Rise Skillet

• 1 Rise 04:21
• 2 Sick Of It 03:10
• 3 Good To Be Alive 04:06
• 4 Not Gonna Die 03:45
• 5 Circus For A Psycho 04:32
• 6 American Noise 04:10
• 7 Madness In Me 04:17
• 8 Salvation 03:45
• 9 Fire And Fury 03:56
• 10 My Religion 04:13
• 11 Hard To Find 03:48
• 12 What I Believe 03:20
• 13 Battle Cry 03:46
• 14 Everything Goes Black 04:27
• 15 Freakshow 04:39
• Total Runtime 01:00:15

Info for Rise

Rise is the ninth studio album release from American Christian rock band Skillet. Nearly four years since their last album, two-time Grammy-nominated and platinum selling rock band Skillet have released their latest album 'Rise'.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Skillet's mega-selling project 'Awake', which was recently certified platinum for sales in excess of one million copies in the US. Rise is a gripping coming-of-age narrative that stands as Skillet's first concept album. The album tells the story of a typical American teen coming into adulthood and trying to figure out who he is in a world riddled with problems both within and outside his control.

The result is a wildly ambitious work as heady as it is visceral. Sonically, Rise sees Skillet expanding their musical palette, integrating natural, acoustic instruments like accordion, mandolin, dulcimer, harp, tympani and bells to their trademark slashing electric guitars, strings, churning synths and pummeling drums.

John Cooper, vocals, bass
Seth Morrison, guitar
Korey Cooper, guitar, keyboards
Jen Ledger, drums

Since Skillet last hit the studio for 2006’s breakthrough project Comatose, the group’s toured with the likes of Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether and Flyleaf, followed by a solo headlining ranking within Pollstar’s Concert Pulse Top 50 Tours for 2008. Along the way, the Grammy-nominated alternative outfit also scored three top 40 singles on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts, earned a pair of BMI Songwriting Awards and released its first ever concert CD/DVD combo pack in support of the season called Comatose Comes Alive.

Aside from the commercial accolades, the Grammy-nominated modern rockers are rapidly approaching gold sales status, backed by both public adoration and critical praise, making the brand new Awake (Atlantic) the band’s most anticipated album to date. Not only does Skillet continue in the tradition of bone crunching rockers and melodic power ballads that comprised the last trip to the studio, but there’s a noticeable evolution sure to connect with longtime listeners and open the floodgates of its fan base even further than ever before.

“We found Comatose scoring the most acceptance in terms of album sales, ticket sales and radio airplay out of any of our albums so far, so there’s certainly a continuation of that direction,” unveils singer/songwriter/bassist John Cooper of the current collection. “But we never want to make the same record twice and that’s why Awake keeps it fresh and surprising. We’ve built off several of the epic elements, orchestration, piano parts and male/female vocal trade offs on several songs, but there’s also a balance of straight up rock stuff and tunes that are a little bit stripped down in comparison.”

In addition to the increasingly cohesive chemistry by the famed front man, keyboardist/vocalist Korey Cooper, guitarist Ben Kasica and drummer/vocalist Jen Ledger, having all-star producer Howard Benson (Daughtry, My Chemical Romance, P.O.D., The All American Rejects, Hoobastank) behind the boards helped the band reach its most compelling conclusion to date. For more visit the Skillet Homepage.

This album contains no booklet.