VOICE OF ROCK To Premiere New STAIND Single

Posted by {ga=voradmin} 19 July 2011

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VOICE OF ROCK RADIO will premiere the new single “Not Again” from U.S. NuMetal band STAIND today, Tuesday July 19th at 8:00 PM Standard South Africa time (GMT +2), airing the single before any other radio station in South Africa. Listeners can tune-in at this location.

The song comes off the band's upcoming seventh studio album “Staind” which is the first full-length release in three years and which arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on September 13.

Produced by Johnny K – known for his work with 3 DOORS DOWN, DISTURBED, and SEVENDUST, not to mention his Grammy Award-nominated collaboration with STAIND, 2008's "The Illusion Of Progress" — and mixed by the legendary Chris Lord-Alge, "Staind" stands as STAIND's most intense and powerful work to date.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Aaron Lewis recent described "Staind" as "the heaviest thing we have recorded in a long time. It's definitely one of the heaviest collections of songs that we have put together."

When asked by Revolver magazine if "Not Again" was an easy song to write or record, STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok said, "There really wasn't anything too difficult about writing or recording this song. The solo was improvised from the demos, and I had to go back and relearn it. The riff is all down picked, which makes it sound heavier, I think. I kind of did that with all the riffs on the record. That hasn't been on a STAIND record in awhile. There's really nothing too complicated about it. However, the record was very difficult to make. There were a lot of things going on that led to this — us losing our drummer Jon [Wysocki] during the sessions, Aaron releasing his solo record while we were recording, the deadline that the label put on us to turn in a record — that, in conjunction with a ton of other personal stuff, really made for a very difficult process. I have to apologize to my family for having to put up with me during that time. In hindsight, though, I'm really happy with the end results."

"Staind" has already earned advance acclaim from ARTISTdirect, which hailed the album as a "timeless masterpiece," praising Lewis' vocals for "reach(ing) heights that only legends can touch."

"Staind" track listing:

01. Not Again
02. Eyes Wide Open
03. Failing
04. Wannabe
05. Throw It All Away
06. Now
07. The Bottom
08. Take a Breath
09. Paper Wings
10. Something To Remind You

STAIND recently parted ways with drummer Jon Wysocki after seventeen years of playing together. Drummer Will Hunt (EVANESCENCE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, TOMMY LEE) sat behind the kit for STAIND for several shows in May.