Il Ritorno degli Hellacopters Energia Rock con il Nuovo Album Overdriver e il Singolo "(I Don't Wanna Be) Just A Memory" BACKdigit.com

IL RITORNO DEGLI HELLACOPTERS

HELLACOPTERS i re del rock’n’roll ad alto tasso di energia, sono lieti di presentare oggi (I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory, il nuovo singolo tratto da Overdriver. Il loro attesissimo prossimo album in studio che vede la band affrontare le preoccupazioni (post)moderne con una nota di nostalgia.

Rinunciando a influenze come gli MC5 o KISS, “(I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory” ha più a che vedere di con i pionieri del powerpop THE WHO, THE RASPBERRIES o anche BADFINGER con i suoi cambi di tono maggiore/minore, offrendo tesori armonici nascosti pur continuando sempre a picchiare duro con il ritmo trascinante tipico dei “Copters”. Come i loro pezzi più noti del passato tipo “No Song Unheard” o “Carry Me Home”, “(I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory” ci ricorda la capacità unica della band di temperare il loro trascinante action rock con una sensibilità nella scrittura di canzoni che trascende il loro genere. Da ascoltare a tutto volume!

Per gli appassionati c’è anche una chicca audiovisiva sotto forma di un nuovissimo video musicale girato appositamente per il brano del regista Emil Klinta, che include filmati dietro le quinte delle sessions di registrazione.

THE HELLACOPTERS
OVERDRIVER // Out: 31.01.2025

1 Token Apologies 03:21
2 Don’t Let Me Bring You Down 03:15
3 (I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory 03:23
4 Wrong Face On 02:57
5 Soldier On 04:15
6 Doomsday Daydreams 03:13
7 Faraway Looks 02:52
8 Coming Down 03:53
9 Do You Feel Normal 03:35
10 The Stench 03:56
11 Leave A Mark 05:21

AVAILABLE FORMATS:
You can pre-order Overdriver on LP as well as CD. On top of the regular editions there’s a Ltd. Digipak, incl. a patch, and a Ltd. Deluxe LP with a bonus 12”. Both special products contain two bonus tracks.

– Ltd Edition Digipak CD /w Patch & 2 Bonus Tracks * (3.500)
– Ltd. Deluxe LP (Apricot & Black Marbled)
+ Bonus Maxi 12” * (via NB Mailorder & band store US) (1.200)
– Ltd. Deluxe LP (Magenta Transparent)
+ Bonus Maxi 12” * (only via band store EU) (1.000)
* Bonus Tracks: Wild Night (Van Morrison Cover), What’s Going On? (Al Stewart Cover)

Black LP (unlimited)
Brick Red LP (unlimited)
Apricot + Purple Black Splatter LP (1.500)
Apricot LP (only in Nordic countries) (1.000)
Yellow Transparent LP (only in Sweden) (1.000)
Oxblood LP (via Sound Pollution) (500)
Red Gold LP (via Sweden Rock) (500)
Picture LP (only via band) (1.000)
Cassette (only via band) (200)
CD Jewelcase
Digital Album

THE HELLACOPTERS LIVE 2025

31.01. SE Stockholm – Vasateatern – SOLD OUT
01.02. SE Stockholm – Vasateatern – SOLD OUT
02.02. SE Stockholm – Vasateatern
06.02. FI Tampere – Tavara-asema
07.02. FI Helsinki – House of Culture
12.02. NO Oslo – Rockefeller
13.02. SE Gothenburg – Pustervik
14.02. SE Gothenburg – Pustervik
15.02. SE Lund – Mejeriet
14.04. DE Cologne, Carlswerk
15.04. DE Munich – Muffathalle
16.04. DE Frankfurt – Batschkapp
17.04. DE Hamburg – Docks
18.04. DK Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
19.04. SE Helsingborg – The Tivoloi
09.05.-13.05. US Miami,FL – Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise
23.05.-25.05. DE Berlin – Desertfest
19.06.-21.06. ES Vitoria-Gasteiz – Azkena Rock Festival
19.06.-22.06. FR Clisson – Hellfest

CHI SONO I THE HELLACOPTERS

Gli Hellacopters ritornano sulle scene dopo meno di tre anni dall’uscita di Eyes Of Oblivion. Il fortunato cd che all’epoca entrò al primo posto nel loro paese d’origine, al terzo in Germania e al sesto in Finlandia. Adesso il gruppo rock più forte della Svezia è in pista con un altro album esplosivo che si intitola Overdriver ed è in uscita il 31 gennaio 2025.

Nel frattempo, THE HELLACOPTERS hanno celebrato il loro trionfale ritorno esibendosi con gli Iron Maiden a Goteborg nel luglio 2022 e in vari concerti con i Ghost in Germania nel giugno 2023, oltre ai loro shows da headliner in tutta Europa. Desiderosi di continuare a fare del buon rock il 16 febbraio 2024 gli HELLACOPTERS hanno pubblicato non una, ma due versioni del loro album classico Grande Rock, originariamente pubblicato nel 1999. Grande Rock Revisited includeva una versione originale rimasterizzata e una versione remixata e parzialmente ri-registrata come pezzo abbinato, dando un’idea di come l’album avrebbe potuto suonare “in un universo parallelo” con il chitarrista Dregen nella band così com’era all’epoca.

Dopo aver reso di nuovo grande il rock, il gruppo ha puntato su nuovo materiale, debuttando con il singolo “Stay With You” a maggio 2024 e pubblicandolo come 7 pollici su Lightning Records. Il loro nono album Overdriver è stato registrato agli Strawberry Studio & The Honk Palace ed è il primo degli HELLACOPTERS interamente prodotto da Nicke Andersson. Come ci si potrebbe aspettare da un lavoro degli HELLACOPTERS, è pieno zeppo di chitarre ruggenti e groove sconvolgenti, energia da vendere e ritornelli da inno, mantenendo la varietà più ricca che mai. La cover di Overdriver è stata creata dall’illustratore tedesco Max Löffler.

THE RETURN OF HELLACOPTERS

High-energy rock’n’roll royalty, THE HELLACOPTERS, are pleased to present a brand new single from their much anticipated new studio album Overdriver today.

‘(I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory‘ sees the band take on the (post)modern preoccupation with nostalgia.

Forgoing influences like the MC5 or KISS, ‘(I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory‘ nods more to powerpop pioneers THE WHO, THE RASPBERRIES, or even BADFINGER with its major/minor shifts, offering up hidden harmonic treasures while still beating to the ‘Copters’ signature driving pulse.

Like past favourites ‘No Song Unheard‘ or ‘Carry Me Home‘, ‘(I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory‘ reminds us of the band’s unique capacity to temper their furious paced action rock with a songwriting sensibility that transcends their genre.

Play it loud!

Of course there’s also an audio-visual treat in the form of a brand new music video for the track by director Emil Klinta, which includes behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions. You can watch it below.

Please scroll to the bottom for all confirmed live dates for THE HELLACOPTERS.

PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE THE ALBUM OVERDRIVER:
LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE ‘(I DON’T WANNA BE) JUST A MEMORY’:
WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘(I DON’T WANNA BE) JUST A MEMORY’:

THE HELLACOPTERS OVERDRIVER // Out: 31.01.2025

AVAILABLE FORMATS:

You can pre-order Overdriver on LP as well as CD. On top of the regular editions there’s a Ltd. Digipak, incl. a patch, and a Ltd. Deluxe LP with a bonus 12”. Both special products contain two bonus tracks.

– Ltd Edition Digipak CD /w Patch & 2 Bonus Tracks * (3.500)

– Ltd. Deluxe LP (Apricot & Black Marbled)
+ Bonus Maxi 12” * (via NB Mailorder & band store US) (1.200)

– Ltd. Deluxe LP (Magenta Transparent)
+ Bonus Maxi 12” * (only via band store EU) (1.000)

* Bonus Tracks: Wild Night (Van Morrison Cover), What’s Going On? (Al Stewart Cover)

Black LP (unlimited)
Brick Red LP (unlimited)
Apricot + Purple Black Splatter LP (1.500)
Apricot LP (only in Nordic countries) (1.000)
Yellow Transparent LP (only in Sweden) (1.000)
Oxblood LP (via Sound Pollution) (500)
Red Gold LP (via Sweden Rock) (500)
Picture LP (only via band) (1.000)
Cassette (only via band) (200)
CD Jewelcase
Digital Album

THE HELLACOPTERS LIVE 2025

31.01. SE Stockholm – Vasateatern – SOLD OUT
01.02. SE Stockholm – Vasateatern – SOLD OUT
02.02. SE Stockholm – Vasateatern
06.02. FI Tampere – Tavara-asema
07.02. FI Helsinki – House of Culture
12.02. NO Oslo – Rockefeller
13.02. SE Gothenburg – Pustervik
14.02. SE Gothenburg – Pustervik
15.02. SE Lund – Mejeriet
14.04. DE Cologne, Carlswerk
15.04. DE Munich – Muffathalle
16.04. DE Frankfurt – Batschkapp
17.04. DE Hamburg – Docks
18.04. DK Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
19.04. SE Helsingborg – The Tivoloi
09.05.-13.05. US Miami,FL – Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise
23.05.-25.05. DE Berlin – Desertfest
19.06.-21.06. ES Vitoria-Gasteiz – Azkena Rock Festival
19.06.-22.06. FR Clisson – Hellfest

ABOUT THE HELLACOPTERS

Less than three years after their triumphant, chart-storming comeback record, Eyes Of Oblivion, which entered on #1 in their home country, on #3 in Germany, and on #6 in Finland, Sweden’s most consistently great rock outfit is back with another banger of an album called Overdriver, due out on January 31st, 2025.

In the meantime, THE HELLACOPTERS have celebrated their triumphant return by playing a show with the mighty Iron Maiden in Gothenburg in July 2022, and gigs with Ghost in Germany in June 2023, apart from their own string of headline shows throughout Europe. Eager to keep the rock flowing, February 16th, 2024 saw THE HELLACOPTERS release not one, but two stunning versions of their classic Grande Rock album, which was originally released in 1999. Grande Rock Revisited included a remastered original version and a remixed and partially re-recorded version as a companion piece, showing how the album could have sounded in a parallel universe with guitarist Dregen being in the band at the time. After making rock grande again, the group set sights on new material, debuting the phenomenal single ‘Stay With You‘ in May 2024 and releasing it as limited 7inch via Lightning Records.

Album entirely produced by Nicke Andersson

Their ninth full-length Overdriver was recorded at Strawberry Studio & The Honk Palace and is the first HELLACOPTERS album entirely produced by Nicke Andersson. As you might expect from a HELLACOPTERS album it’s filled to the brim with roaring guitars and earth-shattering grooves, fist-raising energy and anthemic choruses, while keeping the variety richer than ever before. The striking cover for Overdriver was created by German illustrator Max Löffler.