Multi-Platinum rock band Skillet today unleashes its highly anticipated new independent EP, After the Storm, a six-song collection that finds one of the world's biggest rock bands delivering some of the heaviest, most vulnerable and hopeful music of its nearly 30-year career. Leading today's release is focus track ''Grave Stomper,'' a hard-hitting anthem that embodies the fighting spirit at the heart of After the Storm. The EP arrives amid a remarkable period of momentum for Skillet, including 30 million RIAA-certified units across 21 titles, 11 newly awarded certifications led by the career-defining ''Monster'' soaring to 7X Platinum, more than 12 million monthly Spotify listeners, a wave of national media attention and a U.S. headline tour already selling out in multiple markets.
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Produced by David Cowell (Sleep Theory) and the band's own Korey Cooper, After the Storm marks both a return to Skillet's heavier musical roots and one of its most personal creative statements to date. The project brought frontman John Cooper back to his hometown of Memphis to record for the first time since Skillet's 2003 album Collide.
Inspired by seasons of betrayal, grief, anger and depression—and the perseverance, faith and hope that emerged on the other side — the EP finds Cooper writing from one of the most vulnerable places of his career.
''This EP is special to me,'' says Cooper. ''It reignites what Skillet was always meant to be—which is music that helps lift people out of dark times. I wrote these songs because I needed to be lifted out of my darkness.''
Skillet's Live Nation Still Screaming Tour is underway now, with multiple markets already selling out (Long Island, Minneapolis, Seattle, Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, and Orlando) and strong ticket sales continuing across the run.
The U.S. headline tour follows a landmark European trek earlier this year that delivered the largest international audiences of Skillet’s career, bringing approximately 90,000 fans across 23 cities, with sold-out shows and record-setting ticket sales at venues including Paris' Zénith.
The current tour continues through November, bringing together nearly three decades of hits with the new music from After the Storm.
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