AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER BEAR McCREARY SHARES “COOL KIDS” (FEAT. SLASH, DUFF McKAGAN, CHAD SMITH, AND BRENDAN McCREARY) — LISTEN
NEW ROCK ALBUM THE SINGULARITY: EKLEIPSIS ARRIVES JULY 31 VIA SPARKS & SHADOWS RECORDS — PRE-ORDER HERE
FEATURED GUESTS INCLUDE PATRICK STUMP, JENS KIDMAN, CLAUDIO SANCHEZ, STEVE VAI, SLASH, ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ, AND MORE
TOURING EUROPE IN JULY + AUGUST + THE WEST COAST IN SEPTEMBER
“The Singularity” is Emmy and BAFTA Award–winning composer Bear McCreary’s symphonic metal project. In 2024, McCreary released an ambitious hard rock concept album of the same name, featuring an extraordinary lineup of rock talent, including Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Corey Taylor (Slipknot), and more.
Soon to be released is The Singularity: Ekleipsis, the follow-up album, which continues the metal saga of a damaged world in turmoil. Ekleipsis draws its name from the ancient Greek word meaning “abandonment” and explores themes of disillusionment and perseverance through struggle.
The album arrives on July 31 via Sparks & Shadows Records and Mutant. Pre-order it: Digital, Vinyl, and CD.
Today, McCreary shares “Cool Kids” (feat. Slash, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith, and Brendan McCreary).
Listen here.
“‘Cool Kids’ was born when [bassist] Duff McKagan sent me a voice memo of a riff he was messing around with,” McCreary shares. “My ears perked up instantly — his riff was undeniable! So Duff and I went into the studio the next week along with my brother, vocalist Brendan McCreary, and [drummer] Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers and wrote the song together. We went in with Duff’s initial riff and our enthusiasm, and walked out with ‘Cool Kids.’ When Slash got back into town, he added his signature screaming guitar parts, and there it was. ‘Cool Kids’ is a song about all of us being proudly who we are, but I wouldn’t blame anybody for assuming the title was inspired by the fact that Brendan and I got to create this song with the coolest kids in rock and roll.”
Another impressive collection of rock and metal luminaries are featured on the new album, including: Joe Duplantier (Gojira), Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Claudio Sanchez (Coheed and Cambria), Jens Kidman (Meshuggah), Alissa White-Gluz, Tim Henson (Polyphia), Steve Vai, Stewart Copeland (The Police), Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad), and more.
“Overture II”
“Our Kingdom” (feat. Alissa White-Gluz and Brendan McCreary)
“The Chandelier” (feat. Patrick Stump)
“Black Box” (feat. Joe Duplantier and The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices)
“Kill Us Anyway” (feat. Brendan McCreary)
“Sweet Misery” (feat. Claudio Sanchez and Tim Henson)
“Blueshift” (feat. Steve Vai, Tim Henson, and Brendan McCreary)
“Alexandria” (feat. Raya Yarbrough and Guthrie Govan)
“Pray for a Storm” (feat. Stewart Copeland and Brendan McCreary)
“Supernova” (feat. N.T. Bullock)
“Cool Kids” (feat. Slash, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith, and Brendan McCreary)
“Shades of Gray” (feat. Brendan McCreary)
“The Elephant’s Foot” (feat. Jens Kidman)
“One Fine Day” (feat. Slash and Brendan McCreary)
“I Forever” (feat. Brendan McCreary)
All tour dates are below. More info here.
BEAR McCREARY TOUR DATES
EUROPE:
7/25 — Dublin, IE — Opium
7/26 — Manchester, UK — Club Academy
7/27 — Glasgow, UK — Saint Luke’s
7/28 — London, UK — Islington Assembly Hall
7/30 — Eindhoven, NL — Effenaar
7/31 — Wacken, DE — Wacken Open Air Festival
8/2 — Copenhagen, DK — Pumpehuset
8/4 — Oslo, NO — Vulkan Arena
8/5 — Stockholm, SE — Slaktkyrkan
8/7 — Helsinki, FI — Tavastia
NORTH AMERICA:
9/8 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater
9/9 — Seattle, WA — The Crocodile
9/10 — Vancouver, BC — The Rickshaw Theatre
9/13 — San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall
9/15 — San Diego, CA — The Magnolia
9/16 — Phoenix, AZ — Walter Studios
9/17 — Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco
9/18 — Las Vegas, NV — House of Blues Las Vegas
ABOUT BEAR McCREARY:
Award-winning composer and recording artist Bear McCreary began his career as a protégé of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, before bursting onto the scene scoring the revered series Battlestar Galactica in 2004. Since then, McCreary has won three Emmy Awards, including two for Percy Jackson and the Olympians and one for his theme for Da Vinci’s Demons, a musical palindrome, and has won twelve International Film Music Critics Association Awards, including the award for Score of the Year in 2024, his second. Named the 23rd Most Definitive Bear in Popular Culture (The Ringer), he’s also been the subject of a clue on Jeopardy! Project highlights include The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Foundation, Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, and Academy Award–nominated documentary Crip Camp (produced by Barack and Michelle Obama). McCreary’s celebrated scores for blockbusters God of War and God of War Ragnarök have earned him two BAFTA Awards and two Grammy nominations. He has collaborated with artists from across the musical spectrum, including Hozier, Fiona Apple, Shirley Manson (Garbage), Annie Lennox, and the late Sinéad O’Connor. In 2014, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducted a suite of McCreary’s music with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
