Tom Morello Announces Star-Studded New Album 'The Atlas Underground Fire', Shares AC/DC Cover
Wednesday, 04 August 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Travis Shinn
Tom Morello has shared details of a new LP.
'The Atlas Underground Fire' will arrive through Mom + Pop Music on October 15, three years after the release of the boundary-pushing guitarist's 2018 album 'The Atlas Underground'. He also put out a five-song EP called 'Comandante' in October 2020.
The record will comprise 12 tracks, including team-ups with rising artists and musical icons such as Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Bring Me the Horizon, Phem, Damian Marley, Sama' Abdulhadi, Mike Posner and more.
The co-founder of Rage Against The Machine created the record at his Los Angeles home studio during the COVID-19 pandemic, recording guitars on his phone and sharing files with collaborators digitally. He said:
"During lockdown I had no access to an engineer so I had to record all of the guitar parts on the voice memo of my phone. This seemed like an outrageous idea, but it led to a freedom in creativity in that I could not overthink any of the guitar parts and just had to trust my instincts."
He added: “This record was a life raft in a difficult time that allowed me to find new ways of creating new global artistic connections that helped transform a time of fear and anxiety into one of musical expression and rocking jams."
As a taster, head below to check out the first single, a faithful cover of the AC/DC anthem Highway To Hell featuring Springsteen and Vedder.
"Our version of Highway To Hell pays homage to AC/DC but with Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder, bringing this legendary song into the future," Morello revealed. "One of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time sung by two of the greatest rock 'n' roll singers of all time. And then I drop a shredding guitar solo. Thank you and good night."
'The Atlas Underground Fire' tracklist:
1. Harlem Hellfighter
2. Highway to Hell (featuring Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder)
3. Let’s Get The Party Started (featuring Bring Me The Horizon)
4. Driving to Texas (featuring Phantogram)
5. The War Inside (featuring Chris Stapleton)
6. Hold The Line (featuring grandson)
7. Naraka (featuring Mike Posner)
8. The Achilles List (featuring Damian Marley)
9. Night Witch (featuring Phem)
10. Charmed I’m Sure (featuring Protohype)
11. Save Our Souls (featuring Dennis Lyxzén of Refused)
12. On The Shore Of Eternity (featuring Sama’ Abdulhadi)
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