Extreme - Six coming June 9th, 2023 / First single "Rise" out now

[whiplash1972]

So, if you go to http://www.extreme-band.com you'll notice 12 boxes. Each has popped up a pic, and what appears to be song lyrics over the last 11 days (as I post this, the 12th is still blank). If you visit their FB page (2) Extreme | Facebook , you can hear small audio snippets to go with each box as well. It certainly appears that there is a new album coming soon...

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Hopefully Gary can still sing. 

[tobi is an animal]

I'll take a good song, I didn't care for anything off punchline or Saudades.  Well I guess really III Sides is the only album of theirs that I like. 

Edited February 27, 2023 by tobi is an animal

[auslander]

Excellent! I have really been enjoying listening to Pornograffitti again recently since I got the deluxe version cheap. Would love some new music.

[Kristian]

"Kid Ego" and "Decadence Dance" are monsterous tunes, absolutely stunning songs, but other than that, the band never did much for me.

[whiplash1972]

New song “Rise” will be available at midnight here in North America (other locations adjust accordingly I suppose 🤷‍♂️)

 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

4 hours ago, whiplash1972 said:

New song “Rise” will be available at midnight here in North America (other locations adjust accordingly I suppose 🤷‍♂️)

North America: the continent famously known for having one timezone. 

[Stefan]

'Rise'.

 

[whiplash1972]

New album “Six” to release June 9th, 2023

 

[whiplash1972]

2 hours ago, Stefan said:

'Rise'.

 

I like it; heavier than I was expecting for sure, and Nuno sounds great! 🎸 

Random observation: Gary looks a lot like Neal Schon 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

4 hours ago, whiplash1972 said:

New album “Six” to release June 9th, 2023

 

I'm excited about a new album. I'm excited to listen to this new single later today. But I'm not excited about that album cover. 

[AlphaMale]

crap!

[tobi is an animal]

great tune, maybe I should revisit Saudades, Punchline usually puts me into a resting coma though. 

[tts42572]

Never been very much into Extreme outside their few hit tunes but I like that new one.  Nice rocking, catchy tune.

 

[zacharyamelie]

Pretty good track and that solo is absolutely insane. 

[CureTheSane]

Great song. Look forward to this album.

[lettard]

That was better than I was expecting...more of the same would be ok with me

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Did not expect them to turn towards Modern Rock, although I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but they're good at it. Which I also shouldn't be surprised by. Now that I've set my expectations aside, I'm even more hype for the album. 

[Geoff]

15 hours ago, zacharyamelie said:

Pretty good track and that solo is absolutely insane. 

I thought this thread would be copy and pastes of this comment. 

I’ve never been a massive fan, bar a few songs from the first two albums, but I really like this new song. Heavy, modern, catchy and far from safe or bland.

But all aside, that solo has to be one of the coolest things in rock music for the past few decades. Insane is the word I’d use too. Can’t remember many solos sending a chill up the spine, but that’s incredible. 

[whiplash1972]

1 hour ago, Geoff said:

I thought this thread would be copy and pastes of this comment. 

I’ve never been a massive fan, bar a few songs from the first two albums, but I really like this new song. Heavy, modern, catchy and far from safe or bland.

But all aside, that solo has to be one of the coolest things in rock music for the past few decades. Insane is the word I’d use too. Can’t remember many solos sending a chill up the spine, but that’s incredible. 

That solo gets better each time I hear it.

My favorite guitarists of all time are EVH and George Lynch, with the next two that pop into my mind when thinking of all time greats being Steve Lukather and Nuno Bettencourt.  

Nuno has said himself that he aspires to keep EVH's fire burning, and if "Six" is filled with blistering solos like we've heard on "Rise" , he's done him proud!  

The following is from Guitar World:

Nuno Bettencourt vows to keep Eddie Van Halen's guitar fire burning on Extreme's first new single in 15 years, Rise | Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt vows to keep Eddie Van Halen's guitar fire burning on Extreme's first new single in 15 years, Rise

By Matt Owen

 published 1 day ago

Bettencourt dazzles with a breakneck guitar solo on the hard-riffing track – complete with a breakdown that nods to Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee

 

Extreme have finally returned with news that their sixth album – aptly titled Six – is on the way, and have marked their long-awaited return with their first new single in 15 years, Rise.

 

With any Extreme track, the electric guitar playing of Nuno Bettencourt is a highlight, but we’d wager even his most devout followers couldn’t have predicted the heights the guitar god would reach with Rise. 

 

But then again, most fans wouldn’t have known the task Bettencourt set himself for Six: to carry Eddie Van Halen’s guitar fire.

Just listen to that solo. Sure, the riffs are great, but the sheer level of technicality behind those lead lines are – just like most Nuno solos – almost impossible to comprehend. With a breakdown nodding to Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee, Bettencourt’s solo exceeds superhuman speeds, delivering dizzying scale lines and jaw-dropping fretboard acrobatics.

For a solo that lasts just under one minute, there’s an awful lot on display, but it’s a testament to Bettencourt’s evergreen virtuosity that each phrase – heck, each note – sounds immaculately curated and executed.

That Bettencourt has already delivered what will probably turn out to be 2023’s best guitar solo comes as no surprise, especially when the motivation behind his playing for Six is taken into consideration. Listen to Rise and you’d be forgiven for thinking Bettencourt was shredding with the future of guitar playing at stake. In his own mind, he was.

“When Eddie Van Halen passed, it really hit me,” Bettencourt commented. “I’m not going to be the one who will take the throne, but I felt some responsibility to keep guitar playing alive. So, you hear a lot of fire on the record.”

Guitar brilliance aside, vocalist Gary Cherone said of Rise, “Musically, it’s aggressive. Lyrically, it’s a cautionary tale on the rise and fall of fame. You get seduced into it. Once you’re on top, they’ll rip you apart and tear you down. That’s the nature of the beast.”

Six is set to arrive June 9 via earMUSIC, and when it does, it will be the multi-platinum hard rock outfit’s first record since 2008’s Saudades de Rock. The 15-year wait has done nothing to dampen the band’s creativity, though. According to Cherone, Six has some of the best songs Extreme have ever written.

“With Extreme, there’s always a lot of passion and a little piss and vinegar,” he noted. “We’re not in competition with anybody else, but we strive to outdo ourselves. There are some moments on this album where we did.

“We’ve managed to stay together after all these years,” Cherone continued. “We feel like we have something to prove when we get on stage or in the studio. Because of that, I believe some of these songs are among the best we’ve written.”

Echoing these sentiments, Bettencourt – who also produced the album – offered, “Whatever you think an Extreme album is after two or even three songs, it’s not. That goes for every record we’ve ever done. True Extreme fans know to ‘expect the unexpected’. 

“I feel like we need a good old school rock album. Six is definitely modern, but you can put on headphones and go on a journey from top-to-bottom. It’s like Extreme 2.0.” 

The tracklist for Six can be found below.

1. Rise
2. #Rebel
3. Banshee
4. Other Side Of The Rainbow
5. Small Town Beautiful
6. The Mask
7. Thicker Than Blood
8. Save Me
9. Hurricane
10. X Out
11. Beautiful Girls
12. Here's To The Losers

Six is available to preorder now via earMUSIC ahead of its release on June 9.

Last month, Nuno Bettencourt was spotted playing with Rihanna at the Super Bowl, sporting what looked to be a new Washburn N4 signature model – it remains to be seen whether that same guitar will see use with Extreme.

[Glen]

the track is a bit meh for me, and as for the solo, yeah it's v cool but does it actually fit the song 🤔 Mm I'm not convinced. 

[AlphaMale]

2 hours ago, Glen said:

the track is a bit meh for me, and as for the solo, yeah it's v cool but does it actually fit the song 🤔 Mm I'm not convinced. 

Agreed! And no!

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Are you lot hearing autotune in this? My buddy says it's so bad that it's distracting for him. I'm not hearing what he's hearing.

[whiplash1972]

47 minutes ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

Are you lot hearing autotune in this? My buddy says it's so bad that it's distracting for him. I'm not hearing what he's hearing.

No. 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Just now, whiplash1972 said:

No. 

Ok. I thought he was fucked. Glad I'm not the only one. ;}