W.A.S.P FRONTMAN BLACKIE LAWLESS SAYS THE BAND WILL RELEASE A NEW ALBUM CALLED “GOLGOTHA” IN 2015

blackielawless400 W.A.S.P. will be returning with a new studio album entitled Golgotha next year, one that founder and frontman Blackie Lawless says will sound similar to 2009’s Babylon and 2007’s Dominator.

“We’re about three weeks away from finishing the next one, so it will be out next year and it will be called Golgotha,” Lawless announced at a Sweden Rock Festival press conference. “Golgotha is Hebrew for place of the skull and it’s the hill where Christ was crucified. It’s interesting when you see a lot of bands going around using Satanic images, or images of death and things like that, and I’m thinking all they need to do is look at the source cause it’s right there. If you want death, there’s enough to go around there.”

As for what fans can expect musically from Golgotha, Lawless says, “It sounds… probably more similar to the last two that we’ve done. We’ve been working on this thing for four years now, and I don’t know if you guys heard but I had a little hiccup last year, and that delayed recording for about a year. I broke my leg — that too was an interesting trip (laughs). There’s one thing I learned when I was doing The Crimson Idol. If you make a record over too long of periods of time you have to be very, very careful because the record you start out making is not the record you end up finishing because you’ve changed so much as a person over a three or four year period. You’ve got to be very careful to hold onto that vision. But from what I’m hearing so far, and it’s not completely mixed yet, but it has definite overtones of the last two records.”

Lawless also addressed his decision to stop playing the W.A.S.P. classic Animal (Fucks Like A Beast by saying, “”I look at it like this. I’m a representative of the most high God, and I have to be very careful about the things I say and do. I’m gonna answer one day for the things that I’ve done and I wanna make sure that when I do, that my slate is clean. But equally as important as that, I think, is I’ve been given an opportunity to stand in front of people and you’re either gonna say something positive or you’re gonna say something mindless –there is no in between. You’re either one or the other. And I’m just trying my best, and I’m not saying that I’m doing it all the time, but I’m trying my best to say something that I think could help somebody’s life.”

Watch video from Blackie’s Sweden Rock Festival press conference below.

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  • WENDIGO on

    Unbelievable…no more Animal! Blackie has been losing his balls for some time now. So sick of these pussies who fear mortality. They think that believing in a make believe god will forgive them of all their sins LOL. F ing idiots. End W.A.S.P. and start a christen metal band you coward.


    • Dan on

      Wow, you sound like one of those people who know everything. Can I be like you??


    • WENDIGO on

      Yes you can if you don’t believe. Don’t believe.


    • John Gross on

      I was thinking the same thing Dan, I guess artists shouldn’t be allowed to change and they should keep recycling old material. There are enough live versions on Animal out there. They don’t need to play it anymore. Especially if the new material is done well.


    • dave cegela on

      get a life windigo you posser


    • Alfie Martinsen on

      …ha h a ha


    • Bob on

      He hasnt done Animal for over 10 years…where the hell have you been??


    • Dave on

      Saw em in Aug ’05 at the HOB in Cleveland, Animal was in the setlist


    • scott whitaker on

      Who are you to judge what he believes.


    • bigsled on

      Actually ” sharing” his beliefs took way more balls
      Just like Christ did .


    • RICH on

      Don’t listen to WASP anymore. Its a free country. Glad to help.


    • songchayser on

      I am so interested to know how you KNOW so much. Were you born with this ability? Can this power be learned? Amazing! Someone who finally knows the TRUTH. God Bless you my friend. Actually, maybe your parents(who are probably upstairs right now while you’re in the basement playing video games and eating PBJs) did not teach you one of the number one lessons in life…THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK, fool.


    • Micha on

      W.A.S.P. are almost forgotten band. I know most of the original lineup. Its great to change but W.A.S.P. was never meant to take this direction 🙁 . they don’t have too many new fans and the old fans are growing distant due to drastic changes.. I think if your gonna go Stryper like AKA christian rock.. I would say its time for W.A.S.P. to end. America has abandoned W.A.S.P. almost entirely. I’ve never heard Eddie Trunk play anything from them.. R.I.P. W.A.S.P. a sad change for what once was a great band.

      MICHA J.W.


    • Aries on

      He grew up you idiot. Some people are able to do this.


    • moose_rocks on

      To the headless children:
      hey , blackie IS THE ARTIST so his expression is what he wants. At this stage where he is going is his own choice so respect that and get rid of all those disco records in your cellar. At least he has BELIEF, make that what you want. AND , besides that , he no longer needs IFLAbeast to shock us.


    • timalan on

      WENDIGO, OK, EVERYBODY ENTITLED TO THERE OPINION, NOW SHUT UP!!!!! SATAN IS REAL PROUD OF YOU WENDIGO!!! LMAO!

      THANKS BLACKIE FOR THE MUSIC AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE FOUND CHRIST!!!
      TAKE CARE!
      timalan


    • timalaneatscrank on

      no timalan, you shut the f*ck up! guy dont have to be a satan worshipper’ to express his opinion. now, take your wannabe holier than thou ass & shut up.


    • irma on

      You are right. Everyone who grows up and is near to death, suddenly believes in a God, that is never been proved. I personally believe that we are only mortal and rotting meat! This is the one and global truth!


    • Allen Anronsen on

      I have been a long time WASP fan and love most of there albums. But have to say this.
      Why not just play what the fans want to hear.
      Its the fan support who created there fame.
      I saw them at a small club in Golden,CO and waited a long time.this was the lineup I wanted to hear.
      They will always be a band I like. But I agree put the wasp name to rest.
      If Blackue wants to update his lifestyle good. But he will always have some baggage of stage antics. Oh well.
      A metal fan shredder88


  • Dan on

    Will this be released in the US as a US release, or do I have to buy it as an overpriced import like the last 2 WASP albums….


  • Alfie Martinsen on

    I don’t know what to think… I hope blackie returns to his lovely sound the real wasp… I wanna be somebody, etc.


  • Richman on

    CHRISTAIN-W.A.S.P? This is really beyond strange. Their or should I say Blackie’s first 5 albums are classics and loaded with blatant sexual references. Chris Holmes is a solid guitarist but he’s been gone for years. This isn’t W.A.S.P. and should be called something else. G-rated versions of ON YOUR KNEES and 95 N.A.S.T.Y. just won’t work. I don’t like vulgar music but W.A.S.P. is the exception ’cause the singing, guitar playing, theatrics and briefly Steve Riley made it worthwhile. Good for Blackie that he’s found solace with his religion. Totally cool but too many extremes. MOTLEY CRUE isn’t STRYPER and vice versa. That being said, I’ll download a song or 2 off GOLGOTHA and hope for the best. Now to bring balance to the universe METAL CHURCH has to cover THE MANIMAL from LIVE..IN THE RAW. It is only right.


    • DR on

      WASP has been my guilty metal pleasure since the day their first full length came out. None of my metal friends would touch these guys, but I couldn’t get enough. To your point, the first 5 are pure nasty metal. Hellion, Sleeping in the Fire, On your Knees, School Daze, Wild Child, Blind in Texas, the entire Headless Children album (Frankie Benalli’s best drumming as well), Crimson Idol, Electric Circus, Live in the Raw – its all there and its all good. I’ll give Blackie a pass on his spiritual journey. If that’s how he feels nowadays, I’ll give him credit for standing up and owning it. SUCK ME, SUCK ME….EAT ME RAW!


  • Chil Potter on

    I have been a WASP fan for 25 years, saw the boys in Orlando in 2010 – rocked the place! Very cool to see Blackie’s music evolve over the years and frankly, it is good to hear such a heavy sound that is pretty eye opening and positive in many ways. Truth is, we all have to face the truth one day and I am happy Blackie is rocking our way down that path. Back to the Orlando show, I could not believe the amount of energy in the place as a result of that set. Rock on Blackie!


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