‘After The Storm’ EP is set to release on Oct. 9
With one of the biggest global audiences of its career and more than 7millionglobal streams already on its latest single “Scream,” multi-Platinum rock band Skillet today announced its new independent EP,After the Storm, arriving October 9, and released the project’s newest single andanime-inspired lyric video,“Lift Me Up.”The six-song EP is available forpre-save now,with “Lift Me Up” available everywhere today.
The announcement comes during one of the most remarkable periods of sustained momentum in Skillet’s nearly 30-year career. The band now averages more than12 million monthly Spotify listeners, while its six-times-Platinum anthem”Monster”has surpassed5 billion global streams, earned a place in Spotify’sBillions Club, and became thefirst song by a Christian artist to surpass one billion Spotify streams. Earlier this year, Skillet’s European headline tour drew the largest international crowds in the band’s history, including record-breaking ticket sales at Paris’ Zénith.
Produced byDavid Cowell (Sleep Theory) and the band’s own Korey Cooper,After the Stormmarks both a return to Skillet’s heavier musical roots and one of its most personal creative statements to date. Inspired by seasons of betrayal, grief, perseverance, and ultimately hope, the EP finds frontmanJohn Cooperwriting from one of the most vulnerable places of his career. See full track listinghere.
“After the Storm is special to me because it reignites what Skillet was always meant to be—which is music that helps lift people out of dark times,” says Cooper. “I wrote these songs because I needed to be lifted out of my own darkness.”
The EP’s newest single, “Lift Me Up,” pairs crushing guitars with an arena-sized chorus that captures the heart of the project.
“‘Lift Me Up’ reminds me of early Skillet, but it still feels fresh,” Cooper says. “When I wrote it, so many things were dragging me down. I was asking God to lift me up. It’s a reminder that even when life feels overwhelming, there is still hope.”
The EP follows”Scream,”which has already surpassed 7million global streamsand introduced listeners to the emotional landscape ofAfter the Storm. Written in response to anxiety, anger, and the search for purpose amid the constant noise of modern life, the song has quickly resonated with fans around the world.
Skillet will supportAfter the Stormwith a nationwide U.S. Live Nation headline tour beginning this October, following a landmark European run that delivered the biggest international audiences of the band’s career. For tour info go toSKILLET.COM.
With more than23 million albums sold, two GRAMMY® Award nominations, a Billboard Music Award, three Top 5 Billboard 200 debuts, and music featured by the NFL, WWE, ESPN, Marvel, and countless film and television productions, Skillet continues to expand its reach across generations.
Nearly three decades into its career, Skillet isn’t looking back on its legacy—it’s writing its next chapter.After the Stormcaptures a band at the height of its global reach while delivering its most vulnerable and hopeful music to date.
