Skillet Announces New Song ‘Scream’ and Comatose 20th Anniversary Tour

*John Cooper of Skillet performs at the Marquee Theatre on September 2, 2019 in Tempe, Arizona. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)*

Skillet has announced a new single called “Scream” along with a special U.S. tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band's breakthrough album, Comatose.

“Scream” is scheduled for release on July 10 and marks Skillet's first new music since the band's 2024 album, Revolution.

Frontman John Cooper shared details about the recording process, revealing that the band returned to Memphis to work with a producer who was involved before Skillet released its first album.

“We went back to Memphis and worked with a producer who knew the band before we'd made our first record,” Cooper said. “Life has taken some great turns, but it's also taken some painful turns. Now we're here, and we still have more of a story to tell. The music kept getting heavier, and I said, ‘We've got to go all-in.'”

Alongside the new music announcement, Skillet revealed the Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming tour.

The anniversary trek begins Sept. 30 in Schenectady, New York, and concludes Nov. 10 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Released in 2006, Comatose remains one of the most important albums in Skillet's catalog and helped establish the band as one of the most successful acts in modern rock.

“At every show, someone tells me that Comatose helped them through the darkest times of their life,” Cooper said. “That is why we wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Comatose by doing something we have never done—commemorating the album by dedicating a large portion of the show to these songs that are so meaningful to the band and so many others.”

“Some of them we have played a thousand times. Others we have never played,” he continued. “We are excited to perform them alongside our catalog on this once-in-a-lifetime tour.”

Presales begin Tuesday, while tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 1 p.m. local time.

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