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''New Maps of Hell'' is Bad Religion's fourteenth full-length studio album (twentieth release overall), which was released on July 10, 2007. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of their first album ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'', although the band had been around for twenty-eight years. The title is something of a departure for the band, in the sense that most Bad Religion albums have an eponymous title track, except ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'', ''Into the Unknown'', ''The Process of Belief'' and ''The Dissent of Man''. The title may refer to a book on Science Fiction history by Kingsley Amis published in 1961 (see here ). Guitarist Brett Gurewitz stated "We all liked the concept of maps, because we are exploring new material on this record, both musically and topically." Bad Religion's follow-up to 2004's ''The Empire Strikes First'' was originally rumored to be a double album to be released in 2006, but this was denied by bassist Jay Bentley. Due to the band's ongoing support with their previous release, the album was put on hold until 2007. Another one of the reasons why the band had yet to release a follow-up to ''The Empire Strikes First'' was their various other activities, most obviously frontman Greg Graffin's, who released his second solo album in 2006, following his first since 1997. ''New Maps of Hell'' also marks the third Bad Religion album released after returning to Epitaph Records for 2002's ''The Process of Belief'' and with Gurewitz since his departure during the release of 1994's ''Stranger Than Fiction. ==Release history== Bad Religion first mentioned the follow-up to ''The Empire Strikes First'' in 2005, stating that the band would begin recording it later that year, making it likely that it would be released sometime in 2006.〔(New album "sometime in 2006" ), The Bad Religion Page, May 5, 2005〕 In July 2005, it was announced that Graffin and Gurewitz had begun writing "about 20 songs or more" for the album.〔(Bad Religion Come Back? ), The Bad Religion Page, July 18, 2005〕 On January 20, 2006, it was announced that Bad Religion was "almost 100% ready to go back to the studio or to the house" to begin working on the album.〔(Back to the studio soon? ), The Bad Religion Page, January 20, 2006〕 Members of the band had mentioned that it would be a double release,〔(Double Disc! ), The Bad Religion Page, March 14, 2006〕 but this idea was later turned down flat by Bentley.〔(Bad Religion Bassist Talks On New Album, Upcoming Tour ), Ultimate-Guitar.com, March 1, 2007〕 In early February 2006, Bentley was chatting with a visitor who comments on news articles at the (official Bad Religion fansite ), stating that the new Bad Religion album was planned for a September release, as well as a tour to follow.〔(New album out in September ), The Bad Religion Page, February 2, 2006〕 In May 2006, he also mentioned that the band was planning to begin recording it around late June/early July.〔(Bad Religion Podcast ), The Bad Religion Page, May 4, 2006〕 Bentley also told Kristoffer Averheim, the webmaster of the (Bad Religion fansite ), that the album had been pushed back to late 2006/early 2007.〔(Bad Religion: New Album Update ), Ultimate-Guitar.com, June 27, 2006〕 While drummer Brooks Wackerman posted a message on MySpace stating that the band had continued working on a new album, he stated that the album was once again pushed back to "mid/late 2007". On September 11, 2006, Wackerman posted an update on the MySpace bulletin board, stating that the band had begun demoing the songs for the album. He had this to say: : 〕 | rev2 = The A.V. Club | rev2Score = B 〔(Review: Bad Religion: New Maps of Hell - Music Review - The A.V. Club )〕 | rev3 = IGN | rev3Score = (8.7/10) | rev4 = Kerrang! | rev4Score = | rev5 = PopMatters | rev5Score = | rev6 = Punknews.org | rev6Score = }} In January 2007, it was announced that the album would be called ''New Maps of Hell'' and the band started working with producer Joe Barresi to finish it.〔(Bad Religion confirms July 10th release date ), Punknews.org, January 18, 2007〕 On April 1, 2007, Bentley posted an update on the MySpace bulletin board, stating that the band was finally finished recording the album and would soon begin mixing it.〔(Bad Religion finish recording "New Maps of Hell" ), Punknews.org, April 2, 2007〕 He had this to say: : The song "Heroes and Martyrs" was introduced to the public on April 6 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during an encore as a small preview of "New Maps of Hell". At least two recordings of this song can be found on the Internet. On April 19, 2007, "Honest Goodbye" was played on KROQ at 3:40PM. Verified on KROQ's website, where they said that was "Jed's Catch of the Day" for today. A rip of the track circulated online, and was released as a digital single on June 12, 2007.〔(Bad Religion To Release "Honest Goodbye" As A Digital Single ), Epitaph Records, May 8, 2007〕 The song is currently available for listening on Bad Religion's MySpace page. On April 25, 2007, the track listing was rearranged and the track "New Chapter" was dropped.〔(), Epitaph.com, April 25th, 2007〕 When asked why "New Chapter" would not appear on the album, Bentley recently stated that it "ran into insurmountable issues" that the band "couldn't rectify", hinting that it will probably appear on the next Bad Religion album.〔(New Chapter ), The Bad Religion Page, April 28, 2007〕 Following the album's release, it debuted at number 35 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 21,000 copies in its first week.〔Katie Hasty, ("T.I. Holds Off Pumpkins, Interpol To Remain No. 1" ), Billboard.com, July 18, 2007.〕 A video for "New Dark Ages" can be viewed on Bad Religion's myspace. The video for "Honest Goodbye" was planned, but "never made it out of the office" according to Bentley. On February 27, 2008, Punknews.org reported that Epitaph will be releasing a deluxe edition of New Maps of Hell on July 8.〔(NMoH Deluxe Edition ), PunkNews.org, February 27, 2008〕 On May 9, 2008, Punknews.org released the artwork for the reissue and more details, including the track list and the bonus DVD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Maps of Hell (Bad Religion album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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