Irish indie rockers Fontaines D.C. have announced details of a “lockdown” show to mark the release of their new album, ‘A Hero’s Death’, which comes out on 31 July via Partisan Records.
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If ever an album had a timely title, it is this one, as the world is, indeed, well and truly fucked at this moment in time. Well, between global pandemics and brainless trumpets and wankers in charge of two of the biggest so-called “superpowers”, it has to be accepted that this is the general perception… not that we discuss politics here on Über Rock, of course, but this an apposite introduction to this very relevant, and justifiably angry, album.
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The history of heavy metal is littered with collaborations, of various degrees of success, between bands and orchestras, from Deep Purple’s groundbreaking ‘Concerto…’ through Metallica’s flawed but iconic ‘S&M’ to abominations such as Kiss’ trip to Melbourne and more recent successes such as the highly impressive Royal Albert Hall performances by Alter Bridge and Heart. By and large, most of these collaborations have seen the bands concerned performing a “greatest hits” set, featuring their biggest pops re-imagined for a new setting. So, what makes this latest offering from legendary German frontman Udo Dirkschneider stand out from the crowd? Well, a few things…
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Once upon a time, In Flames would have written a song like ‘Overlord.’ The second track on ‘Embodiment Of The Divine’ is a full on assault of duelling guitars, exquisite melodies and gruff vocals, played with the over-caffeinated excitement the Swedes possessed in their younger days. It’s a hugely enjoyable track and exactly the kind of thing that would have cropped up in the track-listing for ‘Colony’ or ‘Clayman.’
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Monk has written several times in these pages of the unifying force which music had in the Troubles-ravaged Northern Ireland of the late Seventies and early Eighties, helping to bring together teenagers from opposite sides of the fence who all shared one common interest – and that was the music which was appealing to all of them. One of the strongest musical forces was the punk movement, which was particularly strong in this particular corner of the Überverse in that period – which is, as its title suggests, reflected in this about-to-be released three-disc compilation set. It takes its name from the first in a trilogy of documentaries by the US-born film-maker John T Davis which chronicled the emergence of the Northern Irish “alternative” scene, as it more trendily came to be described.
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