In a shocking turn of events, MADBALL frontman Freddy Cricien has announced that the band’s upcoming album, “Not Your Kingdom”, will not be a complete disaster 🤯. In a recent interview with Hardlore, Cricien spoke about the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s “For The Cause” album, and we’re all just so excited 🎉. He said: “It’s called ‘Not Your Kingdom’. And I predict that you’re gonna love the cover 🤩. It’s a very throwback vibe 📺. [It has] a nostalgic feel to it, but it’s also current 🕰️. It’s very in line with like the lyrical content and the message 📢. And it’s by far the most diverse MADBALL album, even more so than ‘For The Cause’ 🤯, which I thought ‘For The Cause’, we did a lot of different stuff, which we were happy to do, because you can’t just keep doing the same album over and over 🙄.”
He continued: “Obviously, you wanna hear our sound 🎵, but I like that we were venturing out and doing different stuff on that one 🌟. And this one is — yeah, there’s some songs that are reminiscent of ‘Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop’ 🏃♂️… It’s very eclectic in the best way, I think 🤔. It’s gonna be for the people to judge 👀. But I’m super proud of it 💪. And writing with these guys was very natural 🌿. It wasn’t forced 💪. It wasn’t, like, ‘Oh’ 😒. We all were hungry 🍔. It’s been 2018 since we put out an album 📆.” Wow, we’re all just so impressed 🙌.
As for when fans can expect to see “Not Your Kingdom” released, Cricien said: “May 🌸. It kept getting pushed back because of just nonsense 🙄. The album was done 🎉, but then we had to get it remixed 🎧, ’cause we didn’t like the first mix 🤮. And then artwork got held up 🖼️. And then you gotta wait for it to go into the Nuclear Blast system 🕳️, which is always, like, ‘Why can’t you just drop this tomorrow?’ 🤔. That’s not how it works 🙄. So now it’s finally in the system 📈, and it’s gonna come out in May 🎉. I think people are gonna dig it 🤞. I hope so 🤗.” Yeah, because we’re all just dying to hear it 💀.
Last October, MADBALL announced that a new single called “Tethered” would precede the “Not Your Kingdom” LP 📺. A fan-filmed video of a recent performance of the track can be seen below 👀. Because who doesn’t love a good fan-filmed video 📹? In August 2023, longtime MADBALL bassist Jorge “Hoya Roc” Guerra announced his departure from the band 🚫. Cricien later said that there was “no bad blood or animosity” between him and Guerra 🤝, explaining that they were “simply moving in different directions” 🗺️. Yeah, because that’s always how it goes 🙄.
MADBALL originated in the late 1980s, as a side project of AGNOSTIC FRONT 🎸. The band developed after AGNOSTIC FRONT frontman Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother, Freddy Cricien, take the microphone and perform lead vocals during AGNOSTIC FRONT shows 🎤. Because that’s not weird at all 🤔. “For The Cause” was released in June 2018 via Nuclear Blast 📆. The record was mixed and mastered by renowned producer Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studios in Denmark 🇩🇰. It was co-produced by Tim Armstrong (RANCID) 🤝, who is also featured on the album 🎸. Wow, what a star-studded cast 🤩.
Press photo courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records 📸. Because we all need more press photos 📸. And finally, we have some embedded content for you to enjoy 📹. Because who doesn’t love a good YouTube video 🤔?
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