Are you stoked, or would you rather see them sent out to sea, only to be eaten by something larger than a building?

I must say, I'm excited to hear what they've come up with, as long as it's not Cinderella-influenced ballads.

I will cast my vote in the Excited column. I openly enjoyed that last one. Campy? Yes. But still.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

I'm interested to hear it. I thought it was fun stuff.

Don't pick on Cinderella!!!!!!

I think Dalen's a Cinderella fan. Actually if the Darkness could pull off a Nobody' Fool, that would be all right with me.

Ewwwwww! *thumbs down*

Yeah, I'm interested in hearing the new stuff. My hunch is that they're gonna be a one-album-wonder, but I wouldn't mind being wrong about that at all.

nooooo! everytime i here them i remember back to the first time i heard them on lamacq live and thinking, "well, theyll never get anywhere. and who is that chick singing???"

I have this secret hope deep down that the Darkness found that 80's hairmetal muse that was responsible for the better products of Def Leppard et al... that ability to mate major-key hooks with marshall stacks. It's tricky.

Dear God someone murder this band in their sleep. Wtf.

they've definitely got the ability. i'm hoping they rock the fuck out on this, and keep the tempo up.

Look, I like camp. I thoroughly enjoyed the soundtrack to Hedwig and the Angry Inch but I find The Darkness to be lame-o was their name-o. They're like an unfunny, talentless Spinal Tap.

I remember being somewhat obessed with listening to "I Believe In a Thing Called Love" for a while late 2003/early 2004. But I grew tired of it after a while. I eventually sold back the CD.

the darkness are great. fuck the haters. that said, I don't know how they could best the last album and frankly I kind of wish they wouldn't even try.

i wouldnt give the darkness justification by mentioning them in the same sentence as the hedwig soundtrack.

hedwig sdtrk=awesome

darkness=while I won't call it garbage, its close. i just dont get it. and i really really like old school glammy metal (its the candy that rotted my teeth when I was trying to act tough listening to speed metal in 1988); hmph.... The Darkness....? Blech.

Dragonforce smokes these guys.

i don't think it's campy, they are just not super serious.

I'm really stoked for the new album and they were a blast when I saw them live (even if I was too drunk to remember most of the show).

I just get the feeling with all the band turmoil and Justin's overinflated ego, this one's going to suck. I REALLY hope I'm wrong, but I get the feeling it might be as bad as Justin's cover of "This Town Ain't Big Enough" (released under his British Whale alter ego).

Oh my god, YES.

dude, come on. i HATE that singers voice, probably because he's dead serious singing that way.

isn't that the point though?

in their case, yeah, i guess so. which makes it even worse.

their riffing is much different than The Darkness as well, so there's no comparing them IMO. The Darkness are more dramatic and glam, while Dragonforce are more gallop-rock.

true enough. they do cover pretty different subcategories of 80's metal

New single is up on their MySpace page :


http://myspace.com/thedarkness



Darkness Returns

10/04/05

(Atlantic) The Darkness return with their second album, 'One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back', released through Atlantic Records on November 29.

Everything you've heard is true. All of it. The exhaustion and the fear, the pressure, paranoia and pan pipes, the breakdowns and break-ups, the sackings, sitar solos and endless studio sessions, and now ultimately - with this, their second album - the rebirth and redemption of The Darkness.

'One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back' is the conclusion of a year-long journey from Lowestoft to London and from Monmouth to LA to prove to everyone (and themselves) just how utterly irrelevant every other band is right now. To create the album they simply had no choice but to make. To prove The Darkness are still the world's greatest band.

Lest we forget, since they released their first e.p in 2002, The Darkness have achieved more than most bands could ever dream of. Over 3.5 million copies of their number one debut album (2003's 'Permission To Land') sold world-wide, with 1.5 million in the UK alone, an unprecedented three sold out nights at Wembley Arena, four Top 10 singles, three Brits, an Ivor Novello 'Songwriters Of The Year' award and a Reading & Leeds Festival headlining slot. This was success on a scale not witnessed for generations.

So, when it came to making a second album, the stakes were high. This meant finding an extraordinary producer that could realise their ambitions. Enter Roy Thomas Baker, affectionately know as RTB, responsible for crafting some of the most impressive and influential records of all time with a resume that includes Queen, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Free and The Who.

RTB isn't an ordinary producer in the same way that The Darkness aren't an ordinary band. He and the band were introduced in Los Angeles, instantly bonded over a mutual love of rock and were able to start assembling the album together. "Roy Thomas Baker is a genius, that's all there is to say about it." Justin declares, "It's been a privilege to watch that man work, his ear is perfect, his instinct fabulous."

'One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back' is a big fuck-off rock album about faith lost and restored, and about love lost and found. The Darkness really didn't have any choice but to make a record this good. The stakes were too high and the sheer, superhuman feat of pulling it back from the edge (an effort that would most likely kill any lesser band stone-dead) has done nothing but steel their resolve and drive them to make what had to be - and is - the finest rock album of the past twenty years.

Tracklisting:

One Way Ticket
Knockers
Is It Just Me?
Dinner Lady Arms
Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Hazel Eyes
Bald
Girlfriend
English Country Garden
Blind Man