{"id":179041,"date":"2025-06-12T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179041\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:35:13","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-alive-in-the-catacombs-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179041\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age, ‘Alive in the Catacombs’: Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queens of the Stone Age<\/a> drop the electric guitars and showcase an unappreciated side of their music in a stunningly unique setting with their new concert movie Alive in the Catacombs.<\/p>\n

Band leader Josh Homme has fulfilled a long-held wish by becoming the first band allowed to film and record in the Paris Catacombs<\/a>, where millions of bodies were moved from cemeteries around the city in the late 1700s.<\/p>\n

There’s no electricity to be had in the catacombs, so Homme and his bandmates rely on acoustic instruments and a car battery-powered Wurlitzer organ – not the safest choice in the damp subterranean environment.<\/p>\n

Drummer Jon Theodore provides percussion with sandpaper-covered blocks and chains at various points, and a three-piece string section joins the group. The set list leaves their most famous songs – “No One Knows, “Little Sister” and the like – behind in favor of deep, setting-appropriate album cuts and a dramatically reworked version of “Paper Machete” from their recent In Times New Roman..<\/a>. album.<\/p>\n

Free to roam the hauntingly lit, skull and bone-filled stone hallways, Homme leaves his guitar behind and puts the focus squarely on his vocals, which have evolved quite impressively over the band’s nearly three-decade career.<\/p>\n

Read More: Queens of the Stone Age Albums Ranked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As great as Catacombs is, for longtime fans of Queens of the Stone Age, it’s oddly hard to call it a revelation. That’s meant as a compliment: We already knew their music could be this beautiful. It’s just wonderful that they found the perfect time and place to put the spotlight fully on this aspect of their work.<\/p>\n

Alive in the Catacombs is available for streaming and download<\/a> from Queens of the Stone Age’s official website. On\u00a0June 13,\u00a0audio will be available on all major streaming services. A limited edition vinyl version of the soundtrack has already sold out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Queens of the Stone Age, ‘Alive in the Catacombs’ Track Listing<\/strong>
“Running Joke” (From 2007’s Era Vulgaris)*
“Paper Machete” (From 2023’s In Times New Roman…)*
“Kalopsia” (From 2013’s “…Like Clockwork”)
“Villains of Circumstance” (From 2017’s Villains)
“Suture Up Your Future” (From Era Vulgaris)
“I Never Came” (From 2005’s Lullabies to Paralyze)
* performed together as a medley\u00a0<\/p>\n

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