It helped so many people get through those difficult years, using that strength and power which music has, to make those bad times not quite so bad. The band again also played European shows with Evanescence and Eagles of Death Metal as well as Black Stone Cherry. On one side, you’re fighting the darkness, and on the other, you’re bringing your own light to where there is none. For myself, 2022 was like an eight-stage rocket of life-changing events, so every time I thought I was finished writing, a new bull would come tearing through the clothesline, and I’d have to illustrate it in some way. They also lit up Southern California with a two-night livestream event, Rival Sons – “PAIR OF ACES” – Live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island.

Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately. Nobody Wants to Die” has been with us since last year as it was the first single and most of you will remember the awesome video which choreographs perfectly to this high octane number. Both produced by long-time collaborator and 8x GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell). Elaborating on the genesis of Darkfighter, Buchanan notes, “ Darkfighterrepresents the cultural mitosis of isolation, the Pandemic, and the national fabric of the US getting looser and looser. Guillotine” has Jay screaming for attention and Scott Holiday demanding recognition of his fuzzy brilliance.He's been gone 11 years now but as anyone who's ever lost and grieved somebody close, you never stop talking to them as they were (and will continue to be) a huge part in your life. Rival Sons' track "Torture" was featured in the film Real Steel in October 2011 [15] and the band, by personal request of Amy Lee, supported Evanescence in the US in October 2011, whom they would play with again in January 2012. In comparison to our previous records, we certainly took our time both writing and recording this collection,” says Rival Sons vocalist Jay Buchanan. Rival Sons had several live television performances in 2014, the first on Le Grand Journal (Canal+), where Rival Sons first introduced their first ever touring keyboard player Todd Ögren, who has since become known as ”The Fifth Son”. He has written for Metal Hammer, Louder, Prog, the Observer, Select, Mojo, the Evening Standard and the totally legendary Ultrakill.

Speaking with Midwest Beatdown last August, Ian hinted that the follow-up to 2016's 'For All Kings' will very fiery. Black Summer Crush recorded an album and the vocals on those tracks were later replaced by Jay Buchanan and released as Rival Sons’ debut album. Alongside helming his show on Planet Rock, shock rock legend Alice Cooper has been busy working on two studio albums over the past couple years. The album title reflects that we were in chaotic times with being locked down, tours being cancelled, businesses folding, and all the chaos that was thrown into the world," says Box.On October 14, 2022, the band released a single titled "Nobody Wants to Die"; a music video was also released.

The band wanted us all to escape from the dreaded C word and put the global lockdowns into the rear view mirror and focus on escapism which this video and song do perfectly.

It would be cliché to say it’s been worth the wait,” wrote Guitar World, “ but the phrase applies: ‘Nobody Wants to Die’ has enough high-gain riffage and classic rock fretboard throwdowns to more than make up for Rival Sons’ absence. The series tells the story of a double-cross and a heist gone wrong and stars the band themselves as a gang of crooks. During this time, Rival Sons also performed on the race track during a televised show of the Indianapolis 500.

Lead singer Jay Buchanan delivers his fire-and-brimstone lyrics with fearsome energy and the confidence of a man who believes what he’s saying. That ride twists and turns like never before on their 2023 full-length LP, DARKFIGHTER [Low Country Sound / Atlantic Records] kickstarted by the single “Nobody Wants to Die. The band will then play a special guest run on Smashing Pumpkins’“The World Is a Vampire” Summer 2023 North American Tour, also featuring Stone Temple Pilots and Interpol, getting underway August 1 at Salt Lake City, UT’s USANA Amphitheatre and then continuing through early September.

The song writing has been building strongly over those years with very few hiccups and they have used all that knowledge to get to an album and a track like this through hard work and talent.