The cat's out of the bag! Faster Pussycat vocalist Taime Downe just lent his voice to the upcoming, as yet untitled album from Wednesday 13.
A social media post from Faster Pussycat, which included a pair of photos, and was subsequently shared by Wednesday 13 follows:
"Great day in Burbank, CA today - Taime Downe threw down some lead vocals on a killer new Wednesday 13 track called 'No Apologies'.
Sam Bam Koltun and Slim Tender threw in some gang vocals on the track as well.
Wednesday’s new rock ‘n’ roll monster-piece will be coming to you in 2025 from Napalm Records, produced and engineered by Alex Kane."
Wednesday 13 recently issued the following update regarding his next album:
"Week three here in the studio. Half way through the lead vocals, then we will add the lead guitar and finishing touches on the record this weekend.
The new music is turning out beyond my expectations, and it has very old school feel to it. I was using my first album Transylvania 90210 as the blueprint for this, and I think I may have made something just as good or even better. Every song feels like a single or worthy of a video, I haven’t had that feeling about an album ever. Big thanks to our producer and engineer Alex Kane for making these songs even better.
Stay tuned for more studio updates, and look for the new album from Napalm Records coming in 2025."
In live news, Wednesday 13 has announced a UK & European tour celebrating 20 Years of Murderdolls, his iconic former band with Joey Jordison. Wednesday and his current solo band – which features former Murderdolls alumni Roman Surman and Jack Tankersley – will be performing a full set of Murderdolls songs, chosen from their celebrated 2002 debut album, ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls’ and their triumphant 2010 return, ‘Women And Children Last’.
Wednesday explains: “After 21 years since its release, and the recent sad and premature passing of Joey, it only feels right to go out and celebrate these songs. We made two amazing albums that I was very proud of, and unfortunately much of the world didn’t get a chance to hear the songs live. In 2018, we all got together at Joey's house and discussed ideas and possibilities for the future, but we both had other immediate plans.
After an amazing run through the US performing these songs, we will now take the tour where the band began, in the UK and Europe this October/November. We will be performing tracks from both Murderdolls albums and celebrating the legacy of the band. Joining us on a handful of dates in the UK will be Sweden's rock n' roll saviours, Hardcore Superstar, and we will join them as support throughout dates across Europe.. We can’t wait to bring this tour to the UK and Europe later this year.”
Amid a 2002 musical landscape full of baggy pants, backwards caps and tracksuits rose Murderdolls, a metallic glam punk band that defied the prevailing trends and brought back hard, fast rock ’n roll. They dug up the corpse of rock and injected pure undead, unadulterated life back into it. And it was glorious! Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls and its successor, Women And Children Last, were like nothing else - fast and dirty, raw and macabre. Drawing lyrical inspiration from classic macabre, each track is full of tongue-in-cheek horror, executed to perfection. Led by the 'Duke of Spook' Wednesday 13 and the late, great Joey Jordison, Murderdolls slithered their way to the horrendous heights of rock amassing a colossal cult-following along the way.
The sinister, sneering vocals, huge hooks, gang vocal choruses, pounding rhythms and some of the catchiest riffs ever penned, Murderdolls wrote songs for arenas and played them in theatres, making their adrenaline-fueled odes to darkness that much more thrilling.
UK / EU tour dates below. Tickets are available here.
Tour dates:
October
24 - Newcastle, UK – Riverside
25 - Glasgow, Scotland - Slay
26 - Belfast, N. Ireland - Limelight 2
27 - Dublin, Ireland - Opium
29 - Chester, UK - Live Rooms
31 - Manchester, UK - Club Academy
November
1 - Bradford, UK – Nightrain
2 - Bristol, UK – Thekla
3 - Wolverhampton, UK - KK's Steel Mill
5 - Southampton, UK - Engine Rooms
7 - Great Yarmouth, UK - Hard Rock Hell
8 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City *
9 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom *
10 - Northampton, UK – Roadmender *
12 - Sint Niklaas, Belgium - De Casino *
14 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk "
15 - Milan, Italy - Live Club *
16 - Rome, Italy - Orion Club *
17 - Padova, Italy - Hall *
19 - Solothurn, Switzerland - Kofmehl *
20 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Konzerthaus Schurr
21 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik *
22 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal *
24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg Oz *
* w/ Hardcore Superstar
