Revolver has teamed with Sum 41 for an exclusive colored vinyl variant of their final album, Heaven :x: Hell. It's limited to 500 copies — order yours.
Earlier this year, Canadian pop-punk heshers Sum 41 announced that they were breaking up after one more album and a proper farewell tour.
What we didn't know is that their final record would actually be a 20-song double album — the first half metal, the second pop-punk.
Cheekily titled Heaven :x: Hell — a clear nod to their heroes in Black Sabbath — Sum 41's ambitious swan song arrives next spring, and today (December 12th), they've shared a riotous preview from its "Hell" side, "Rise Up."
While they're still best known for goofy skate-punk anthems like "In Too Deep" and "Fat Lip," Sum 41 were raised on "heavy metal and mullets," and albums like Does This Look Infected?, Chuck and Screaming Bloody Murder are a lot heavier, darker and shreddier than the band typically get credit for.
"Rise Up" has a fist-pumping pop-punk hook, but there's also a wicked guitar solo and a couple bouncy, scream-laden breakdowns that situate it on the heavier side of Sum 41's spectrum.
Listen and watch its music video above via YouTube.
"Once I heard the music, I was confident enough to say, 'This is the record I'd like to go out on,'" Whibley said in a press release.
"We've made a double album of pop punk and metal, and it makes sense. It took a long time for us to pave this lane for ourselves, but we did, and it's unique to us."
Heaven :x: Hell is due out March 24th via Rise Records, and it's available for pre-order now in a variety of options.
Revolver and our sibling brands of have teamed with Sum 41 for an exclusive "black/gray smushw with red and blue splatter" colored vinyl variant — limited to just 500 copies. Pick yours up from our shop.
Heaven :x: Hell tracklist:
HEAVEN-
1. Waiting On A Twist Of Fate
2. Landmines
3. I Can't Wait
4. Time Won't Wait
5. Future Primitive
6. Dopamine
7. Not Quite Myself
8. Bad Mistake
9. Johnny Libertine
10. Radio Silence
HELL-
1. Preparasi A Salire
2. Rise Up
3. Stranger In These Times
4. I Don't Need Anyone
5. Over The Edge
6. House Of Liars
7. You Wanted War
8. Paint It Black
9. It's All Me
10. How The End Begins
