LORDI Releases New Standalone Single 'Made Of Metal'
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Merging the worlds of heavy metal music and cutting-edge technology, Finnish hard rock legends LORDI unleash their ferocious new single "Made Of Metal", inspired by the OnePlus Nord 4 smartphone's world first all-metal unibody design in the 5G era. Listen to it here.
Taking metal to its extremes, the song fuses chainsaw-sharp guitar riffs, stinging keys, and industrial strength drums to create a Richter-scale rhythm which commands the banging of heads. Lyrics speak to the track's technological inspiration; "Steel hard and screamin' look at me" and "Charged up with power to prevail" reference the OnePlus Nord 4's all-metal unibody design and future-proof capabilities, while at the same time celebrating the brand's love of all that is metal. The anthemic chorus of "Never settle, I am made of metal" delivers an iron-clad earworm that drills itself into the listener's brain.
Alongside the song's release, the frightening five-some of LORDI have starred in a behind-the-scenes film. The short film follows the band in the studio as they grapple with the novelty of the first all-metal phone in the 5G era and the staggering capabilities that come with it. The star of the show, LORDI leader Mr. Lordi, erupts in rage at the existence of plastic throughout the film, vanishing a plastic bottle within a selfie in a single swipe using the OnePlus Nord 4 "AI Eraser 2.0". The tagline of "Never Settle, Made Of Metal" rings true as the band unleashed the powerful track, fiercely thrashing their instruments using the phone itself.
Mr. Lordi comments: "M-E-T-A-L. We love metal, and so do OnePlus, which is why we jumped at the challenge of writing and producing a song inspired by world's only metal unibody phone of the 5G era. We never thought anything could be more metal than us, but the all-metal OnePlus Nord 4 proved us wrong. We can't wait for our fans to lose their heads to the hellraising new track, all while celebrating the most metal collaboration of all time. Can we say it one more time for people at the back? M-E-T-A-L!!!!!!!!"
In a recent interview with Chaoszine, Mr. Lordi spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for LORDI's follow-up to 2023's "Screem Writers Guild" album. He said: "We recorded the new album mainly before the tour started. And that was in March, I guess. So, like 99.9 percent of the album was recorded before the tour. Then we had that one percent to record after the tour, and we did. So it's already done, mixed and mastered. And hence why we are doing the new costumes and masks now."
Asked if he and his bandmates had a clear vision of where they wanted to go with the new material, Mr. Lordi said: "Kinda. I wanted to continue on the same track, in a way, so it's clearly a sister album or brother album to the 'Screem Writers'. But some people have said that it's a little bit harder, it's a little bit more… there's a little bit more balls. It's not as 'hair metally' as 'Screem Writers'. To me, it sounds, yeah, okay. I think that's a fair analysis of that. So, there are some songs that are a little bit harder… Because I thought it's the same, but some songs are a bit harder, some a little bit more metal than any of the songs on the 'Screem Writers', I guess."
Regarding when fans can expect to hear the first single from LORDI's upcoming album, Mr. Lordi said: "I do not know that, no. I don't know. I don't know. But my guesstimate is, I would say the last quarter of the year, probably. Yeah, [and the full album will arrive] at the beginning of 25, somewhere there."
"Screem Writers Guild" came out in March 2023 via Atomic Fire Records.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
