Sum 41 say farewell with official launch of Rage Towards The Machine’s ‘Sleep Now In The Fireplace’ cowl

Sum 41 have launched an official cowl of Rage Towards The Machine‘s ‘Sleep Now In The Fireplace’, marking their farewell.

• Learn Extra: Sum 41 inform us about “aggressive” remaining album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’: “It’s the right method to exit”

The Canadian pop-punk band introduced in late 2023 that they’d be breaking apart after the discharge of 1 remaining album and a farewell world tour, dubbed ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’. These reveals culminated earlier this yr, with a run of 13 reveals of their residence nation. Watch some fan-captured footage and see the total setlist from their remaining present right here.

Now, as a part of the Spotify singles collection, they dropped a canopy model of Rage Towards The Machine and a recent model of ‘Landmines’, taken from their 2024 album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’.

“Recording these Spotify Singles has been an unbelievable method to have a good time with our followers all over the world,” they stated. “We’re so grateful for his or her help and excited to share this particular session with everybody.”

Final summer season, guitarist Dave Baksh and bassist Jason “Cone” McCaslin touched upon how the band had change into “stronger” lately, following well being points confronted by Whibley.

“We took about two years off for Deryck to determine his well being issues after which once we acquired again along with Dave it simply appeared [right]” Cone stated through the NME interview. “When every little thing acquired again collectively it felt actually good. It’s been a rollercoaster for our entire profession so it feels good to be enjoying these huge festivals and better up on the invoice now.”

Talking to NME about why their newest album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’ felt like the precise choose for his or her final LP and why now felt like  the precise time to name it quits, Whibley shared: “I really feel actually good about this album, which is why I felt it must be the final one. We didn’t know we’d be splitting up once we have been making it, however I’ve been making information and touring with this band since I used to be 15,” he stated

He continued: “I’ve had this sense for a very long time now that I wish to do one thing totally different and it simply appears like the precise time. This album appears like the right method to exit. Over the previous few years, the touring has continually been getting larger and the band is at our greatest. My worry is that if I begin to lose the thrill, we’ll simply fade away. I care an excessive amount of in regards to the followers and what we’ve constructed as a band to let that occur, simply because it’s a very good paycheque.”

This isn’t the primary time the band have lined the monitor, as final yr they supplied their tribute to Rage Towards The Machine with spirited a canopy of ‘Sleep Now In The Fireplace’, recorded at Hellfest 2023.

Sum 41 took to X to reply to Rage Towards The Machine’s current announcement of their retirement from dwell performances. Posting a canopy of the ‘Battle of Los Angeles’ spotlight, which they carried out throughout their set at Hellfest in June 2023, the band expressed their love for “certainly one of [their] all time favorite bands”.

“Within the gentle of the information of [Rage Against The Machine] by no means performing once more, we needed to salute certainly one of our all time favorite bands,” shared the band within the publish’s caption.

Earlier this yr, Whibley and the band’s former supervisor Greig Nori took authorized motion towards one another, with the singer claiming Nori had sexually and verbally abused him for years. Nori denied the allegations, and counter-sued for breach of confidence, intrusion and wrongful disclosure of personal information.