Yes, we know the title is controversial. However, rock lovers this one’s for you. The English rock band, The Darkness, has premiered the music video for their new single ‘“Rock And Roll Deserves To Die” and rock and roll fans are loving it.

The cinematic visual, directed and produced by Sitcom Soldiers, starts with a live music performance of all the band members in tuxedos. Shot from multiple different angles, the music video encapsulates the scene so well that viewers feel as though they are witnessing the show live. Together with dark emotions portrayed on each members’ face, the lyrics sung on the track will create chills down your spine.  

Recognizable Lyrics:

Rock and roll your time has finally come

I am afraid you must die

Rock and roll your time has finally come

Now I'm afraid you must die

Established nearly two decades ago, the band is still releasing new music. Their new single is just a preview of their highly anticipated album Easter Is Cancelled to drop October 4th. Both the new single and the album signifies the beginning of a new time for rock music. The bass player of the band, Frankie Poullain, speaks on the new song and Easter is Cancelled as a concept album with the following comment: “A lot of bands have relinquished their duty. Rock and roll is so uniform now. Everybody dresses the same, looks the same, sounds the same. It’s pathetic. It deserves to die. Let’s kill the cliché. Let’s break the crucifix. That’s partly what the album is about.”

TRACK LIST

1. Rock And Roll Deserves To Die
2. How Can I Lose Your Love
3. Live ‘till I Die
4. Heart Explodes
5. Deck Chair
6. Easter Is Cancelled
7. Heavy Metal Lover
8. In Another Life
9. Choke On It
10. We Are The Guitar Men

Preorder Easter Is Cancelled here.

The Darkness will also be going on an Easter is Cancelled tour across the UK and Ireland Starting November. Find out when the band will be in your city below. 

THE DARKNESS ‘EASTER IS CANCELLED’ 2019 TOUR

NOVEMBER

26th – Belfast, Limelight

27th – Dublin, Academy

29th – Nottingham, Rock City

DECEMBER

1st – Birmingham, O2 Academy

2nd – Leicester, O2 Academy

3rd – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion

5th – Norwich, UEA

6th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange

7th – Bath, Pavilions

9th – Portsmouth, Pyramids

10th – Brighton, Dome

11th – Watford, Colosseum

13th – Manchester Academy

14th – Newcastle, O2 Academy

15th – Glasgow, O2 Academy

17th – York, Barbican

18th – Liverpool, O2 Academy

20th – London, Roundhouse

Get tickets here.

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Author: Vicky Inoyo

Vicky is a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California with a specialization in hip hop, rap, and r&b music.