burn, and arguably mewithoutYou, among a host of other bands sputnik loves, this should go well

"I'll take the new Hillsong over anything Skillet has released anyday."

I wish I could set up a redirect for all searches for Hillsong and say "did you mean Kings Kaleidoscope" because that right there is a worship/'very Christian' band worth listening to

Yea, good music sucks anyway lel
Edit: Don't forget Neal Morse, the biggest wanker of them all

this is catchy as fuck

These guys can write some solid hooks. This isn't one of them.

My default response to Hillsong has pretty much been to throw it in the bin but I genuinely love the new United record. Kings K is good too, of course.

huh, might have to investigate since I usually have the same instinct toward Hillsong. color me intrigued

Kinda not terrible

Wow thanks for the rec @ProjectFreak, 'The Rush' sounds amazing and I'm keen to check these guys out!

Let's face it; these guys were never that good, and this further drives home that idea. This song literally sums up everything wrong about the modern rock era: corny, cliched lyrics, lazy instrumentation, generic, unexciting structure, and it's so polished and electronic sounding that it doesn't even sound like a rock song.

But wait, they have a girl drummer and are a Christian band so they get a pass by default right?

I don't care how famous and successful they are because that doesn't equate to good music. I've given Christian music chances from time to time to find good music, and I've found some gems among them: Realm, Tourniquet, Mortification, Living Sacrifice, Extol, and some other Christian extreme metal. But if Skillet is the face of Christian rock music, then I'd rather burn in hell.

Went off a bit there, but all in all, I'm not impressed with this nor anything these guys ever put out. Case closed.

^pretty much lol. Was just jamming JEW'S Action Needs An Audience and that has so much more energy than Skillet have had in a long time. They're supposed to be a rock band, right? Yet Jimmy Eat World sounds heavier haha

"Let's face it; these guys were never that good"
I was never under the impression that they were haha. Skillet falls into the same category as 3 Doors Down, Three Days Grace, Seether, etc. Radio grunge-tinged rock. Enjoyable at times but nothing special.

"But wait, they have a girl drummer and are a Christian band so they get a pass by default right?"

...yea??

"These guys can write some solid hooks. This isn't one of them." [2]

"But if Skillet is the face of Christian rock music, then I'd rather burn in hell."

Lol! I dunno man, if listening to Skillet is the price of going to heaven then I'm on board.

They really have just become content with writing the same album over and over again haven’t they? Shame, Comatose and Awake I can still jam.

thats a nice beard

The best thing about that song

"Let's face it; these guys were never that good"

their older material has soooo much more going for it than this butt rock though. Alien Youth and Collide actually have some great hooks, intensity that doesn't feel meatheaded and much more creative instrumentation (The Thirst is Taking Over and Fingernails are probably the go-to recs).

"But wait, they have a girl drummer and are a Christian band so they get a pass by default right?"

wat, no, I can dunk on bad Christian bands all day. It's just that Skillet didn't use to be one of them.

also cheers beardog, if The Rush trilogy was bundled together as one song it'd probably be my SOTY

Wait, this band is Christian rock? I thought they were some sort of nu-metal?

Also this sounds like Imagine Dragons with more prominent guitar.

people actually listen to bland Christian rock for "spiritual well being". good thing heaven or hell isn't real, so listening to this shite is a complete waste of time.

can we talk about how the singer slowly transitioned into a guy who would record racist rants in his truck orrrr

"Wait, this band is Christian rock? I thought they were some sort of nu-metal? "

those aren't mutually exclusive. about 15 years ago, right around the time the rest of the world was giving up on nu-metal, they were almost synonymous

"can we talk about how the singer slowly transitioned into a guy who would record racist rants in his truck orrrr"
who, Skillet's singer?

Hate everything about this

IIIII
HATE
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUUUU

Skillet hasn't been relevant since 2009...

Nu-Metal died when every Christian Rock group in the mid-2000s all of a sudden decided they wanted to rip off Limp Bizkit, look at TFK for example.

Also, MeWithoutYou is not Christian music unless you still count Underoath as Christian music.

Skillet seems hesitant to write anything with much lyrical depth. Kind of feels like the white bread of rock music. That said, I still hold out a slight hope for a few good tracks off the new album.

“Skillet seems hesitant to write anything with much lyrical depth.“

Collide has anything they ever release beat. Honestly that album is such a solid release I forget it’s the same band.

worst band on the face of the fucking planet

You seem to be forgetting a large wealth of terrible.

I could offer suggestions but we’d be here a lonnnnnng time...