Swedish garage rock ‘n’ rollers The Hellacopters have released a new single entitled “So Sorry I Could Die” from their forthcoming eighth studio album Eyes of Oblivion. This is the third single from the upcoming album, and it can be listened to via streaming services, or at the YouTube link below. You can pre-order Eyes of Oblivion here.
“So Sorry I Could Die” is a classic-rock inspired tune driven by a punchy piano and a snarling guitar riff, produced by Nicke Andersson and Chips Kisbye, who has worked on every single Hellacopters album since 2000’s High Visibility. For fans, this new album is an exciting milestone indeed, as Eyes of Oblivion will mark the group’s first full-length since 2008’s Head Off, which was originally intended to be a farewell, however this was thankfully not to be, as the band once again became active following a 2016 reunion to celebrate their debut album Supershitty to the Max!
The music video for the song was directed by Amir Chamdin, who edited the videos for the two previous singles “Reap a Hurricane” and title track “Eyes of Oblivion”.
Of the new record, The Hellacopters’ guitarist and vocalist Nicke Andersson said, according to a recent press release: “The album has 10 songs and although it’s obviously not easy to be objective at all, I think musically it sums up everything we’ve touched upon from the start in 1994 up until now. Some of the songs date back as far as 10 years or more, and some were written more recently. It’s rock and roll played with high energy, so for lack of a better term I say High Energy Rock And Roll. You could say it sounds like THE BEATLES meets JUDAS PRIEST or LYNYRD SKYNYRD meets THE RAMONES but the best way to describe this album is that it sounds like THE HELLACOPTERS today.”
Eyes of Oblivion will be available to purchase in the following formats: a Limited Edition 2 CD Box set, a Jewel Case CD, Cassette and a vinyl LP complete with an album artwork poster. Numerous different colour variants are available for the vinyl, and can be viewed here. The track list for the album can be viewed down below.
1). Reap A Hurricane
2). Can It Wait
3). So Sorry i Could Die
4). Eyes Of Oblivion
5). A Plow And A Doctor
6). Positively Not Knowing
7). Tin Foil Soldier
8). Beguiled
9). The Pressure’s On
10). Try Me Tonight
