THE DROP
Nickelback just released "Rattle the Cage" featuring Mötley Crüe's John 5 on guest guitar, the lead single from their 11th studio album *Everything Under the Sun* dropping October 30 *†. It's their first new music since 2022's *Get Rollin'* and marks a label switch to Virgin Music Group †¶.
WHAT TO KNOW
- John 5 brings metallic riffs to the track — Chad Kroeger says it "has the energy we've been feeding off every night on stage" ‡¶
- The 12-track album includes songs titled "Bones For The Crows," "Chasin' Famous," and "Technicolor Steamboat" †¶
- This is Nickelback's first release with Virgin after leaving BMG, where they recorded their previous two albums ¶
- Kroeger claims the album has "songs that hit as hard as anything we've ever done" alongside tracks that "take chances" *
THE TAKE
John 5 showing up on a Nickelback single is the kind of odd pairing that either works brilliantly or feels like a marketing stunt — the metallic riffs description suggests they're at least leaning heavier ‡. After their fastest-selling tour ever and a Netflix doc that spent weeks in the Global Top 10, they've got nothing to prove and everything to lose, which makes the "take chances" claim worth watching †.
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