Clockwork Angels, Rush's 20th album, is due out June 12, 2012. "Caravan", released almost two years ago, was quite a hard rocking song. The next single, "Headlong Flight", has just been released and is described by Rolling Stone as "the trio's most hard-charging number in recent years." Even the album artwork seems a little dark, see right. This leads me to believe Rush fans are in for one of the heaviest Rush albums of their career, and frankly, it's awesome. Rush is generally classified as a hard rock or metal band, but their music has always been more progressive rock and never quite as heavy as modern metal bands. Clockwork Angels may be an album that could cross boundaries and appeal to new fans. Metal fans that are too young to be familiar with Rush's older material (aside from a few synth-heavy hits) could take a liking to this album.
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